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ElectionCode Bulgaria 2011. State Gazette No. 9 of 28 of January, 2011

Article 265. (1) Thecandidates for President and Vice President of the Republic, the centralleaderships of the parties competent to do so according to the statute, and theleaderships of the coalitions of parties competent to do so according to thedecision on the formation of the coalition, who and which have participated inthe elections, may dispute the legitimacy of the election of a President andVice President before the authorities referred to in Article 150 (1) of theConstitution of the Republic of Bulgaria within seven days after the decision declaring theelection results is made public by the Central Election Commission.

(2) Within 15 days afterthe decision declaring the election results is made public by the CentralElection Commission; the authorities referred to in Article 150 (1) of theConstitution of the Republic of Bulgaria may approach the Constitutional Courtwith a reasoned petition to pronounce on the legitimacy of the election of aPresident and Vice President of the Republic. […]

Source: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-REF(2011)008-e

“An effective mechanism for challenging electionresults should be granted to all electoral contestants, as well as individualcitizens on the grounds of irregularities in the voting procedures. A deadline for the ConstitutionalCourt to adopt a decision should be established.” (OSCE/ODIHR ElectionObservation Mission Final Report. Early Parliamentary Elections 12 May 2013,Republic of Bulgaria. Warsaw 25 July, 2013 http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/103878)