March 21 2017, 12:41
- Bulgaria will hold parliamentary elections on March 26.
- Originally scheduled in 2018, the elections were bumped up following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the failure of the political parties to form a government.
- Bulgaria is parliamentary democratic where the party (or a coalition of parties) with the greatest representation in the parliament forms the government, its leader becoming prime minister.
- Bulgarians will be electing 240 members of the unicameral National Assembly through an open list proportional representation system.
- The National Assembly is a permanent acting body directed by a board of Chairmen including a Chairman of the National Assembly.
- The National Assembly has a total of 31 constituencies, which range in size from 4 to 16 seats.
- The president is Head of State and is directly chosen once in every five years for a limit of two terms. The prime minister, on the other hand, is the head of government, and is the head of the Council of Ministers.
- Bulgaria has a population of approximately 7.1 million (July 2016) and 6.9 voters averaging a turnout of 49.25% in the last 16 elections.
- A total of 371 voting precincts will be stationed in 70 foreign countries and territories.
- Voting and counting will be manual.
