(1) The right to name and register an independent candidate for municipal councillor or mayor shall vest in:

1. for municipal councillor in municipalities with a population:

(a) not exceeding 10,000 residents: not fewer than 100 voters of the municipality;
(b) not exceeding 20,000 residents: not fewer than 200 voters of the municipality;
(c) not exceeding 50,000 residents: not fewer than 250 voters of the municipality;
(d) not exceeding 100,000 residents: not fewer than 500 voters of the municipality;
(e) exceeding 100,000 residents: not fewer than 1,000 voters of the municipality;

2. for municipality mayor [in municipalities] with a population:

(a) not exceeding 10,000 residents: not fewer than 200 voters of the municipality;
(b) not exceeding 20,000 residents: not fewer than 400 voters of the municipality;
(c) not exceeding 50,000 residents: not fewer than 500 voters of the municipality;
(d) not exceeding 100,000 residents: not fewer than 1,000 voters of the municipality;
(e) exceeding 100,000 residents: not fewer than 2,000 voters of the municipality;

3. for mayoralty mayor: one-fifth of the voters of the mayoralty but not more than 500;

4. for borough mayor: one-fifth of the voters of the borough but not more than 500;

(2) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) Any voter, who supports the contesting of the election by an independent candidate for municipal councillor or mayor, shall certify this by affixing the signature thereof before a member of the nomination committee. The voters who are Bulgarian nationals shall state the names, the permanent address thereof in the municipality or, respectively, in the mayoralty or borough, the Standard Public Registry Personal Number thereof, and the nationals of another Member State of the European Union, enjoying a durable or permanent residence status for Bulgaria, shall state the names, the Personal Number, the number of the identity card or passport, the number of the residence certificate and the date of registration stated therein, and the residence address in the respective municipality, mayoralty or borough. Each voter may participate in only one list. The list shall be delivered also in the form of a structured electronic image, stating the names, Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) and permanent address (residence address) of the voters who have affixed a manual signature, in the order in which they have been entered in the list.

(3) The member of the nomination committee referred to in Paragraph (2) shall process and provide the personal data complying with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act and shall bear responsibility as controller within the meaning given by Article 3 (2) of the Personal Data Protection Act.

(4) (Amended, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) The list shall be delivered to the municipal election commission together with the documents referred to in items 2, 3, 6 and 7 of Article 414 (1) herein not later than 32 days in advance of polling day.