Bulgaria's Ruling GERB Defeat Socialists 14:8 in Mayors Tally - Final Results
Presidental & Local Elections 2011 | October 31, 2011, Monday // 17:43| viewsThe ruling party’s victories in the presidential and local elections strengthen the hand of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (pictured) ahead of a general election in 2013. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
Bulgarian voters have given the ruling center-right GERB party an overwhelming majority of mayors in regional capitals throughout the country, nearly twice as many as those won by the opposition Socialists, final results have shown.
GERB, the party of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, won 14 of the cities and towns that serve as administrative centres of Bulgaria's regions, it emerged on Monday with 100% of the election ballots counted.
The Socialist runners and independent nominees backed by the party, previously a senior partner in the ruling three-way coalition, came out victorious from the mayoral battle in 8 of the cities and towns that serve as administrative centres of Bulgaria's regions.
The opposition ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), previously a junior partner in the ruling three-way coalition, won only one major town - their stronghold of Kardzhali, where the incumbent was re-elected in the first round of voting.
Runners, who were not supported by any of the three major parties, managed to clinch a mayoral race victories - all of them de facto re-elections - in the towns of Kyustendil, Montana, Pazardzhik and Haskovo.
The voters in fifteen administrative centers put their trust in the incumbent mayors for another term.
The ruling party’s victories in the presidential and local elections strengthen the hand of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov ahead of a general election in 2013, analysts say.
Following are the results of Bulgaria's tightly contested local elections 2011 in all 27 regional capitals:
1. Blagoevgrad
Atanas Kambitov (GERB) - 60.18% vs Emil Kostidinov (BSP) - 39.82%
2. Burgas – mayor elected at first round
Dimitar Nikolov (GERB) - 70.86% vs Valeri Simeonov (NFSB) -11.25%
3. Varna
Kiril Yordanov (GERB) - 59.50% vs Veselin Mareshki (IC) - 40.50%
4. Veliko Tarnovo
Daniel Panov (GERB) - 51.81% vs Nikolay Ilchev (BSP) - 48.19%
5. Vidin
Gergo Gergov (PA, backed by BSP) - 53.26% vs Vladimir Toshev (GERB) 46.74%
6. Vratsa
Nikolai Ivanov (IC, backed by BSP) - 52.94% vs Petya Avramova (GERB) - 47.06%
7. Gabrovo – mayor elected at first round
Tanya Hristova (GERB) - 57.67% vs Veselin Peshev (BSP) - 18.63%
8. Dobrich – mayor elected at first round
Detelina Nikolova (GERB) - 63.90% vs Emilia Dobreva (BSP) - 15.29%
9. Kardzhali – mayor elected at first round
Hassan Azis (DPS) - 53.96% vs Ilia Iliev (GERB) - 20.65%
10. Kyustendil – mayor elected at first round
Petar Paunov (right-wing coalition) - 52.94% vs Nikolay Tatarliev (GERB) - 19.03%
11. Lovech
Mincho Kazandzhiev (BSP) - 52.10% vs Kornelia Marinova (GERB) - 47.90%
12. Montana
Zlatko Zhivkov (VMRO-NIE) - 54.59% vs Lyudmil Krastev (GERB) - 25.07%
13. Pazardzhik – mayor elected at first round
Todor Popov (IC) - 69.01% vs Rumen Petkov (BSP) - 13.22%
14. Pernik
Rositsa Yanakieva (BSP) - 52.94% vs Irena Sokolova (GERB) - 47.06%
15. Pleven
Dimitar Stoykov (GERB) - 50.35% vs Nayden Zelenogorski (BND) - 49.65%
16. Plovdiv
Ivan Totev (GERB) - 50.84% vs Slavcho Atanasov (PA) - 49.16%
17. Razgrad
Dencho Boyadzhiev (BSP) - 53.95% vs Valentin Vassilev (GERB) - 46.05%
18. Ruse
Plamen Stoilov (GERB) - 54.89% vs Iskren Veselinov (Blue coalition, VMRO) - 45.11%
19. Silistra
Yulian Naydenov (GERB) - 56.51% vs Sabanov Alexander (KP) - 43.49%
20. Sliven
Nikola Milev, BSP - 56.72% Jordan Lechkov, GERD - 43.28%
21. Smolyan
Nikolay Melemov (GERB) - 52.92% vs Dora Yankova (BSP) - 47.08%
22. Sofia-city – mayor elected at first round
Yordanka Fandakova (GERB) - 53.31% vs George Kadiev (BSP) - 22.27%
23. Stara Zagora
Zhivko Todorov (GERB) - 67.12% vs Boycho Bivolarski (BSP) - 32.88%
24. Targovishte
Krasimir Mirev (BSP) - 78.90% vs Tuncher Kurdzhaliev (DPS) - 21.10%
25. Haskovo
Georgi Ivanov (KP) - 60.32% vs Ivan Panayotov (GERB) - 39.68%
26. Shumen – mayor elected at first round
Krassimir Kostov (BSP) - 52.38% vs Dimitar Alexandrov (GERB) - 35.30%
27. Yambol
Georgi Slavov (GERB) - 55.18% vs Marieta Sivkova (BSP) - 44.82%
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