Art. 353. (1) Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria shall be elected according to a proportional election system from national candidate lists of:

1. political parties and coalitions;

2. nomination committees.

(2) In voting for a candidate list of a political party or coalition, the voter may mark a preference for a candidate in the candidate list thus expressing his/her preference on the order of arrangement of the candidates on the candidate list he/she is voting for.