Election day on 1 November began without violations or problems, the Interior Ministry said. Polling stations across Bulgaria are open, and the election commissions have accepted them.
By 8am the ministry had received 415 reports of breaches of election law and of citizens' political rights. The regional police directorate in Burgas logged 97, followed by Vratsa with 70 and Stara Zagora with 44.
Of all the reports, 305 concern vote buying, 34 illegal campaigning and 1 corporate voting. Another 75 concern other breaches in the voting process.
Police have opened 8 criminal cases. The regional police directorate (ODMVR) in Kyustendil has 2, while the Sofia city police directorate (SDVR) and the ODMVR in Varna, Pernik, Ruse, Stara Zagora and Shumen have 1 each.
Under the Interior Ministry Act, officers have drawn up 1,822 warning notices, most of them in SDVR (437), ODMVR Plovdiv (267) and ODMVR Pazardzhik (226). Ten people have been detained under the same law.
Police have carried out 346 special operations across the country to prevent and tackle crimes against citizens' political rights. They helped the district and polling station election commissions in 12 cases.
Figures up to 31 October were 393 reports, 8 criminal cases and 1,691 warning notices.