At the day of the local elections in Bulgaria, the polling stations opened at 6 am local time so that even the early voters can cast their ballot without waiting to do so.

The polling stations will close at 7 pm, but if there are still people qho want to vote, the stations will continue working one more hour than scheduled in each of 11 428 election sections.

A total of 35 district mayors, 2914 mayors of mayoralty, 264 municipal mayors and 5232 municipal councillors are expected to be elected at today's local vote among more than 60,000 runners. They were nominated by 88 parties and coalitions.

This is the first time that the district mayors in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna will be elected in a direct vote as well as the mayors in a few newly declared towns.

The exact number of the citizens across Bulgaria, who are eligible to vote is 6 967 551.

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