Art. 439. (1) (Suppl. - SG 104/22) The precinct election commission shall count the votes cast with paper ballots and ballots from the machine voting for each type of election and the preferences for candidates for municipal councillors of the political parties and coalition of parties.

(2) The number of invalid votes for municipal councillors shall be equal to the number of ballot papers under Art. 438, para. 1, p. 1 to 5.

(3) The number of invalid votes for a mayor shall be equal to the number of ballot papers under Art. 438, Para. 1, p. 1 to 4 and p. 5 "a" and "c" and "d".

(4) (Suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The number of valid votes for municipal councillors shall be equal to the number of ballot papers under Art. 438, Para. 1, p. 6 "a" and "c", and 7.

(5) (Suppl. - SG 39/16, in force from 26.05.2016) The number of valid votes for a mayor shall be equal to the number of ballot papers under Art. 438, Para. 1, p. 6 "b" and "c", and 7.

(6) (Amend. – SG 35/14, in force from 22.04.2014) The number of the preferences for a candidate for a municipal councillor of a political party or coalition of parties shall be equal to the total number of the signs "X" or "V" placed by a ballpoint pen, writing in blue ink in the small circles to the name of the candidate in the candidate list, including the ones under Art. 437, Para. 5.