Balgarianovinite.com Final election costs are estimated to be around EUR 75–80 million, Finance Minister Georgi Klisurski told a news briefing at the Council of Ministers following the first regular meeting of the caretaker cabinet on Monday.
The Council of Ministers adopted the budget for the parliamentary elections on April 19, amounting to EUR 65 million. In its final version, the total cost will be around EUR 75–80 million, Klisurski said.
Klisurski said that a large portion of this amount, over EUR 35 million, is allocated for the remuneration of members of the election commissions.
He said that around EUR 12 million has been provided for securing the election process by the Ministry of Interior, and funds are allocated for video surveillance and recording through the Ministry of E-Governance. Funding is also available for updating voter lists through the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, as well as for establishing polling stations abroad through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Resources have been secured for all other processes necessary to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections on 19 April, said Georgi Klisurski.
With this decision, the caretaker cabinet has fulfilled one of its first commitments, to financially secure the conduct of the elections. “The next task is to work tirelessly to ensure some of the fairest elections in Bulgaria’s history,” the Finance Minister added.
“Technically, we are now covering machine voting, but an additional decree will allocate around EUR 10 million for paper ballots. If there are further expenses for paper ballots and polling screens, an additional act of the Council of Ministers may be adopted, bringing the final budget to approximately EUR 75–80 million,” the Minister explained. Election Costs Are Expected to Total EUR 75-80 Mln 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-23 15:49:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law