CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 4 décembre 2019

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Bulgaria , no. 63849/09 , §§ 10–22, 21 July 2016 and, also, Anchugov and Gladkov v. Russia , nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05, 4 July 2013 and Resolution CM/ResDH(2019)240 in respect of related developments), as regards the election for Bulgarian Parliament held on 26   March 2017 in respect of the applicants in the first to the eleventh applications (see appendix), and as regards the election for European Parliament held on 26 May 2019 in respect of the applicants in the first, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth applications? APPENDIX No. Appl. no. Case name Lodged on Applicant Date of Birth Place of Residence Nationality Represented by 1 45660/17 Dimov and Others v.   Bulgaria 13/06/2017 Dimcho Yordanov DIMOV 04/05/1968 Belene Bulgarian   Asen Todorov SABEV 21/04/1977 Sofia Bulgarian   Ivan Gospodinov IVANOV 13/12/1990 Belene Bulgarian   Kosta Rumenov KIROV 10/07/1980 Sofia Bulgarian   Todor Petrov STAMENOV 18/03/1976 Sofia Bulgarian   Ivaylo Rumenov ZHIVKOV 22/05/1980 Sofia Bulgarian Krasimir Ivanov KANEV 2 70103/17 Zashev v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Yuliyan Lyubomirov ZASHEV 18/10/1975 Sofia Bulgarian   3 70313/17 Ivanov v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Borislav Dimitrov IVANOV 25/02/1964 Sofia Bulgarian   4 70333/17 Neshkov v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Svetlomir Nikolov NESHKOV 20/12/1971 Sofia Bulgarian   5 70340/17 Aziz v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Nazam Nazmi AZIZ 27/05/1981 Pazardzhik Bulgarian   6 70356/17 Eftimov v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Ivaylo Miletiev EFTIMOV 15/01/1974 Sofia Bulgarian   7 70362/17 Dimitrov v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Daniel Dimitrov DIMITROV 25/07/1974 Sofia Bulgarian   8 70370/17 Sabev v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Miroslav Sabev SABEV 22/10/1966 Pleven Bulgarian   9 70399/17 Nikolov v.   Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Vladimir Veselinov NIKOLOV 13/07/1975 Sofia Bulgarian   10 71540/17 Manolov v.   Bulgaria 21/09/2017 Dragomir Tanev MANOLOV 04/03/1982 Sofia Bulgarian Svetlana Draganova IVANOVA 11 73440/17 Prokopiev v. Bulgaria 20/09/2017 Prokopiy Iliev PROKOPIEV 12/10/1972 Sofia Bulgarian   12 37467/19 Valev v.   Bulgaria 03/07/2019 Georgi Valev VALEV 09/01/1958 Pleven Bulgarian   13 44641/19 Veysyalov v. Bulgaria 16/08/2019 Kyazim Asanov VEYSYALOV 13/04/1973 Lovech Bulgarian   14 44726/19 Hasan v.   Bulgaria 16/08/2019 Halil Adem HASAN 14/04/1973 Lovech Bulgarian   15 48629/19 Kulinski v.   Bulgaria 05/09/2019 Krum Yordanov KULINSKI 25/10/1970 Buhovo Bulgarian Krasimir Ivanov KANEV