| Election Name: | 2006 Bulgarian presidential election |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2001 Bulgarian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2001 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Bulgarian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | 22 October 2006 (first round) |
| Turnout: | 44.11% (first round), 42.62% (second) |
| Image1: | Georgi_Parvanov.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Georgi Parvanov |
| Party1: | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Running Mate1: | Angel Marin |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,050,488 |
| Percentage1: | 75.95% |
| Nominee2: | Volen Siderov |
| Party2: | Attack (political party) |
| Running Mate2: | Pavel Shopov |
| Popular Vote2: | 649,387 |
| Percentage2: | 24.05% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Georgi Parvanov |
| Before Party: | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| After Election: | Georgi Parvanov |
| After Party: | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament.[1] The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, Georgi Parvanov won his second and final term as President of Bulgaria.
Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov. Prime minister and head of the Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev expressed his strong support for the current president, Georgi Parvanov, in July 2006,[2] and Parvanov officially stated his desire to run for a second term on 25 August 2006.[3] He was also backed by the other two members of the then ruling Triple coalition – NDSV and DPS.
In the first round, incumbent Georgi Parvanov received 64% of the vote, ahead of nationalist leader Volen Siderov who came second with 21.5%.[4] However, Parvanov was forced into a runoff with Siderov, as Bulgarian law requires a turnout of 50% for a president to be elected in the first round.[5] Turnout for the first round was 42.51%.[6] The defeated right-wing forces called for abstention, while some far-left formations expressed their support for Siderov.
The second round saw Parvanov win a decisive victory with 75.9% as opposed to Siderov's 24.1%,[7] meaning that Parvanov became the first person to be democratically re-elected as President of Bulgaria.[8] The turnout was 41.21%.[6]