Constitution. Composition

(1) A Central Electoral Commission (CEC) shall be constituted upon conduct of all types of elections, which shall be an independent State authority.
(2) The Commission shall be a legal person, a first-grade budget spending unit, with its seat being situated in Sofia.
(3) (amend. – SG 35, in force from 22.04.2014) The Commission shall consist of 18 members, including chairperson, deputy chairperson and secretary, who shall be nominated by the parties and coalitions represented in parliament, as well as one member proposed by the parties and coalitions that have Members of European Parliament elected by their candidate lists, which, however, are not represented in the parliament.
(4) The chairperson, deputy chairpersons and the CEC shall be elected by the National Assembly on the basis of proposal under Art. 47, Para. 2, p. 1. The other CEC members shall be appointed by the President of the Republic on the basis of proposal under Art. 47, Para. 2, p. 2.
(5) Nominations for election of members may be made by the MPs, parliamentary groups, as well as by the parties and coalitions, which have elected by their candidate lists Members of the European Parliament, but are not parliamentary represented.
(6) The Bulgarian NGOs may make proposals for appointment of CEC members to the MPs and parliamentary groups. Where an MP or parliamentary group make a proposal on the basis of an NGO proposal, this shall be noted in it.
(7) As chairperson, deputy chairpersons and secretary shall not be elected persons, proposed by one and the same parliamentary group, or by MPs of one and the same parliamentary group.
(8) (amend. –SG 35, in force from 22.04.2014 Upon appointment of CEC members the correlation between the parliamentary represented parties and coalitions shall be kept. The representatives of one party or coalition shall not have majority in the CEC.
(9) Where parliamentary represented parties and coalitions and parties and coalitions, which have elected by their candidate lists Members of the European Parliament, but are not parliamentary represented, have not made proposals under Para. 5, for all the members, for whom they have the right to, including that they have made proposals for fewer members, the unoccupied places shall be completed upon proposal of other parliamentary represented parties and coalitions while observing Para, 8.