Judges Fail to Elect New Supreme Judicial Council Members, Go to Run-off Vote on Sunday 2026

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No candidates were elected to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the judges’ quota in the November 7 vote, and a run-off will be held, said Biser Troyanov, a Supreme Court of Cassation judge and chair of the Election Commission of the General Assembly of Judges.
Of the 2,275 judges eligible to vote, 1,870 cast their ballots. None of the candidates secured more than half of the votes. The run-off will be held on Sunday among all 21 candidates, with the six receiving the most votes to be elected SJC members. In the event of a tie, the candidate or candidates to be elected will be determined by a draw conducted by the Election Commission in the presence of the candidates concerned.
Voting on November 8 began at 8 a.m. and will continue until 6 p.m.
On November 5, the hearings of candidates for the SJC seats from the parliamentary quota were completed. Parliament is expected to elect 11 of them: 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 two-round vote.
The investigators are yet to hold hearings with their candidates and elect their representative to the new SJC.
BTA is covering the election of SJC members from the parliamentary quota and the quotas of judges, prosecutors and investigators under the rubric “New Supreme Judicial Council”.

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