Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament.

Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov.

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.

The defeated right-wing forces called for abstention, while some far-left formations[citation needed] expressed their support for Siderov.