(1) A voting section shall include up 1,000 voters except in the cases referred to in Article 93 (4) of the Civil Registration Act.

(2) In the nucleated settlements there shall be established as many voting sections as the times the number 1,000 is contained in the number of voters. If there is a remainder, an additional voting section may be established.

(3) In spatially self-contained nucleated settlements, the municipality mayor may establish voting sections with not fewer than 20 voters.

(4) Upon conduct of elections of municipal councillors and of mayors, in the nucleated settlements there shall be established as many voting sections as the times the number 1,000 is contained in the number of voters. If there is a remainder greater than or equal to 500, a separate voting section shall be established. If there is a remainder of fewer than 500 voters, there shall be established two voting sections with fewer than 1,000 voters each or one voting section with fewer than 1,000 but not fewer than 30 voters. In nucleated settlements with fewer than 1,000 voters, there shall be established a separate voting section.

(5) The boundaries of the voting sections shall reckon with the boundaries of the nucleated settlements. The boundaries of the voting sections in cities subdivided into boroughs shall reckon with the borough boundaries.

(6) Upon conduct of elections of National Representatives, of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria and of President and Vice President of the Republic, there shall be established voting sections at medical-treatment facilities, nursing homes and other specialised institutions for the provision of social services and on board navigation vessels flying the Bulgarian flag while on international voyage provided that there are not fewer than 10 voters.

(7) Upon conduct of elections of municipal councillors and of mayors, there shall be established voting sections at medical-treatment facilities, nursing homes and other specialised institutions for the provision of social services provided that there are not fewer than ten voters who have resided in the respective nucleated settlement within the territory whereof the respective facility, home or another specialised institution is located during the last six months in advance of polling day.

(8) The voting sections referred to in Paragraphs (6) and (7) shall be established by the managers of the facilities, the homes, the other specialised institutions and by the masters of the navigation vessels not later than 48 hours in advance of polling day, of which they shall notify the mayor of the municipality within the territory whereof the facilities, homes and other specialised institutions are located, as well as the competent constituency election commission or municipal election commission.

(9) The detainees in respect of whom there is no enforceable sentence may vote at the detention facilities, where it is possible to establish a voting section there according to the procedure established by Paragraph (6) or (7).