On June 15, 2025, partial local elections will be held in the metropolitan districts of "Slatina" and "Iskar", as well as in the village of Mramor, according to a report on the website of the Municipal Election Commission (MEC) - Sofia.
The polling stations in which elections will be held in the "Slatina" district are 85 in total, with only one section not having the option to vote by machine, the chairwoman of the MEC - Sofia, Polina Vitanova, told BTA. She added that the "Iskar" district will have 77 polling stations, all of which will have a voting machine. There will be two polling stations in the village of Mramor.
The candidates for mayor of the "Slatina" district, according to the OIC website, are Rozalina Popova from the "Bulgarian Social Democratic Party", Georgi Notev from "Vazrazhdane", Petar Benev from "Ima takvi narod", Georgi Iliev from "Prodlovzhavam svetla – Democratic Bulgaria", Valentin Peykov from "BSP - United Left", Ivana Vlahova from "Bulgaria moge", as well as Lili Ivanova from GERB-SDF.
The candidates for mayor of the "Iskar" district are Mary Dzhondzhorova-Kalcheva from the "Bulgarian Social Democratic Party", Dimitar Draganov from "Vazrazhdane", Yasen Rusev from "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria", Boris Tsvetkov from "BSP - United Left", Ivaylo Dokuzanov from VMRO, Borislav Borisov from the "Bulgaria Can" Party, independent candidate Gergana Kalpacka, as well as Petko Kraev from GERB-SDS.
There is only one candidate for mayor of the village of Mramor - Alexander Georgiev from GERB-SDS.
BTA recalls that on March 6, the Central Election Commission adopted a decision to propose to President Rumen Radev to schedule partial elections for mayor of the "Slatina" and "Iskar" districts. By a presidential decree, published in the "State Gazette", June 15, 2025 is set as the date for partial elections for mayor of the "Slatina" and "Iskar" districts.
The powers of Georgi Iliev as mayor of "Slatina" were terminated early by the Municipal Election Commission due to the mayor's participation in commercial activities. At the end of February, the Sofia Municipal Council elected Denisir Kotev as acting mayor of the "Slatina" district.
Established ownership of company shares was the reason for the termination of the powers of the mayor of the "Iskar" district, Yasen Rusev. At the end of 2024 The Sofia Municipal Council elected, by secret ballot, Alexander Ivanov as interim mayor of the “Iskar“ district.