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Article 396
 

(1) The right to elect municipal councillors and mayors shall vest in the Bulgarian nationals, who have attained 18 years by polling day, are not interdicted, do not serve a custodial sentence, and have resided in the respective nucleated settlement at least during the last six months.


(2) Any national of a Member State of the European Union, who is not a Bulgarian national, shall have the right to elect municipal councillors and mayors if the said person has attained the age of 18 years by election day, is not interdicted, does not serve a custodial sentence, enjoys a durable or permanent residence status for the Republic of Bulgaria, has resided in the respective nucleated settlement at least during the last six months, and is not deprived of the right to elect in the Member State of which the said person is a national.