Bulgaria
Presidental Elections
Electoral system
The president of Bulgaria is elected through a direct popular vote for a five year term. The electoral system is based on the majoritarian two-round system (also called second ballot or runoff voting). The voter casts a single vote for their favoured candidate. If no candidate recieves a majority of the votes, that is 50 percent plus one vote, a second election round is organized in which only the two top runners stand against one another.
Latest elections
Election results 2011, NUTS 2
Sources
Birch, Sarah, Frances Millard, Marina Popescu and Kieran Williams, 2002. Embodying democracy: electoral system design in post-communist Europe. Palgrave Machmillan: New York.
Spirova, M. 2008. Bulgaria. European Journal of Political Research, Volume 46: 901-908.
Central Election Commission, Election results.
