The Election Commission of the General Assembly of Judges has announced the six judges elected to the new composition of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).
The elected members are Maria Terziyska, Deputy Chair of the Varna District Court; Svetlana Kalinova, a judge at the Supreme Court of Cassation; Daniela Aleksandrova, Deputy Chair of the Sofia District Court; Vasil Petkov, a judge at the Military Court of Appeals; Veselka Zlateva-Kozhuharova, Administrative Head of the Pazardzhik Administrative Court; and Emiliya Vasileva, a judge at the Supreme Court of Cassation.
The results were announced by Supreme Court of Cassation Judge Biser Troyanov, who chaired the Election Commission of the General Assembly of Judges.
Voter turnout stood at 84.18%, exceeding the turnout recorded during the previous vote on November 7, when none of the 21 candidates received the required number of votes to be elected. A total of 2,275 judges were eligible to participate in the election. Voting was conducted using paper ballots at 30 polling stations across the country, corresponding to the number and locations of the district courts.
On Thursday, November 5, hearings for candidates nominated under the parliamentary quota for membership in the SJC concluded. Parliament is expected to elect 11 members, including six to the Judges’ Chamber and five to the Prosecutors’ Chamber.
The General Assembly of Prosecutors has already elected its representatives to the SJC following a vote held in two rounds.
Investigators are also expected to hold hearings for their nominated candidates and elect their representative to the new Council.
The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is covering the election of SJC members from the parliamentary quota and the professional quotas of judges, prosecutors and investigators under its special coverage rubric, “New Supreme Judicial Council”.

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