Documents for Registration of Political Parties

(1) The political parties, shall present at the Central Election Commission An application of registration not later than 45 days in advance of election day. The application shall be signed by the person representing the political party according to its current judicial registration. The application may furthermore be signed by the person expressly authorised by the person representing the political party.

(2) The application as referred to in Para (1) herein shall state:

1. the full or abbreviated name of the political party according to the court registration thereof;


2. the full or abbreviated name of the political party as declared for printing on the ballot papers;


3. an application for registration to run in the elections;


4. address and telephone at which the political party can be contacted and a contact person.

(3)The political party shall present, attached to the application for registration:

1. a certificate of legal status current as at the date of scheduling of elections;


2. a specimen of the signature of the person representing the political party;


3. a specimen of the seal of the political party;


4. a bank document proving a deposit has been paid in as referred to in Art. 129, Para. 1: solely upon elections of MPs, of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria;


5. (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016, suppl. – SG 17/19) a list containing the names, the Uniform Civil Number and manual signatures of not fewer than 2500 voters supporting the registration, executed before persons authorised by the party; upon elections of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria, and in elections for Municipal councillors and for Mayors the registration of the political party may furthermore be supported by voters who are nationals of another Member State of the European Union, and the lists shall contain the names, the number of the residence certificate and the date of registration stated therein, and signature; each voter may only participate in one list; when placing their signature in the list, the voter shall confirm their identity, the list shall be furthermore delivered in a structured electronic form, containing the names and the Uniform Civil Numbers (Personal Numbers) of the voters who have affixed their signatures in the sequence, in which they are entered in the list;


6. a certificate issued by the Bulgarian National Audit Office under Art. 37 Para.1 of the Political parties Act on financial statements submitted by the political party for each of the last three years and, applicable to newly registered political parties, since the date of the court registration thereof;


7. a certificate of an active bank account to be used to service the election campaign only;


8. the names and the offices of the persons to be responsible for the proceeds, expenditure, and accountability of the political party related to the election campaign;


9. an explicit authorisation from the person representing the respective party, in the cases where the documents are submitted by authorised persons.

(4) (Amend. – SG 17/19) The personal data referred to in p. 5 of Para. 3 shall be processed and provided in compliance with the requirements for its protection.