site.btaCentral Election Commission Allocates Seats to Multi-Member Constituencies for April 19 Parliamentary Elections

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has allocated the seats to the multi-member constituencies for the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 19, 2026, the Commission said on Friday.

The CEC determines the number of seats for each multi-member constituency according to a uniform national representation standard, taking into account population data provided by the National Statistical Institute and following a methodology for determining election results and seat distribution for members of Parliament. The seats are assigned as follows: 11 seats to Blagoevgrad (No. 1), 14 seats to Burgas (No. 2), 16 seats to Varna (No. 3), 7 seats to Veliko Tarnovo (No. 4), 4 seats to Vidin (No. 5), 5 seats to Vratsa (No. 6), 4 seats to Gabrovo (No. 7), 5 seats to Dobrich (No. 8), 5 seats to Kardzhali (No. 9), 4 seats to Kyustendil (No. 10), 4 seats to Lovech (No. 11), 4 seats to Montana (No. 12), 8 seats to Pazardzhik (No. 13), 4 seats to Pernik (No. 14), 8 seats to Pleven (No. 15), 11 seats to Plovdiv City (No. 16), 11 seats to Plovdiv Region (No. 17), 4 seats to Razgrad (No. 18), 7 seats to Ruse (No. 19), 4 seats to Silistra (No. 20), 6 seats to Sliven (No. 21), 4 seats to Smolyan (No. 22), 19 seats to Sofia City (No. 23), 13 seats to Sofia City (No. 24), 14 seats to Sofia City (No. 25), 8 seats to Sofia Region (No. 26), 11 seats to Stara Zagora (No. 27), 4 seats to Targovishte (No. 28), 8 seats to Haskovo (No. 29), 5 seats to Shumen (No. 30), 4 seats to Yambol (No. 31), 4 seats to the multi-member constituency for expatriate voters. 

The decision is appealable before the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) through the CEC within three days of its announcement.

On Thursday, the Commission also approved the timetable for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the CEC said. Under the timetable, the Commission must establish the rules and procedures for the election campaign by March 4, with the campaign officially starting at 00:00 on March 20.