1) Any changes in the set of partners forming a local coalition, which have occurred after the registration of the said coalition at the municipal election commission, shall be effected after submission of an application and presentation of a decision on the changes, which must satisfy the conditions for formation of the local coalition, not later than 35 days in advance of polling day.

(2) (Repealed, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016).

(3) In case one or more parties or coalitions leave the local coalition, the registration of the said coalition shall subsist if at least two parties or coalitions remain therein.

(4) In case a party or coalition whose full or abbreviated name is included in the name of the local coalition leaves the coalition, the municipal election commission shall, by the decision whereby it effects the change in the set of partners forming the coalition, also set a three-day time limit for a change of the name of the local coalition. The local coalition shall retain the registration thereof to contest the elections if, within the time limit set, the said coalition changes the name thereof by a decision on such change and submits an application to the municipal election commission. The municipal election commission shall remove the full or abbreviated name of the party which has left the local coalition from the name of the said coalition.

(5) The changes which have occurred in the set of partners forming a coalition shall be noted in the register of the municipal election commission after submission of an application by the persons representing the coalition not later than 32 days in advance of polling day.

(6) Not later than 32 days in advance of polling day, the municipal election commission shall remove the parties and coalitions which have left the set of partners forming the local coalition from the name of the said coalition.

(7) Any party or coalition, which is included in a set of partners forming a local coalition and which leaves the said coalition after the registration of the local coalition but not later than 40 days in advance of polling day, may contest the elections independently after registering according to the procedure established by Article 147 herein.