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Article 205
 

(1) From the day of promulgation in the State Gazette of the decree of the President or, respectively, of the resolution of the National Assembly scheduling the respective type of election and until polling day and including on polling day, any making public of results of public opinion polls or of sociological surveys in connection with the elections, performed by means of a media service or in another manner, must contain, inter alia, information on the client who commissioned the poll or the survey, the agency which conducted the poll or the survey, and the sources of financing the said poll or survey.


(2) The information referred to in Paragraph (1) shall be presented fully and clearly, being boxed in a conspicuous place in a printed or another textual material and occupying not less 5 per cent of the total space of the material, and in audio and audiovisual materials broadcast on the electronic media or in a presentation before an audience, the said information shall appear once at the beginning and once at the end of the material or presentation.


(3) The provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall furthermore apply in the cases where canvassing materials of parties, coalitions, nomination committees and candidates contain or refer to results of public opinion polls or of sociological surveys.


(4) The persons who conduct public opinion polls or sociological surveys in connection with the elections and/or make public the results of any such polls or surveys may not invoke an official secret, a trade secret or another secret protected by law as a reason not to disclose the information referred to in Paragraph (1).


(5) Results of public opinion polls in connection with the elections may not be made public in any form whatsoever during a period commencing 24 hours in advance of polling day and ending upon the declaration of the closing of the polls within the territory of Bulgaria.