The Central Election Commission (CEC) has received registration documents for 19 candidate lists for the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential elections. The documents were submitted by 5:00 p.m. today, September 20, 2026, the commission announced on Facebook.

The elections for the head of state and his deputy are scheduled for October 25, 2026. Parliament set the date in July, and it was published in the "State Gazette." The CEC adopted the election process timeline on August 13.

The candidate lists registered so far are:

  • 1. Lachezar Asparuhov Avramov – candidate for president and Ivaylo Drazhev Atanasov – candidate for vice-president
  • 2. Ventsislav Atanasov Angelov – candidate for president and Atanas Ivanov Stefanov – candidate for vice-president
  • 3. Nako Raynov Stefanov – candidate for president and Nina Petkova Lambova – candidate for vice-president
  • 4. Kamen Zahariev Taskov – candidate for president and Galya Dimitrova Ivanova – candidate for vice-president
  • 5. Boris Kirilov Anzov – candidate for president and Branimir Michev Michev – candidate for vice-president
  • 6. Radostin Petev Vasilev – candidate for president and Krasimir Tsvetkov Manov – candidate for vice-president
  • 7. Metodi Veselinov Bachvarov – candidate for president and Lenin Velinov Stanoev – candidate for vice-president
  • 8. Aleksandar Trifonov Tomov – candidate for president and Sergey Petkov Indzhov – candidate for vice-president
  • 9. Volen Nikolov Siderov – candidate for president and Slavcho Georgiev Velkov – candidate for vice-president
  • 10. Ivelin Lyudmilov Mihaylov – candidate for president and Yuliana Mladenova Mateeva – candidate for vice-president
  • 11. Maria Petrova Koleva – candidate for president and Valeri Yordanov Velkovski – candidate for vice-president
  • 12. Boyan Boyanov Stankov Rasate – candidate for president and Yordan Stoyanov Manasiev – candidate for vice-president
  • 13. Velichka Nedelchova Georgieva – candidate for president and Rosen Ignatov Ivanov – candidate for vice-president
  • 14. Iskra Yordanova Nedeva – candidate for president and Stoyan Rumenov Georgiev – candidate for vice-president
  • 15. Ivanka Velikova Tsvetanova-Petkova – candidate for president and Panayot Alexandrov Kyuchukov – candidate for vice-president
  • 16. Nikolay Nankov Nenchev – candidate for president and Tsveta Kirilova Kirilova – candidate for vice-president
  • 17. Ivo Ivanov Lulchev – candidate for president and Stefan Dimitrov Popov – candidate for vice-president
  • 18. Plamen Panayotov Paskov – candidate for president and Svetozar Stoyanov Saev – candidate for vice-president
  • 19. Yordan Ivanov Maldzhanski – candidate for president and Valentin Asenov Hristov – candidate for vice-president