The government and the Ministry of the Interior have boosted their efforts to combat buying and selling of votes in the local elections run-off on Sunday, Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov said in a video address. He pointed out..
In the first round of local elections, only 8 of the country's regional mayors were elected. A run-off will be held on November 5 in all the remaining 19 regional cities, including the three largest - Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. Local government is..
Minister of E-Government Alexander Yolovski said that he had launched a procedure for the certification of voting machines for the second round of local elections. Certification teams will work overtime. Today, Central Election Commission (CEC)..
Turnout in Bulgaria's 29 October local elections was 44.94, in line with preliminary forecasts by sociologists. More than 2 713 000 voters went to the polls out of a total of just over 6 038 000 on the electoral rolls. This can be seen from the data..
The candidate of PP-DB and "Save Sofia", Vasil Terziev, who has 31.8% of the votes in Sofia and the candidate of "BSP for Bulgaria", Vanya Grigorova, with 21.59% support will compete for the mayoral seat in the runoff on Sunday ,..
Voting software must have open source code under the provisions of the Election Code. This was what the Deputy Minister of Electronic Government, Mihail Stoynov, said at a press conference in connection with the events of October 25, described in a SANS..
There is Such a People (ITN) will support Vanya Grigorova, nominated by the united Left for mayor of Sofia. This was announced by BSP leader Kornelia Ninova on Facebook after a conversation with ITN leader Slavi Trifonov. ITN's candidate for..
Two main questions dominated the first round of local elections. Will the cancellation of electronic voting just before the election lead to a voter mobilisation amid suspicions of a last-minute attempt to rig the vote? Will it lead to a change of..
GERB-SDS mayoral candidate Anton Hekimyan has made his first comments after Sunday's municipal elections, in which he came third in the race for Sofia mayor. "I thank all those who supported me and voted for me. I also respect the choice of..
According to data from the Exit poll of the Gallup International Balkan sociological, which is a partner of the BNR for the local vote, the voter turnout at 7 pm in the elections for mayors in Sofia was 36.0% , in Plovdiv - 33.7%, in..
