New elections shall be conducted:

1. where, upon conduct of elections of mayor, a mayor is not elected in the second round;
2. in the cases referred to in Article 452 (7) herein;
3. upon creation of a new municipality;
4. upon creation of a new mayoralty;
5. where the election of municipal councillors or mayors is pronounced invalid;
6. where the effecting of changes in territorial administration results of a relevant type lead to a change in the municipalities or the mayoralties, under the terms established by the Territorial Administration of the Republic of Bulgaria Act;
7. (new, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) in the cases referred to in Article 27 (1) of the Local Self-Government and Local Administration Act.