| Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round |
|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % |
|---|
| Zhelyu Zhelev | Blaga Dimitrova | Union of Democratic Forces | 2,273,541 | 44.66 | 2,738,420 | 52.85 |
| Velko Valkanov | Rumen Vodenicharov | Independent (Bulgarian Socialist Party) | 1,549,970 | 30.44 | 2,443,434 | 47.15 |
| George Ganchev | Petar Beron | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 854,108 | 16.78 |
| Blagovest Sendov | Ognyan Saparev | Independent | 113,897 | 2.24 |
| Slavomir Tsankov | Mikhail Milanov | Union of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era 3" | 50,247 | 0.99 |
| Dimitar Popov | Hristo Genchev | Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 32,606 | 0.64 |
| Anton Donchev | Nikolai Shkutov | Movement "Voice for Non-Party President" | 31,798 | 0.62 |
| Asen Mladenov | Ivan Georgiev | Bulgarian Communist Party | 29,646 | 0.58 |
| Peter Gogov | Bogdan Yotsov | Independent Democratic Party | 21,302 | 0.42 |
| Ivan Georgiev | Ivan Kisimov | Bulgarian National Radical Party | 19,495 | 0.38 |
| Siyka Georgieva | Stanc
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