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2023 Bulgarian local elections

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2023 Bulgarian local elections

| 5data3 = 4

| 5data4 = 1

| 5data5 = 1

| last_election4 =

| party4 = Movement for Rights and Freedoms

| leader4 = {{nowrap|Mustafa Karadaya}}

| leader5 = {{nowrap|Slavi Trifonov}}

| colour4 =

| colour5 =

| image4 =

| 6data3 = {{steady}}

| 6data4 = {{steady}}

| 6data5 = {{increase}}1

| last_election3 =

| party3 = Bulgarian Socialist Party

| leader3 = {{nowrap|Korneliya Ninova}}

| image3 =

| 6data2 = {{increase}}4

| image6 =

| map_image = {{Switcher

| 300px

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| 300px

| Detailed

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| party5 = There Is Such A People

| image5 =

| colour3 =

| 5data2 = 4

| country = Bulgaria

| turnout =

| 5blank = Provincial Mayoralities

| election_date = 29 October and 5 November 2023

| seats_for_election = All positions for mayors and councillors on both the local and provincial level

| image1 =

| next_year = Next

| next_election = Next Bulgarian local elections

| previous_year = 2019

| previous_election = 2019 Bulgarian local elections

| party_colour =

| ongoing = no

| type = local

| 6blank = Provincial Mayoralities +/–

| colour1 =

| image2 =

| last_election2 =

| party2 = PP-DB

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Kiril Petkov}}

| colour2 = {{party color|We Continue the Change}}

| 6data1 = {{decrease}} 3

| leader1 = {{nowrap|Boyko Borisov}}

| 5data1 = 14{{efn|Including GERB endorsed mayors not directly affiliated with GERB or SDS in Yambol and Pernik}}

| last_election1 =

| party1 = GERB–SDS

| map_caption =

| leader6 =

| party6 = Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)

| 6data6 = {{decrease}} 1

| 5data6 = 1{{efn|Since 2019 SDS and GERB have been coalition partners on the national level. Elected oblast mayors from SDS are thus only listed as "SDS" when they weren't endorsed by GERB and are otherwise included in GERB-SDS.}}

| party7 = Bulgaria for Citizens Movement

| 6data7 = {{steady}}

| 5data7 = 1

| party8 = Others

| 6data8 = {{decrease}} 1

| 5data8 = 1

}}{{Politics of Bulgaria}}

Local elections in Bulgaria were held on 29 October 2023.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=The Sofia Globe |date=2023-07-31 |title=Bulgaria to hold 2023 municipal and mayoral elections on October 29 |url=https://sofiaglobe.com/2023/07/31/bulgaria-to-hold-2023-municipal-and-mayoral-elections-on-october-29/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=The Sofia Globe |language=en-US}} Mayors and municipal councillors across the country were elected.{{Cite web |title=Bulgaria’s President set a Date for this year’s Local Elections - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/220993/Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+President+set+a+Date+for+this+year%E2%80%99s+Local+Elections |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=www.novinite.com}}

Electoral system

The elections to Bulgaria's municipal councils are conducted via proportional representation with an open list preferential voting system.

The mayoral elections take place within the context of a majoritarian two-round system. The first round of the elections will be held on 29 October. If no candidate in a given constituency manages to gain 50% of the vote, a runoff election will be held for that constituency in the second round on 5 November.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-27 |title=Местни избори 2019: Права и задължения |url=https://bgnesagency.com/localvote/%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%b8-%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8-2019-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d0%b8-%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%b4%d1%8a%d0%bb%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f/ |access-date=2019-10-24 |website=bgnes |language=en-US}}

Voting is officially mandatory, but in practice there is no punishment for failing to vote and the law itself isn't strictly enforced.{{Cite web |title=Конституционният съд отмени санкцията за задължителното гласуване - България |url=https://dariknews.bg/novini/bylgariia/konstitucionniiat-syd-otmeni-sankciiata-za-zadylzhitelnoto-glasuvane-2005792 |access-date=2019-10-21 |website=dariknews.bg |language=bg}}

Voters further have the option to vote against all proposed candidates.{{Cite web |title=Централна избирателна комисия - Често Задавани Въпроси |url=https://www.cik.bg/bg/mi2019/faq |access-date=2019-10-24 |website=www.cik.bg}}

Contesting parties

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" rowspan="2"| Name

! rowspan="2"| Ideology

! rowspan="2"| Position

! rowspan="2"| Leader(s)

! colspan="2"| 2023 result

{{nowrap|Votes (%)}}

! Seats

style="background:#DBD531"|

| style="text-align:center"| BND

| Bulgarian New Democracy

| Conservative liberalism

| Centre-right

| Valery Timov

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style= "background:#D5D5D5"|

| style="text-align:center"| Svoboda

| Freedom

| Bulgarian nationalism

| Right-wing

| Vladimir Simenov

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style= "background:#327032"|

| style="text-align:center"| Zelenite

| {{ill|Party of the Greens |bg|Партия на зелените (България)}}

| Green Politics
Anti-corruption

| Syncretic

| Vladimir Nikolov

| style="text-align:center"| {{ill|Together (BG)|bg|Заедно (коалиция в България)}}

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style= "background:#E9A022"|

| style="text-align:center"| DD

| {{ill|Direct democracy|bg|Пряка демокрация (партия в България)}}

| Direct democracy

| Syncretic

| {{ill|Petar Klisarov|bg|Петър Клисаров}}

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style= "background:#22C1E9"|

| style="text-align:center"| DnG

| Movement for Our Cities

| Local politics

| Centre

| Atanas Kalchev

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Volya Movement}}|

| style="text-align:center"| Volya

| Volya

| Bulgarian nationalism
Right-wing populism

| Right-wing

| Veselin Mareshki

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Revival (Bulgarian political party)}}|

| style="text-align:center"| Revival

| Revival

| Ultranationalism
Russophilia

| Far-right

| Kostadin Kostadinov

| style="text-align:center"| 13.58

| {{Composition bar|37|240|{{party color|Revival (Bulgarian political party)}}}}

style= "background:#b6e3e0"|

| style="text-align:center"| NDPS

| National Movement for Rights and Freedoms

| Turkish Minority interests

| Centre

| {{ill|Gyuner Tahir|bg|Гюнер Тахир}}

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

style= "background:#3F6E41"|

| style="text-align:center"| Euroma

| Euroroma

| Romani Minority interests

| Centre

| Tsvetalin Kanchev

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

style= "background:#FC5CA7"|

| style="text-align:center"| BSD

| Bulgarian Social Democrats

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Georgi Atanasov

Mariya Dobreva

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Bulgarian Euro-Left}}|

| style="text-align:center"| BSDE

| Bulgarian Social Democracy -Euro Left

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| Aleksandar Tomov

| style="text-align:center"| 0.10

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}|

| style="text-align:center"| SDS

| Union of Democratic Forces

| Christian democracy
Conservatism

| Centre-right

| Rumen Hristov

| style="text-align:center"| (GERB-SDS)

| {{Composition bar|2|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#171255"|

| style="text-align:center"| KOD

| Conservative Union of the Right

| National conservatism
Right-wing populism

| Right-wing

| Petar Moskov

| style="text-align:center"| 0.29

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#475d94"|

| style="text-align:center"| ONB

| {{ill|Society for a New Bulgaria|bg|Общество за нова България}}

| National conservatism

| Right-wing

| Margarit Mitsev

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#d459a5"|

| style="text-align:center"| OBT

| {{ill|United Block for Labour|bg|Обединен блок на труда „Български лейбъристи“}}

| Social democracy
Labourism

| Centre-left

| Yekaterina Atanasova

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#1a28c7"|

| style="text-align:center"| Pravoto

| {{ill|Pravoto (political party)|bg|Правото}}

| Anti-corruption
Russophilia

| Syncretic

| Mariya Koleva

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#180969"|

| style="text-align:center"| BDS-R

| Bulgarian Democratic Union-Radicals

| National conservatism

| Right-wing

| Tsvetan Manchev

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#EEB600"|

| style="text-align:center"| Georges Day

| George's Day Movement

| National conservatism
Right-wing populism

| Right-wing

| Dragomir Stefanov

| style="text-align:center"|(GERB-SDS)

| {{Composition bar|1|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#b0617a"|

| style="text-align:center"| PDS

| Political Movement "Social Democrats"

| Social democracy

| Center-left

| Yelena Noneva

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#f5ba0c"|

| style="text-align:center"| ZS "AS"

| Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"

| Social democracy
Agrarianism

| Center-left

| {{ill|Spas Panchev|bg|Спас Панчев}}

| style="text-align:center"|(Levitsata!)

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#c7ab7b"|

| style="text-align:center"| OZ

| United Agrarians

| Liberal conservatism
Agrarianism

| Center-right

| Petya Stavreva

| style="text-align:center"|(PP-DB)

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#22f5e3"|

| style="text-align:center"| NI!

| We are Coming!

| Anti-corruption

| Syncretic

| Nikolay Hadjigenov
{{ill|Armyan Babikyan|bg|Арман Бабикян}}

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Bulgarian Rise}};";"|

| style="text-align:center"| BV

| Bulgarian Rise

| National conservatism

| Syncretic

| Stefan Yanev

| style="text-align:center"|2.93

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#1f688c"|

| style="text-align:center"| KB

| Conservative Bulgaria

| National conservatism

| Right-wing

| Boris Yachev

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#d12c52"|

| style="text-align:center"| BPL

| Bulgarian Progressive Line

| Democratic Socialism

| Left-wing

| {{ill|Krasimir Yankov|bg|Красимир Янков}}

| style="text-align:center"|(Levitsata!)

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#67c7af"|

| style="text-align:center"| BG

| Bulgarian Voice

| Anti-corruption
Right-wing populism

| Syncretic

| Georgi Popov

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#7bb887"|

| style="text-align:center"| MIR

| {{ill|MIR (political party)|bg|МИР}}

| Left-wing nationalism

| Center-left

| {{ill|Simeon Slavchov |bg|Симеон Славчев (политик)}}

| style="text-align:center"|0.10

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#f76868"|

| style="text-align:center"| GN

| Peoples Voice

| Right-wing populism

| Right wing

| Svetoslav Vitkov

| style="text-align:center"|0.21

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}};";"|

| style="text-align:center"| DPS

| Movement for Rights and Freedoms

| Turkish minority interests
Liberalism

| Centre

| Mustafa Karadaya

| style="text-align:center"|13.58

| {{Composition bar|36|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

style="background:#c44747"|

| style="text-align:center"| Velichie

| Greatness

| Anti-corruption

| Syncretic

| Albena Peskova

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Movement for Rights and Freedoms}}}}

style="background:#3b2424"|

| style="text-align:center"| VMRO

| VMRO-BNM

|

National conservatism

Bulgarian nationalism

| Right-wing to far-right

| Angel Dzhambazki

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240

| {{party color|red and black}}}}

style="background:#e8d3e7"|

| style="text-align:center"| BSDP

| BSDP

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| {{ill|Yordan Nihrizov|bg|Йордан Нихризов}}

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union}};";"|

| style="text-align:center"| BZNS

| BZNS

| Agrarianism

| Centre

| Iliya Zyumbulev

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#e386c9"|

| style="text-align:center"| SDP

| {{ill|Social Democratic Party|bg|Социалдемократическа партия (България)}}

| Social democracy

| Centre-left

| {{ill|Todor Barobolov|bg|Тодор Барболов}}

| style="text-align:center"| {{ill|Together (Bulgaria)|bg|Заедно (коалиция в България)}}

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#73050a"|

| style="text-align:center"| SP

| {{ill|Socialist Party "Bulgarian Way"|bg|Социалистическа партия „Български път“}}

| Socialism
Left-wing nationalism

| Far-Left

| {{ill|Angel Dimov|bg|Ангел Димов}}

| style="text-align:center"| 0.03

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Union of Free Democrats}}|

| style="text-align:center"| SSD

| Union of Free Democrats

| Conservatism

| Centre-right

| Milan Lilanov

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#9da832"|

| style="text-align:center"| DNB

| Movement "Forward Bulgaria"

| Conservatism

| Syncretic

| Zoritsa Atanasova

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Attack (political party)}}|

| style="text-align:center"| ATAKA

| Ataka

| Bulgarian nationalism
Russophilia

| Far-Right

| Volen Siderov

| style="text-align:center"| (Neutral Bulgaria)

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

style="background:#bdc989"|

| style="text-align:center"| BDF

| {{ill|Bulgarian Democratic Forum|bg|Български демократически форум}}

| Conservatism

| Centre-right

| Zhaklin Toleva

| style="text-align:center"| DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|There is Such a People}}|

| style="text-align:center"| ITN

| There is Such a People

| Conservatism
Right-wing populism

| Right-wing

| Slavi Trifonov

| style="text-align:center"|4.11

| {{Composition bar|11|240|{{party color|There is Such a People}}}}

style="background:#f5e340"|

| style="text-align:center"| NV

| {{ill|New Time (political party)|bg|Новото време (партия)}}

| Liberalism

| Centre

| Miroslav Sevelievski

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|There is Such a People}}}}

style="background:#0656c7"|

| style="text-align:center"| DDD-DZ

| Movement of Democratic Action

| Liberal conservatism

| Centre-right

| Stefan Ivanov

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|There is Such a People}}}}

style="background:#b3b7bd"|

| style="text-align:center"| SBOR

| {{ill|SBOR|bg|СБОР)}}

| Syncretic Politics

| Syncretic

| Dimitar Iliev

| style="text-align:center"|{{ill|Together (Bulgaria)|bg|Заедно (коалиция в България)}}

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|There is Such a People}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Bulgaria for Citizens Movement}}|

| style="text-align:center"| DBG

| Bulgaria for Citizens Movement

| Liberal conservatism

| Centre to Centre-right

| {{ill|Jordan Yordanov|bg|Йордан Йорданов (политик, р. 1987))}}

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|There is Such a People}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|GERB}}|

| style="text-align:center"| GERB

| GERB

| Conservatism
Populism

| Centre-right

| Boyko Borisov

| style="text-align:center"|26.9

| {{Composition bar|67|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|National Movement for Stability and Progress}}|

| style="text-align:center"| NDSV

| National Movement for Stability and Progress

| Liberalism

| Centre

| Stanimir Ilchev

| style="text-align:center"|0.27

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style="background:#0a591f"|

| style="text-align:center"| SPS "Zashita"

| Union of Patriotic Forces "Defense"

| Bulgarian nationalism

| Right-wing

| Petar Beron

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style="background:#094bad"|

| style="text-align:center"| Edinstvo

| {{ill|National Movement "Unity"|bg|Национално движение „Единство“)}}

| Liberal conservatism

| Center-right

| Nikolay Ivanov

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style="background:#eba80e"|

| style="text-align:center"| RZS

| Order, Law and Justice

| Right-wing populism

| Right-wing

| Yane Yanev

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style="background:#f5d50a"|

| style="text-align:center"| ZNS

| Agrarian People's Union

| Agrarianism

| Centre-right

| {{ill|Rumen Yonchev|bg|Румен Йончев)}}

| style="text-align:center"|DNP

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

style="background:#dedebd"|

| style="text-align:center"| BUDD

| {{ill|Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy|bg|Български съюз за директна демокрация)}}

| Direct democracy

| Syncretic

| Georgi Nedelchev

| style="text-align:center"|0.10

| {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB}}}}

bgcolor={{party color|Middle European Class}}|

| style="text-align:center"| SEK

| Middle European Class

| Liberal conservatism

| Center-right

| Konstantin Bachiyski

| style="text-align:center"|PP-DB

| {{Composition bar|1|240|{{party color|Middle European Class}}}}

rowspan="2" style="background:#80438c" |

| rowspan="2" | "Citizens for the Communities"

| Bulgarian Workers-Peasants Party

| Communism
Marxism-Leninism

| Far-Left

| Georgi Georgiev
Yordan Maldzhanski

| DNP

| rowspan=2 | {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB—SDS}}}}

{{ill|Competency, Responsibility, Truth|bg|Кой}}

| Euroscepticism
Populism

| Syncretic

| {{ill|Svetozar Suev|bg|Светозар Съев}}

|{{ill|Out of EU and NATO|bg|Вън от ЕС и НАТО}}

rowspan="2" style="background:#1625c9" |

| rowspan="2" | "Together for Strong Communities"

| Republicans for Bulgaria

| Conservative liberalism

| Center-right

| Tsvetan Tsvetanov

| DNP

| rowspan=2 | {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB—SDS}}}}

"Green Union"

| Green Politics

| Center

|

|DNP

rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|The Left (Bulgaria)}}" |

| rowspan="4" | Levitsata!

| Stand Up.BG

| Social liberalism
Social democracy

|Center-left

| Maya Manolova

| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 2.23

| rowspan=4 | {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB—SDS}}}}

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

| Social democracy
Moderate social conservatism

| Center-left

| Rumen Petkov

ex-BSP faction

| Social democracy

| Center-left

| {{Ill|Kostadin Paskalev|bg|Костадин Паскалев}}
{{Ill|Valeri Zheblyan|bg|Валери Жаблянов}}

Movement 21

|Social democracy

|Center-left

| Tatyana Doncheva

rowspan="5" style="background:#018340" |

| rowspan="5" | Neutral Bulgaria

| Russophiles for the
Revival of the Fatherland

| Russophilia
National conservatism

|Syncretic

| {{ill|Nikolay Malinov|bg|Николай Малинов}}

| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 0.42

| rowspan=5 | {{Composition bar|0|240|#41A83D}}

Communist Party of Bulgaria

| Communism
Marxism-Leninism

|Far-left

| Aleksandar Paunov

{{ill|Bulgarian Communist Party (1990)|bg|Българска комунистическа партия (Владимир Спасов)|lt=Bulgarian Communist Party}}

|Communism
Left-wing nationalism

|Far-left

| Zonka Spasova

Party of the Bulgarian Communists

|Communism
Marxism–Leninism

|Far-left

| Collective leadership

New Force

|Bulgarian nationalism

|Far-right

| Collective leadership

rowspan="2" style="background:#1625c9" |

| rowspan="2" | "Bulgaria of the Regions"

| {{ill|New Bulgaria|bg|Нова България (партия)}}

| Anti-corruption

| Center

| {{ill|Ivaylo Simeonov|bg|Ивайло Симеонов}}

| DNP

| rowspan=2 | {{Composition bar|0|240|{{party color|GERB—SDS}}}}

NPPB

| Local politics of Haskovo

|

|

|DNP

rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}" |

| rowspan="3" | BSP for Bulgaria

| Bulgarian Socialist Party

| Social democracy
Social conservatism

|Center-left

| Korneliya Ninova

| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 8.93

| rowspan=3 | {{Composition bar|23|240|{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}}}

Ecoglasnost

| Green politics

| Center-left

| {{Ill|Emil Georgiev|bg|Емил Георгиев (политик)}}

{{Ill|Political Club "Trakiya"|bg|Политически клуб „Тракия“}}

| Southern Bulgarian regionalism
Left-wing nationalism

| Center-left

| Stefan Nachev

rowspan="4" style="background:#bd55a4" |

| rowspan="4" | Alternative for the Citizens

| Green Party

| Green politics

|Center-left

| Mariya Dragomiretskaya

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | DNP

| rowspan=4 | {{Composition bar|0|240|#41A83D}}

Bulgarian Left

| Democratic socialism

|Left-wing

| Collective leadership

{{ill|Unified Social-Democracy|bg|Обединена социалдемокрация
}

|Social-democracy

|Center-left

| Yordan Gergov

|-

| Movement for Social Humanism

|Social-democracy

|Center-left

| Tsevtan Minkyovski

|-

| rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|We Continue the Change}}" |

| rowspan="5" | PP-DB

| We Continue the Change

| Liberalism
Anti-corruption

|Center

| Kiril Petkov
Asen Vasilev

| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 24.56

| rowspan=5 | {{Composition bar|63|240|{{party color|We Continue the Change}}}}

|-

| Volt Bulgaria

| Eurofederalism

| Center

| Nastimir Ananiev

|-

| Yes, Bulgaria!

| Economic liberalism
Anti-corruption

| Center-right

| Hristo Ivanov

|-

| Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria

| Liberal conservatism
Atlanticism

| Center-right

| Atanas Atanasov

|-

| Green Movement

| Green politics
Green liberalism

| Centrist

| Vladislav Panev

|}

= Local parties & coalitions =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="3" rowspan="2"| Name

! rowspan="2"| Location

! rowspan="2"| Ideology

{{nowrap|Leader(s) }}
rowspan="2" style="background:#0f2285" |

| rowspan="2" | Unification for Plovdiv

| Bulgarian Cause

| Plovdiv

| Local politics

| Georgi Tityukov

New Leaders

| Plovdiv

| Local politics
Direct democracy

style="background:#DBD531"|

| style="text-align:center"| RzSR

| Development for Septemvri and the Region

| Septemvri

| Local politics

| Radoslav Lyutakov

style="background:#2285E9"|

| style="text-align:center"| SzP

| Union for Plovdiv

| Plovdiv

| Local politics
Liberal conservatism

| Yevelin Paraskov
Veselin Kozarev

style="background:#4b7564"|

| style="text-align:center"| BzR

| Future of the Motherland

| Stara Zagora

| Local politics

| Stanislav Popov

style="background:#dce6e3"|

| style="text-align:center"| DzPP

| Movement for the Prosperity of Pernik

| Pernik

| Local politics

| Stanislav Vladimirov

style="background:#4E345E"|

| style="text-align:center"| SS

| Spasi Sofia

| Sofia

| Local politics
Anti-corruption

| {{ill|Boris Bonev|bg|Борис Бонев (политик)}}

style="background:#f2f194"|

| style="text-align:center"| MORE

| More

| Nesebar

| Local politics
Rural interests

| Peycho Kolev

Mayorship of Sofia

{{see also|2023 Sofia mayoral election}}

The election for the position of Mayor of Sofia, Bulgaria's capital and largest city, is expected to be hotly contested and will result in a new mayor being elected, as incumbent mayor Yordanka Fandakova from GERB has announced she will not seek re-election.

Opinion polls for Mayor of Sofia

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px;"

! rowspan="3" |Polling firm

! rowspan="3" |Fieldwork date

! rowspan="3" |Sample

! colspan="3" |Vasil Terziev

! colspan="2" |Anton Hekimyan

! rowspan="1" |Dean Nikolov

! colspan="2" |Vanya Grigorova

! rowspan="2" |Vili Lilkov

! rowspan="5" |Others

! rowspan="5" |None of
the above

! rowspan="3" |Lead

class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |PP

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |DB

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |SS

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |GERB

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |SDS

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |Revival

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |BSP

! class="unsortable" style="width:35px;" |Levitsata!

style="background:{{party color|We Continue the Change}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Bulgaria}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Spasi Sofia}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|GERB}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Revival (Bulgarian political party)}}" |

! style="background:{{party color|BSP for Bulgaria}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|The Left (Bulgaria)}};" |

! style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |

ЕСТАТ

|29.09-9.10 2023

|800

|27.8

|

|

|18.7

|

|

|20.6

|

|6.4

!

!

|7.2

style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|[https://offnews.bg/analizi/tcam-pri-izbori-v-sofia-dnes-vasil-terziev-s-naj-goliama-podkrepa-za-805738.html/ CAM]

|data-sort-value="2023-07-21"|21–25 Jul 2023

|1,212

|colspan="3" style="background:#FBE8AF" |33.4

|colspan="2" |22.7

|12.0

|colspan="2" |10.6

|4.8

|7.9

|2.7

|class="unsortable" style="background:{{party color|We Continue the Change}}; color:white;" |10.7

Results

= First round =

{{Expand section|date=November 2023}}

According to Central Election Commission the number of people who voted on 29 October totaled 2,713,979 or 44.94% of eligible voters. The turnout was 49.76% in the 2019 local elections.

The invalid ballots in the 29 October, 2023 elections totaled over half a million, including

412,711 ballots for municipal councilors, 94,195 for municipality mayor (down from 128,204 in 2019) and 34,235 for mayoralty mayor.https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/560753-over-2-7-million-voters-and-half-million-invalid-ballots-in-oct-29-elections

In general, GERB had the strongest showing throughout the country, although the party failed to make it to the second round in the capital.{{Cite news |last=Service |first=RFE/RL's Bulgarian |title=Pro-West Grouping Looks Set To Win Sofia Mayoral Race, While GERB Strong Elsewhere |language=en |work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-local-elections-second-round/32671961.html |access-date=2023-11-06}}

= Second round =

Overall, GERB won 11 regional towns, PP–DB won four, and the Bulgarian Socialist party won three. Of the largest four cities, PP-DB won in the capital (Sofia) and Varna while GERB won in Plovdiv and Burgas.{{Cite web |title=BSP may challenge Sofia mayoral election results in court |url=https://bnr.bg/en/post/101903732 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=bnr.bg |language=en}}

== Sofia ==

{{Bar box|title=Popular vote (Sofia City Council)|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=350px|bars={{Bar percent|We Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria|{{party color|PP–DB}}|34.3}}

{{Bar percent|GERB-UDF|{{party color|GERB}}|19.9}}

{{Bar percent|Bulgarian Socialist Party-Levitsata!|{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}|13.9}}

{{Bar percent|Revival|{{party color|Revival (Bulgarian political party)}}|11.1}}

{{Bar percent|Blue Sofia-KOD|#0000FF|4.7}}

{{Bar percent|ITN|{{party color|There Is Such A People}}|4.5}}

{{Bar percent|VMRO|#000000|1.8}}

{{Bar percent|Others|#808080|9.8}}}}{{Bar box|title=Popular vote (Mayor of Sofia) - First Round|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=350px|bars={{Bar percent|Vasil Terziev|{{party color|PP–DB}}|31.8}}

{{Bar percent|Vanya Grigorova|{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}|21.6}}

{{Bar percent|Anton Hekimyan|{{party color|GERB}}|17.8}}

{{Bar percent|Dean Nikolov|{{party color|Revival (Bulgarian political party)}}|7.7}}

{{Bar percent|Vili Lilkov|#0000FF|5.7}}

{{Bar percent|Ivaylo Valchev|{{party color|There Is Such A People}}|3.2}}

{{Bar percent|Radostin Vassilev|#000099|2.5}}

{{Bar percent|Others|#808080|9.7}}}}

{{Bar box|title=Popular vote (Mayor of Sofia) - Second Round|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=350px|bars={{Bar percent|Vasil Terziev|{{party color|PP–DB}}|48.2}}

{{Bar percent|Vanya Grigorova|{{party color|Bulgarian Socialist Party}}|46.9}}

{{Bar percent|Against all|#333300|4.9}}}}

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{Bulgarian elections}}

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