Is voting compulsory in Bulgaria?
Voluntary
Bulgaria's 2016 compulsory voting law was annulled by the Constitutional Court in 2017.
Bulgaria is one of 153 countries classified “Voluntary” for compulsory voting — 87% of the 176 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- North Macedonia
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Serbia
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Romania
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Greece
- Compulsory (not enforced) Voting is legally compulsory but no longer enforced since sanctions were lifted in 2000.
- Albania
- Voluntary Albania repealed compulsory voting in 1990-1991 following the fall of communism.
- Montenegro
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Other laws in Bulgaria
- Minimum Working Age
- Under 14
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