The deadline for the registration of parties and coalitions that want to participate in the early parliamentary elections on April 19 has expired. According to data from the Central Election Commission, 15 parties and 12 coalitions have submitted documents for participation. After one party withdrew its application and two coalitions were denied registration, the final number of participants is 14 parties and 10 coalitions (a total of 24 formations).
Among them are all parliamentaryly represented formations, as well as that of Rumen Radev - "Progressive Bulgaria".
At the first regular briefing of the Central Election Commission, the chairwoman of the commission, Kamelia Neykova, emphasized that preparations for the elections to the 52nd National Assembly on April 19 had begun even before the issuance of the presidential decree.
Mateva announced that all 31 regional commissions had been appointed, but in only two was an agreement reached between the parties. In the remaining 29 appointments were official. There are currently 4 complaints against the RECs in Ruse, Plovdiv region (17th district), Targovishte and Silistra, which are being considered by the Supreme Administrative Court.
Regarding machine voting, Rositsa Mateva announced that the state has a total of 12,837 machines. They were purchased in parts: 9,600 in February 2021, followed by another 1,600 and 1,637 later that year. She assured that the number is completely sufficient, since more than 10,000 devices have never been used simultaneously in national elections. The machines are stored in a private warehouse under the security of the Ministry of Interior and the National Agency for National Security.
The deadline for registering candidate lists is March 17, and the election campaign begins at midnight on March 20. The composition of the sectional election commissions will be clear by March 24, as this is the deadline for their appointment.