Bulgaria holds the second round of its presidential and vice-presidential election on Sunday, 1 November. Saturday, 31 October, is the day of reflection. The electoral code bans campaigning for 24 hours before polling day and on polling day itself.
The only debate between Iliana Iotova and Andrey Gyurov took place on Thursday on BNT. The runoff campaign ended at midnight, after addresses by the two presidential tickets.
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Polling agencies may not publish poll results in any form from 24 hours before polling day until voting ends in Bulgaria. They can release survey data after 8pm on Sunday.
Polling stations in Bulgaria open at 7am and close at 8pm. If voters who have not yet cast their ballots are still waiting outside, voting can go on until 9pm at the latest. The same applies to stations abroad, in local time.
Bulgaria has had a day of reflection since 1991, after the democratic changes. There was no such day between 2009 and 2011.
According to the European Parliament's website, 16 EU member states have a silence period before European Parliament elections. It usually starts 24 hours before the vote and ends when polling stations close. That is the rule in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Spain.
The rules differ. Some countries ban the publication of opinion polls during these hours, others ban campaigning or political advertising.
In Lithuania the silence starts seven hours before polling day, in France it begins at midnight on Saturday, and in Slovakia it starts 48 hours before the vote. The Netherlands has no special rules for a day of reflection, but campaigning in polling stations is not allowed on voting day.