Registration of Local Coalitions of Political Parties

(1) The local coalitions of political parties shall be established for participation in elections of Municipal councillors and for Mayors only by political parties and coalitions of political parties registered at the Central Election Commission.

(2) The local coalitions of political parties shall be registered on the basis of application of registration presented in the respective Municipal election commission not later than 40 days in advance of election day. The application shall state what type of election the registration is requested for. A separate application shall be lodged for each single type of election.

(3) The application shall be presented by a decision of the local coalition of political parties. The application shall be signed by the persons representing the local coalition of political parties or by persons expressly authorised by them.

(4) The application shall state:

1. the full or abbreviated name of the local coalition of political parties to be printed in the ballot paper;


2. an application for registration to run in the elections, which should state the type of election the registration is to be made for;


3. address, telephone and contact person.

(5) The following shall be attached to the application of local coalition of political parties:

1. a decision on the establishment of the local coalition of political parties, which shall state who is the person authorised to represent it and for what type of election the coalition is established for; the decision must be signed by the authorised representatives of the member political parties and coalitions of political parties; where the decision is on participation in more than one type of election in the Municipal election commission, only one original shall be presented for the relevant Municipality;


2. specimens of the signatures of the persons representing the local coalition of political parties;


3. a specimen of the seal of the local coalition of political parties, if any;


4. authorisations of the persons who have signed the decision on the establishment of the local coalition of political parties;


5. (revoked - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016)


6. a certificate of an active bank account, the account holder of which should be the political party under Art. 164, Para. 2, to be used to service the election campaign only;


7. the names and the offices of the persons to be responsible for the proceeds, expenditure, and accountability of the local coalition of political parties related to the election campaign.

(6).The Municipal election commission shall perform a verification check of the documents

presented and take a decision on the registration of the local coalition of political parties not later than 40 days in advance of the election day.

(7)In case any deficiencies or discrepancies are established, the Municipal election commission shall, without delay, give instructions as to the reconciling thereof within a 3-day term, but not later than the registration deadline. In case the deficiencies or discrepancies have not been reconciled within the period as referred to in sentence one, the Municipal election commission shall refuse registration.

(8)                    (suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The refusal of the Municipal election commission shall be appealable before the Central Election Commission according to the procedure of Art. 88. When the court revokes the appealed decision, the municipal election commission shall immediately register the local coalition for participation in the elections for municipal councillors and mayors, irrespective of whether the term referred to in Para 6 has expired, but not later than 32 days before the election date.