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

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

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

(4) The number of members of section election commissions, including a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and a secretary, shall be:

1. for voting sections with up to 500 voters inclusive: up to seven members, but not fewer than five;
2. for voting sections with more than 500 voters: up to nine members, but not fewer than five.

(5) The number of the members of the mobile section election commission, including a chairperson, a deputy chairperson and a secretary, shall be up to seven members, but not fewer than five.

(6) The proportion of the parties and coalitions represented in the constituency election commission or the municipal election commission shall be retained upon determining the complement and the leadership of the section election commissions within the municipality for the respective constituency (district).

(7) Upon elections of National Representatives, President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria, 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 not more than 2 per cent of the members of the section election commissions within the municipality for the respective constituency (district).

(8) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) Upon elections of municipal councillors and of mayors, 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 not more than 2 per cent of the members of the section election commissions, but not fewer than one member within the municipality for the constituency.

(9) 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 91 (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.