Balgarianovinite.com The Central Election Commission (CEC) has greenlighted 24 political entities out of 27 applicants to stand in the early parliamentary elections on April 19, CEC Deputy Chair and Spokesperson Rositsa Mateva said on Thursday during the election authority’s first regular briefing on the upcoming vote.
One party was removed from the list after it withdrew its application, and two coalitions were denied registration for the elections, the CEC said.
The deadline for parties and coalitions to apply for participation in the elections expired on Wednesday at 5pm.
Mateva said that CEC starts an information campaign on Friday.
A banner for the April 19 elections on the CEC website is now active and anybody can find various information regarding the presidential decrees for the elections; the timeline; the election stationary; CEC decisions; machine voting; registers; the constituency election commissions; personal data protection; overseas voting.
After March 7, voters will be able to check there whether they are on lists for support for parties and coalitions for the purpose of registration for the elections. If somebody finds their name on a list and they are sure they have not signed up, they can file an alert with the Commission for Personal Data Protection, said Mateva.
Bulgarians can apply for overseas voting by March 24. Applications can be filed in person with the diplomatic representations in the respective country or online from the beginning of March 6.
The number of voting sections and their locations will be clear on March 28.
Bulgaria has 12,837 machines but it has never used more than 10,000 machines. “We have enough voting machines,” said Mateva.
All 31 constituency election commissions have been appointed. Agreement was reached during consultations with regional governors for only two of the commissions, so for the remaining 29 CEC appointed the members ex officio. Four appeals have been filed against decisions appointing constituency election commissions (in Ruse, Plovdiv Region, Targovishte and Silistra) and a ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court is expected, Mateva said.
CEC has determined that the number of members in each section election commission will be up to nine, as there are nine parliamentary parties and coalitions entitled to at least one representative in each section commission. The minimum number of members is five, Mateva added.
The decision explicitly states that, once appointed, changes to the composition of section commissions may be made only under the conditions set out in Article 51(2) of the Election Code: resignation by a member, entry into force of a court sentence, placement under guardianship, or permanent inability to perform duties. Only in these cases a section commission can replace members, including on election day if a member fails to appear, Mateva explained. 24 Political Entities to Run in April 19 Early Parliamentary Elections 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-05 13:01:00 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
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