At an official ceremony, the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission Maria Pavlova announced that Georgi Parvanov is elected Bulgarian President and Anguel Marin is elected Bulgarian Vice President at the presidential elections on November 11 and November 18. Parvanov and Marin won the elections with 53,13% of the votes. Pavlova gave to Blagovest Sendov a copy of the Commission’s decision. She also gave documents with the results from the elections and the Central Electoral Commission’s decision to the newly elected President and Vice President. The Chairman of the Electoral Commission said that the election process was democratic and in accordance with the Bulgarian Constitution. She wished to the new President fruitful cooperation with all institutions. President- elect Parvanov told journalists that in several days he will leave Parliament. He added that he will no longer be member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.