The elections for the 51st National Assembly began this evening in 21:00 Bulgarian time and will end at 05:00 am on October 28, 2024, NOVA reported.
Due to the time difference, our compatriots in Auckland, New Zealand will cast their vote first. There, the electoral section opened today at 21:00 Bulgarian time. The latter will close the polling stations on the West Coast of the USA and Canada, where the election day is expected to end at 5:00 a.m. Bulgarian time on Monday, October 28, 2024.
Bulgarian citizens abroad will be able to exercise their right to vote in a total of 719 polling stations in 57 countries. The most sections will be opened in Turkey – 168, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – 112, Germany – 66, Spain – 64, USA – 53, Italy – 27, Netherlands -25, Greece – 23, France – 17, Austria and Belgium each 16, Canada – 15 sections.
Machine voting will take place in a total of 157 sections – 79 machines in Turkey, 21 in Germany, 14 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 6 each in Spain and the USA, 5 each in Austria and Greece, 4 in the Netherlands, 3 each in France and Belgium, 2 each in Canada, Cyprus , Czech Republic and Switzerland, 1 machine each in Luxembourg, Norway and Serbia.