The pre-election campaign for the early parliamentary elections on April 2 officially started today at 00:00. It will last until midnight on March 31. This is stated in decision 1695-NS of the CEC and in the chronogram published on the commission's website, BTA reported.
21 political formations - 14 parties and 7 coalitions - will participate in the elections for people's representatives on April 2.
Only two independent candidates were nominated by Initiative Committees - Veselin Mareshki in the 3rd MIR - Varna, and Milen Milev in the 11th MIR - Lovech.
Three candidate MPs are under 21 years of age, their registration has been deleted
The parties and coalitions, as well as the numbers with which they will go to the vote in October, are:
1. KP "BSP for Bulgaria"
2. KP GERB-SDS
3. PP "Vazrazhdane"
4. PP "There is such a people"
5. PP "People's Party "Truth and only the truth"
6. KP "Neutral Bulgaria"
7. PP "Bulgarian National Unity - BNO"
8. KP "Together"
9. PP Bulgarian National Union "New Democracy"
10. PP "National Movement for Stability and Rise" (NDSV)
11. PP "Conservative Union of the Right - KOD"
12. KP "We continue the change - Democratic Bulgaria"
13. PP "Movement for Rights and Freedoms"
14. KP "The Left!"
15. PP "Bulgarian Rise"
16. PP MIR
17. PP "Bulgarian Social Democracy - Euroleft"
18. PP "Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy"
19. PP "Voice of the People"
20. PP Socialist Party "Bulgarian Path"
21. KP "Outside the EU and NATO"
In the ballot for the vote in April, the names of the registered independent candidates will appear in the relevant MIR in which they are registered. The pre-election campaign is conducted in Bulgarian, it is recorded in the decision of the CEC.
Citizens, parties, coalitions, initiative committees, candidates and advocates have freedom of expression and election campaigning in oral and written form at election meetings, as well as through media service providers.
Candidates for people's representatives and the parties, coalitions and initiative committees that have registered candidates have the right to equal access to the sources of information they need for the purposes of the election campaign.
Pre-election meetings are public.
The organizers and the authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are responsible for the order of their conduct.
Meetings are organized according to the Law on Meetings, Rallies and Manifestations.
When holding elections for people's representatives on April 2, 2023, the provision of Art.
92, para.
3 of the Law on the Ministry of the Interior does not apply.
"Pre-election campaigning" is a call for support or non-support of a candidate, party, coalition or initiative committee for participation in the elections for people's representatives on April 2, 2023, the decision of the CEC states.
The name and symbols of a party and coalition placed on objects that do not contain an appeal for support are not considered propaganda within the meaning of the code.
During the election campaign, candidates, parties, coalitions and initiative committees may prepare and distribute posters, addresses and other campaign materials, and each campaign material must be marked on whose behalf it is issued.
It should contain information that buying and selling votes is a crime.
In audio- and audio-visual materials, this information is contained as an unambiguous and comprehensible message.
The CEC will not appeal the court's decision on the counting of ballots
The campaign materials are placed in places designated by the mayor of the municipality/district/town hall.
The mayor's order is made public and sent to the district election commission.
Campaign materials may be placed on buildings, fences and storefronts only with the permission of the property owner or manager.
It is within the powers of the regional election commissions to rule on complaints about improperly placed campaign materials during the election campaign.
By decision of the regional election commission, the mayor of the municipality, the district or the town hall or the deputy mayor shall remove or seize the posted and distributed campaign materials in violation.
If necessary, the removal and seizure takes place with the assistance of the authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Buying and selling votes is a crime.