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Article 396
 

Right to Elect


(1) The right to elect Municipal councillors and Mayors shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens who have attained the age of 18 years by election day inclusive, are not interdicted and do not serve a custodial sentence and have resided in the respective settlement for at least the last 6 months.
(2) Each citizen of a Member State of the European Union, who is not a Bulgarian citizen, 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 long-term or permanent residence status for the Republic of Bulgaria, has resided in the respective settlement for at least the last 6 months, is not deprived of the right to elect in the Member State of citizenship.