(1) The President shall be elected directly by the voters for a period of five years by a procedure established by law.

(2) (Amend. - SG 106/23) Eligible for President shall be any natural-born Bulgarian citizen over 40 years of age, who has no other citizenship, is not placed under judicial interdiction, is not serving a prison sentence and has resided in the country the last five years preceding the election.

(3) To be elected, a candidate shall require more than one-half of the valid ballots, provided that more than half of all eligible voters have cast their ballots in the election.

(4) Should none of the candidates for President be elected, a second round vote shall be held within seven days between the two top candidates. The winner shall be the candidate who wins the majority of the vote.

(5) A presidential election shall be held not earlier than three months and not later than two months before the expiry of the term of office of the incumbent President.

(6) The Constitutional Court shall rule upon any challenge to the legality of a presidential election no later than one month after the election.