Bulgaria holds early parliamentary elections

On July 11, 2021, Bulgaria holds parliamentary elections.

A total of 23 parties and coalitions take part in the July 11 elections and 5,081 MP candidates are running for 240 seats in Parliament.

Voting will take place in 13,012 polling stations across the country. In 9,401 of them, voting will be with machines only. Paper ballots will be used in polling stations with less than 300 voters.

A record number of polling stations abroad have been opened - 784 in 68 countries.

The polling stations open at 07.00 and close at 20.00. If there are queues, voting can be extended by an hour.

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Bulgarians will be going to the polls on July 11 after the three biggest political powers elected in the April 4 regular parliamentary elections failed to form a government.