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Article 76
 

(1) The municipal election commission shall consist of a chairperson, deputy chairpersons, secretary and members.


(2) The municipal election commissions shall be represented by the chairperson thereof, and in specified cases, the said commission shall be represented by a deputy chairperson, secretary or member designated by decision of the commission.


(3) The representatives of any single party or coalition may not have a majority in the municipal election commission. The chairperson, the deputy chairperson and the secretary may not be of one and the same party or coalition.


(4) The parties and coalitions represented in Parliament shall nominate members of the municipal election commission, including a chairperson, deputy chairperson and a secretary, according to the number of voting sections within the territory of the municipality as follows:


1. for municipalities with up to 150 voting sections: up to eleven members;
2. for municipalities with more than 150 voting sections: 13 members;
3. (amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) for boroughs in the cities subdivided into boroughs: 27 members;
4. (amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) for Sofia Municipality: 39 members.


(5) Upon appointment of the members referred to in Paragraph (4), including a chairperson, deputy chairperson and secretary, the proportion of the political parties and coalitions represented in Parliament shall be retained.


(6) The parties and coalitions which have Members of the European Parliament elected from the candidate lists thereof but are not represented in Parliament shall be entitled to have one member each in the municipal election commission, besides the number of members referred to in Paragraph (4).


(7) In case the parties and coalitions represented in Parliament and the parties and coalitions which have Members of the European Parliament elected from the candidate lists thereof but are not represented in Parliament have failed to nominate all members to whom they are entitled, including where the said parties and coalitions have nominated fewer members, the vacant positions shall be filled on a nomination by other parties and coalitions which have participated in the consultations referred to in Article 75 (2) herein . Any such filling shall be made by lots under terms and according to a procedure established by a decision of the Central Election Commission.


(8) In case the total number of members of the municipal election commission is an even number, the party or coalition represented in Parliament with the greatest unused remainder shall nominate one more member of the municipal election commission. If the remainders are equal, the parties and coalitions with equal remainders shall draw lots.


(9) In case the party or coalition which should nominate a member under the terms established by Paragraph (8) forms a majority in the municipal election commission, this right shall pass to the party or coalition with the next greatest unused remainder. If the remainders are equal, the parties and coalitions with equal remainders shall draw lots.


(10) The total number of members of the municipal election commission shall be determined according to the procedure established by Paragraphs (4) to (9).