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Article 464
 

Upon conduct of by-elections of mayor, the provisions of this Code shall apply with the following exceptions:


1. the registration of parties and coalitions to contest the general elections of municipal councillors and mayors, effected at the Central Election Commission, shall subsist; in order to contest the by-elections, the parties and coalitions shall submit an application to the Central Election Commission not later than 35 days in advance of polling day; a certificate issued by the Bulgarian National Audit Office, referred to in Item 6 of Article 133 (3) and Item 1 (d) of Article 140 (3) herein and a certificate of current legal status of the parties issued by the Sofia City Court under Item 1 of Article 133 (3) and Item 1 (a) of Article 140 (3) herein shall be attached to the application; where one or more parties leave the coalition, the said coalition shall retain the registration thereof if at least two parties remain therein; the parties which have left the coalition may contest the elections independently;


2. the parties and coalitions, which have replaced the persons empowered to represent them or which have registered any other amendments to the statute thereof or the decision on the formation of the coalition relevant to the elections, shall notify the Central Election Commission of these changes and shall present the documents provided for in Items 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9 of Article 133 (3) herein or in Items 1, 2, 3, 7 to 9 of Article 140 (3) herein within the time limit referred to in Item 1;


3. the parties and coalitions which are not registered to contest the general elections of municipal councillors and mayors shall register at the Central Election Commission not later than 35 days in advance of polling day; the documents covered under Article 133 (3) or Article 140 (3) herein shall be attached to the application;


4. the registration of the parties and coalitions referred to in Item 3 or Article 469 (4) herein to contest a by-election or a new election conducted after the general elections of municipal councillors and mayors shall subsist for each subsequent by-election or new election; the requirements of Items 1, 2 and Items 5 to 13 shall apply to the admission [of parties and coalitions] to contest each subsequent by-election;


5. the parties and coalitions which will contest the by-elections shall register at the municipal election commission not later than 30 days in advance of polling day;


6. the candidates shall register at the municipal election commission not later than 25 days in advance of polling day and shall be made public not later than 20 days in advance of polling day;


7. the voting sections shall be established not later than 35 days in advance of polling day;


8. the electoral rolls shall be made public not later than 20 days in advance of polling day;


9. the municipal election commission, acting on a proposal by the municipality mayor, made according to the procedure established by Articles 89 to 92 herein not later than 27 days in advance of polling day, shall appoint the section election commissions not later than 25 days in advance of polling day;


10. the election campaign shall be opened 20 days in advance of polling day;


11. the expenditures on the administrative and logistical preparation for and the resourcing of the by-elections, including with equipment and consumables, shall be for the account of the municipal budget;


12. the remunerations of the members of the municipal election commission and of the members of the section election commissions shall be fixed using the methodology referred to in Item 7 of Article 57 (1) herein;


13. the time limits provided for in this Code in connection with the preparation and conduct of the elections shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of the time limits specified in Items 1 to 12.