Political Finance Database

Art. 24. 'Political parties shall not receive:4.(Add.? State Gazette No 73 2006) funds from commercial companies with more than 5 per cent State or municipal participation orfrom persons connected to companies, in which the state own shares with special rights, as well as from State and municipalenterprises'. (Source: Political Parties Act, 2009)

Article 12(1) The total amount used to finance the election campaign of each list of candidates may not exceed 2,000,000 levs.(2) Candidates for President and Vice President shall be free to receive campaign contributions of up to 50,000 levs each. No foreignState, nor any foreign natural or corporate person, nor any state-owned enterprise or joint venture shall finance a candidate's electioncampaign. (Source: Presidential Election Act, 1991)

Article 71(1) The election campaign shall be financed through own resources of the independent candidates and the parties and coalitions, as well as through gifts donated by individuals and legal entities.(2) The gifts under para 1 may not exceed BGL 10,000 per individual and BGL 30,000 per legal entity.(3) The financing of the election campaign by legal entities in which the central government or municipal interest exceeds 50 per cent shall be prohibited.(4) The financing of the election campaign by foreign individuals or legal entities or by joint ventures in which the foreign interestexceeds 25 per cent shall be prohibited. (Source: Elections of Members of Parliament Act, 2001)

Art. 24. 'Political parties shall not receive:4.(Add.? State Gazette No 73 2006) funds from commercial companies with more than 5 per cent State or municipal participation orfrom persons connected to companies, in which the state own shares with special rights, as well as from State and municipalenterprises'. (Source: Political Parties Act, 2009)

Article 12(1) The total amount used to finance the election campaign of each list of candidates may not exceed 2,000,000 levs.(2) Candidates for President and Vice President shall be free to receive campaign contributions of up to 50,000 levs each. No foreignState, nor any foreign natural or corporate person, nor any state-owned enterprise or joint venture shall finance a candidate's electioncampaign. (Source: Presidential Election Act, 1991)

Article 71(1) The election campaign shall be financed through own resources of the independent candidates and the parties and coalitions, as well as through gifts donated by individuals and legal entities.(2) The gifts under para 1 may not exceed BGL 10,000 per individual and BGL 30,000 per legal entity.(3) The financing of the election campaign by legal entities in which the central government or municipal interest exceeds 50 per cent shall be prohibited.(4) The financing of the election campaign by foreign individuals or legal entities or by joint ventures in which the foreign interestexceeds 25 per cent shall be prohibited. (Source: Elections of Members of Parliament Act, 2001)

'There is a limit to the maximum amount of contributions by individuals to political parties (2013 Electoral Law, Art. 151.1; 2014 Electoral Law, Art. 167.1) and this is 10,000 BGN (6,913 USD) per calendar year. The same is valid for donations to initiative committees or their respectively registered candidates (2013 Electoral Law, Art. 151.2; 2014 Electoral Law, Art. 167.2). The Law on Political Parties stipulates the same clause in regards to funding of political parties ? that individual contributions cannot exceed 10,000 BGN per calendar year.According to the legislation governing the Bulgarian electoral process, as well as the Bulgarian political parties, donations from corporations or any legal persons are not allowed (2013 Electoral Law, Art. 152.1.2; 2014 Electoral Law, Art. 168.1.2). ' (Source: Money, Politics and Transparency. 2016. Available at: https://data.moneypoliticstransparency.org/countries/BG/)

Article 167. (1) The donation made by one natural person to one party or coalition shall not exceed BGN 10 000 per one calendar year. (2) The donation made by one natural person to one nomination committee and the candidate or candidates registered by it shall not exceed BGN 10 000. (3) Natural persons may provide to a party, a coalition or a nomination committee only their own real estate and chattels for gratuitous use in relation to election campaigns. (4) Natural persons may provide to a party, a coalition or a nomination committee only such gratuitous services in relation to election campaigns that are performed by rendering personal labour. (Source: Election Code of Bulgaria, March 2014, published in Official Gazette nr. 19, 2014)

Financing and Facilitation of Election Campaigns by Natural PersonsArticle 151. (1) The contribution by one natural person to one party or coalition of partiesmay not exceed BGN 10,000 for one calendar year.(2) The contribution by one natural person to one nomination committee and the candidate registered thereby may not exceed BGN 10,000. (Source: Election Code of Bulgaria)

Article 167. (1) The donation made by one natural person to one party or coalition shall not exceed BGN 10 000 per one calendar year. (2) The donation made by one natural person to one nomination committee and the candidate or candidates registered by it shall not exceed BGN 10 000. (3) Natural persons may provide to a party, a coalition or a nomination committee only their own real estate and chattels for gratuitous use in relation to election campaigns. (4) Natural persons may provide to a party, a coalition or a nomination committee only such gratuitous services in relation to election campaigns that are performed by rendering personal labour. (Source: Election Code of Bulgaria, March 2014, published in Official Gazette nr. 19, 2014)