Elections in Respect of New Municipalities and Mayoralties

(1) Upon creation of a new municipality, the President of the Republic shall schedule new elections of municipal councillors and a municipality mayor within 14 days after the promulgation in the State Gazette of the decree on the creation of the new municipality.
(2) The municipalities or mayoralties from the territories whereof new territorial administrative units of the respective type are created shall continue to exist. No new elections of municipal councillors or mayors shall be held in the said municipalities or mayoralties until the end of the current term of office.
(3) The right to elect upon the creation of a new municipality or mayoralty shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens and the citizens of another Member State of the European Union who satisfy the conditions referred to in Art. 396, 1 or 2 and have a permanent-address or present-address (residence-address) registration within the territory included in the newly created municipality or mayoralty at a date which is 6 months in advance of election day.
(4) The right to be elected upon the creation of a new municipality or mayoralty shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens and the citizens of another Member State of the European Union who satisfy the conditions referred to in Art. 397, 1 or 2 and have a permanent-address or present-address (residence-address) registration within the territory included in the newly created municipality or mayoralty at a date which is 6 months in advance of election day.