Art. 31. (1) (Amend. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) Upon conduct of elections of Members of Parliament, of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria the heads of diplomatic missions and consular representations of the Republic of Bulgaria shall prepare and sign lists where the persons as referred to in Art. 17, Para. 5, shall be entered according to the relevant States and locations.

(2) (Amend. – SG 98/14, in force from 28.11.2014) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall transmit the summarised data from all States with the names, the Uniform Civil Number and the permanent address in the Republic of Bulgaria of the persons entered on the lists as referred to in Para. (1) herein, in a structured electronic fashion to the Directorate General of Civil Registration and Administrative Services at the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works not later than 18 days in advance of election day, the said persons would be deleted from the electoral lists in the Republic of Bulgaria.