Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate2024
Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 3, paragraph 1 states:
The right to elect Members of Parliament, a President and Vice President of the Republic shall vest in the Bulgarian citizens who…are not interdicted and do not serve a custodial sentence.
Article 25, paragraph 1 states:
The credentials of a member of the Central Election Commission shall be terminated prior to the expiry of the term of office thereof:…
Article 111, paragraph 5 states:
Should any of the candidates on a registered candidate list of a party or coalition of parties die or lapse into a sustained inability to participate in the elections, the party of coalition of parties may propose a new candidate according to the procedure established by Paragraph (4).
Article 175, paragraph 1 states:
Not later than 7 days in advance of Election day, the District election commission or the municipal election commission shall announce…the measures enabling voters with locomotor or sight impairment to travel and to vote on Election day…
Article 176 states:
(1) Voters with permanent disabilities which prevent them from exercising their franchise in the polling site, who wish to vote by means of a mobile ballot box, shall state the desire thereof not later than 30 days in advance of Election day in writing by a statement completed in a standard form, signed manually and submitted by means of a letter, a facsimile message or electronic form to the authorities referred to in Article 40 (1) herein exercising jurisdiction over the permanent address or the present address, where a request under Article 53 (1) herein has been submitted. Any such statement shall state the names of the voter, the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) thereof, the permanent address (residence address) or the present address, where a request under Article 53 (1) herein has been submitted, and a copy of a document issued by the Territorial Medical Expert Board (National Medical Expert Board).
(2) The names of the voter who has submitted a request under Paragraph (1) shall be removed from the voter list and shall be entered by the authority referred to in Article 40 (1) herein on a list for voting by means of a mobile ballot box…
Article 203, paragraph 1 states:
A voter with locomotor or sight impairment shall establish the identity… by producing an identity document.
Article 204 states:
(1) Where the voter is with a locomotor or sight impairment which prevents him or her from performing on his or her own the requisite steps upon voting, the chairperson of the commission, on the grounds of a document issued by the Territorial Medical Expert Board (National Medical Expert Board) attesting the impairment, may allow the voting to be done with the assistance of an attendant named by the voter… A copy of the document issued by the Territorial Medical Expert Board (National Medical Expert Board) shall be attached to the supplementary voter list and shall constitute an integral part thereof.
(2) Where the voter is with a locomotor or sight impairment which prevents him or her from performing on his or her own the requisite steps upon voting but does not hold a document issued by the Territorial Medical Expert Board (National Medical Expert Board), the said voter may be admitted to voting with the assistance of an attendant as an exception by decision of the commission…
(5) Illiteracy shall be no grounds for voting with the assistance of an attendant...
Article 205, paragraph 5 states:
Upon voting by means of a mobile ballot box, other persons, including the members of the Precinct election commission who service the mobile ballot box, may not be present in the room [unless] the voter is unable to perform on his or her own the requisite steps and has to vote with the assistance of an attendant. The names and the Standard Public Registry Personal Number (Personal Number) of the attendant, as well as the reason for voting with the assistance of an attendant, shall be entered in the column designated “Notes” of the voter list opposite the name of the voter by the member of the commission…
Article 42, paragraph 1 states:
Every citizen above the age of 18, with the exception of those placed under judicial interdiction or serving a prison sentence, shall be free to elect state and local authorities and vote in referendums.
Article 97 states:
The President's or Vice President's authority shall expire before the expiry of his term of office upon any of the following occurrences:…
(2) In the cases referred to in items 1 and 2, the prerogatives of the President or Vice President shall be suspended upon the Constitutional Court’s establishing the existence of the respective circumstances;
(3) In the cases referred to in para 1, the Vice President shall assume the duties of the President until the expiry of the term of office.
(4) Should the Vice President be incapable of assuming the President's duties, the President's prerogatives shall be assumed by the Chairperson of the National Assembly until the election of a new President and Vice President. Elections for President and Vice President shall then be held within two months.
Article 129 states:
…(3) Having completed a five year term of office as a judge, prosecutor or investigating magistrate, and upon attestation, followed by a decision of the Supreme Judicial Council, the judges, prosecutors and investigating magistrates shall become irremovable. They, including the persons referred to in para 2, shall be removed from office only upon:… 4. permanent de facto inability to perform their duties for more than a year; 5. serious infringement or systematic neglect of their official duties, as well as actions undermining the prestige of the Judiciary…
(5) In cases of removal from office under para 3, items 2 and 4, the acquired irremovably shall be restored upon subsequent appointment to the office of a judge, prosecutor or investigating magistrate…
Article 130, paragraph 8 states:
The mandate of an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council shall expire upon any of the following occurrences: … 3. permanent de facto inability to perform his/her duties for more than one year; 4. disciplinary removal from office or deprival from the right to pursue legal profession or activity.
Article 148 states:
(1) The mandate of a judge of the Constitutional Court shall expire upon any of the following occurrences: … 4. permanent de facto inability to perform his duties for more than a year; 5. incompatibility with an office or activity referred to in Art. 147 para 5. …
(2) The Constitutional Court shall lift the immunity of a judge or establish his de facto inability to perform his duties by a secret ballot requiring a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes of all justices…