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The CIK names them and schedules the vote when it announces the round-1 result (Electoral Code art. 342(2)).", "timezone": "Europe/Sofia", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-09-24T18:26:21Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-09-24: CIK Decision 30-ПВР/13.08.2026 (timetable), Electoral Code arts. 220, 339, 342, 344 and Constitution art. 93 (lex.bg), CIK Decision 1015-ПВР/23.11.2021, results.cik.bg", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/bulgaria-presidential-2026-r2", "races": [ { "id": "president", "key": "bulgaria-presidential-2026-r2/president", "name": "President and Vice President", "body": "head-of-state", "seats": null, "polls_close_utc": "2026-11-01T18:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "bg-cik", "name": "Central Election Commission", "name_local": "Централна избирателна комисия", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://www.cik.bg/", "results_index": "https://results.cik.bg/", "open_data": null }, "status": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_expected": { "from": "2026-11-02T06:00:00Z", "by": "2026-11-04T21:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "Electoral Code art. 344(1): the final results are announced by the CIK 'в срок до три дни след изборния ден' (within three days after polling day) and published in the State Gazette within 7 days. The CIK timetable (Decision 30-ПВР) lists the same deadline for the runoff. The window closes at the end of 4 Nov (EET). 2021 precedent: CIK Decision 1015-ПВР of 23 Nov 2021 announced the final results and the elected pair two days after the 21 Nov runoff. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor. Disputes go to the Constitutional Court, which rules within one month (Constitution art. 93(6)). That is a contest route, not a required confirmation, so it has no stage here." }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2026-11-01T18:00:00Z", "by": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "replacedAt": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Electoral Code art. 220(1): voting 07:00–20:00, extended for voters queuing at 20:00; the CIK declares polling day closed by 21:00. On 1 Nov Bulgaria is on EET (UTC+2), so 20:00 is 18:00 UTC. The CIK publishes intermediate results as the RIKs process the protocols (art. 57(1)40). The RIKs must establish results within 48 hours of the close (art. 339(1)). Provisional, not the CIK's result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2026-11-02T06:00:00Z", "by": "2026-11-04T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Electoral Code art. 344(1): the final results are announced by the CIK 'в срок до три дни след изборния ден' (within three days after polling day) and published in the State Gazette within 7 days. The CIK timetable (Decision 30-ПВР) lists the same deadline for the runoff. The window closes at the end of 4 Nov (EET). 2021 precedent: CIK Decision 1015-ПВР of 23 Nov 2021 announced the final results and the elected pair two days after the 21 Nov runoff. The opening is an ESTIMATED floor. Disputes go to the Constitutional Court, which rules within one month (Constitution art. 93(6)). That is a contest route, not a required confirmation, so it has no stage here.", "source": null, "observedAt": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://results.cik.bg/", "role": "results-live", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results host, but its root lists many elections", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CIK results index. No page for this election yet. In 2021 the runoff sat at results.cik.bg/pvrns2021/tur2/rezultati/index.html; the 2026 path is unconfirmed.", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-09-24T18:34:59Z" } }, { "url": "https://www.cik.bg/bg/decisions/30/2026-08-13", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CIK Decision No. 30-ПВР of 13 Aug 2026 (timetable): the runoff campaign ends at 24:00 on 30 Oct 2026, which puts a runoff on Sunday 1 Nov. The date is formally set by the CIK's round-1 decision (Electoral Code art. 342(2)).", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-09-24T18:34:59Z" } }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Bulgarian_presidential_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-09-24T18:34:59Z" } }, { "url": "https://www.cik.bg/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-09-24T18:34:59Z" } } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/bulgaria-presidential-2026-r2#president" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-09-24.4702fd43", "built_at": "2026-09-24T20:45:22Z", "generated_at": "2026-09-24T21:00:36.416Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }