Snap election

MPs have overwhelmingly backed Theresa May’s plan to hold a snap general election on June 8 in a Commons vote the day after her shock announcement.

The House of Commons backed the poll by 522 votes to just 13.

Under the terms of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act Mrs May needed to secure at least a two-thirds majority of MPs to make her plan become a reality.

The president of Serbia is elected on the basis of universal equal suffrage in a free direct election by secret personal ballot for a term of five years. Under the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic of Serbia all adult legally capable citizens in the country have the right to elect and be elected president.

A few hours after the first official results from the snap parliamentary elections became known, TV show host Slavi Trifonov threatened the new Parliament with protests unless, in two weeks, it starts working on amendments to the Electoral Code related to the referendum initiated by his team on mandatory voting, a majoritarian system and reduction of party subsidies.

BSP's leader Korneliya Ninova has made a statement to the media at the headquarters of the party at 20 Positano St.

It was announced beforehand that she will not answer any questions. Her argument is the same as Boyko Borisov's - there are no official results yet.

The main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has ruled out any possibility that his party will press for snap elections in the event that constitutional amendments are not approved in an April 16 referendum.

One fourth of Bulgarian voters would like to take part in a new early poll after the upcoming snap election, a survey has shown.

Asked about what should happen after the election, a narrow majority (29%) demand a center-right coalition, while 26% would like to see a center-left coalition, according to a poll by AFIS agency.

The election body of Bulgaria has said it is launching the registration of political parties for the upcoming parliamentary vote in March.

A snap election is due on March 26, several months after the government of Boyko Borisov stepped down.

The Supreme Administrative Court has ruled Bulgarian authorities have to make sure electronic voting is enabled in every polling station in the country at the snap election scheduled for the end of March.

It will cost BGN 29.9 M to prepare the early election on March 26, the Bulgarian government has announced.

The funding will be secured through restructuring expenses in the 2017 budget, the cabinet has decided at its first ever meeting on Monday.

The Constitutional Court in Italy has decided that parts of the electoral law in the country are not valid which could lead to snap elections in 2017, reported Reuters.

The populist movement Five Stars, which leads in terms of popularity at the moment, immediately called for new parliamentary elections.