Today, the residents of the “Iskar“ district are voting in a runoff for mayor, BTA reported. They will choose between Yasen Rusev, nominated by “We continue the change - Democratic Bulgaria”, who received 2,563 valid votes in the first round, and Petko Kraev, nominated by the local coalition GERB-SDF “ - with 1,659 valid votes.
Election day in the Sofia region “Iskar“ has started normally, all polling stations are open. This was told to BTA by the Chairperson of the Municipal Election Commission (MEC) Polina Vitanova.
So far, there have been no calls, including and from the section election commissions for problems or irregularities, Vitanova said.
Voting is taking place in 77 sections, all of them with paper and machine.
The first data on voter turnout will be available by 10:30, the MEC chairman added.
Election day began at 7:00 and will last until 20:00, and if there are voters in front of the polling stations, until 21:00, as required by law, Polina Vitanova also said.
Election day in the village of Malo Selo, Bobov Dol Municipality, began in a normal atmosphere, Danislava Dimitrova from the Municipal Election Commission (MEC) in Bobov Dol told BTA. Voting will continue until 8:00 p.m., and in the event of a large crowd of people wishing to vote, election day will be extended until 9:00 p.m.
Dimitrova added that data on voter turnout will be published periodically on the website of the Municipal Election Commission - Bobov Dol.
Today, voters in the village of Malo Selo are again voting for the mayor of the village, after none of the candidates received more than half of the valid votes in the first round of the elections.
Residents of the Plovdiv village of Voivodinovo in the municipality of “Maritsa“ vote in the second round of partial elections for mayor of Voyvodinovo municipality.
The partial elections in the village came about after the death of the long-time mayor of Voyvodinovo Dimitar Tosev in early March.
We are ready for the runoff of the partial elections for mayor of the village of Voyvodinovo, Yordan Tsakov, chairman of the Municipal Election Commission - Maritsa, told BTA. The necessary organization has been made and the ballots have been provided. Two polling stations have been opened in the village, which are located in the primary school “St. St. Cyril and Methodius“, where the residents of the settlement, which are 1655, will be able to exercise their vote by machine or with a paper ballot, Tsakov explained.
The candidates Atanas Krastev Hristozov from “Ima takvi narod“ and Toshko Markov Zlatarev from “United Farmers“ are participating in the second round of the by-elections for mayor of the Voivodinovo municipality.
The decision to schedule by-elections for mayor of the village of Voivodinovo was published in issue 25 of the State Gazette of March 25, 2025 by Decree No. 50 of President Rumen Radev. On March 24, the Municipal Council in Maritsa voted on a proposal to appoint Rumyana Shapkarova as the interim mayor of Voivodinovo.
Identity documents for voting in the Voivodinvo mayoral runoff will be issued during the weekends in Plovdiv and the village of Trud.