Election day abroad ended today at 6:00 AM Bulgarian time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced.

The last to exercise their right to vote were in the polling stations in the US states of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington, as well as in the Canadian city of Vancouver.

According to information from our diplomatic and consular missions, all polling stations worldwide have successfully completed their work and have submitted the election results to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the ministry announced.

Bulgarian citizens had the opportunity to vote in a total of 493 polling stations in 55 countries, with the largest number of them opened in Europe.

In the USA, 24 polling stations were opened, and in Canada – 17. Our compatriots had the opportunity to vote from the west coast of the USA and Canada to Osaka in Japan, Singapore, and Auckland in New Zealand, as well as from Tromsø in the north of Norway to the Republic of South Africa.

Thanks to the efforts of the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the diplomatic and consular missions of Bulgaria abroad, as well as Bulgarian organizations abroad, the vote went smoothly and our compatriots were able to exercise their constitutional right to vote without hindrance, the announcement states.

Later today, the caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nadezhda Neynski, will make a statement to the media, in which she will provide information about the election process abroad. 

The elections abroad for members of the 52nd National Assembly began at 10:00 PM Bulgarian time on April 18.