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| Law on Election of Members of Parliament
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Promulgated State Gazette No.37/13.04.2001
Chapter Four
ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTION DISTRICTS
Article 39
(1) For the purposes of holding elections, the territory of the country shall be divided into 31 multi-seat constituencies, including three constituencies in the city of Sofia and two constituencies in the city of Plovdiv. The other constituencies shall coincide with the boundaries of administrative regions.
(2) The President of the Republic shall determine the names, boundaries and numbering of constituencies not later than 55 days prior to the election day.
(3) The Central Election Committee shall determine the number of seats for each constituency on the basis of a uniform representation rate for the country depending on the number of the population not later than 50 days prior to the election day, while applying the largest residual method.
Article 40
(1) Voting and counting of votes shall be conducted by election districts.
(2) Mayors of municipalities shall issue orders to establish the election districts within the territory of the municipality not later than 55 days prior to the election day and propose their numbering to the Constituency Election Committees.
(3) The order of the Mayor shall be announced in public. It shall be subject to appeal before the Regional Governor within three days and the Regional Governor shall issue the final decision within three days.
Article 41
(1) Any election district may include up to 1,000 voters.
(2) Communities shall have as many districts as the times the number 1,000 is included in the number of voters. Additional districts may be established in the case of a residual.
(3) Where communities are territorially separate, the Mayor of the municipality may establish election districts with at least 20 voters.
(4) Election districts in cities divided into wards shall follow the ward boundaries.
(5) At health establishments, recreational facilities, homes for aged people and others and vessels sailing under the Bulgarian flag abroad, election districts shall be established provided that at least 20 voters are present there.
(6) Election districts under para 5 shall be established by the heads of the establishments or facilities or homes or the captains of the vessels.
(7) Arrested persons who are not serving an enforceable sentence may vote in prison where it is possible for an election district to be established in pursuance of the requirements under para 5.
(8) Heads of Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad shall establish election districts provided that at least 20 voters have personally stated their will to vote.
Article 42
Captains of vessels sailing under the Bulgarian flag and leaving the country prior to 7 p.m. on the day preceding the election day shall receive voting papers and materials from the District Election Committee at the location of the vessel. | |
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