(1) The voting ballot shall be combined and the face side thereof shall contain:

1. the name and number of the constituency;

2. the full and/or abbreviated name of the party or coalition as stated in the application for registration thereof, or the designation aNomination Committeea, with the abbreviation for a party being written as aППa [abbreviation for apolitical partya in Bulgarian], for a coalition of parties as aКПa [abbreviation for acoalition of partiesa in Bulgarian];

3. a square to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the choice of the voter, with the sequential number of the party, coalition or nomination committee being written inside the said square;

4. (amended, SG No. 35/2014, effective 22.04.2014) circles with sequential numbers written inside the said circles, whereof the number corresponds to the doubled number of seats in the respective constituency, to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the preference of the voter for a candidate on the candidate list of a party or coalition; the number written in each separate circle shall designate the sequential number by which the candidate has been registered on the candidate list of a party or coalition;

5. (new, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) a square to be marked with an aXa or a aVa, showing the choice of the voter, with aНе подкрепям никого [None Of The Above]a being written inside the said square.

(2) The lines of the separate parties, coalitions and nomination committees shall be separated from one another by a solid black horizontal line.

(3) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The name and number of the constituency shall be written on the top line in the ballot. The essential elements referred to in Items 2, 3 and 5 of Paragraph (1) shall be written sequentially from left to right on a separate horizontal line for each party, coalition or nomination committee. In the ballot for voting abroad, the name and number of the constituency shall be replaced by the text aБюлетина за гласуване извън странатаa [Ballot for Voting Abroad].

(4) The essential element referred to in Item 4 of Paragraph (1) shall be written on the right-hand side of the ballot.

(5) The reverse side of the ballot shall be marked with two areas where the seal of the competent section election commission is to be affixed.

(6) A ballot for parties and coalitions which does not contain the essential element referred to in Item 4 of Paragraph (1) shall be used for voting abroad.