On October 27 Bulgaria votes in local elections

On October 27, Bulgaria is holding local elections. The voting opens at 07.00 and closes at 20.00. If there are queues outside some polling stations, voting can be extended by an hour.

More than 6,200,000 Bulgarians are eligible to vote in the elections for local government authorities. There are 12,000 polling stations.

There are more than 1,200 registered candidates for mayors and more than 29,000 candidates for municipal councillors.

Voting will take place in 265 municipalities in Bulgaria.

The Central Election Commission registered 59 parties and 7 coalitions for the local elections. Registration was denied to five parties and one coalition. Local coalitions and independent-candidate nomination committees are registered by the municipal election commissions. All seven parties represented in the current Parliament are running in the elections.