Political Finance Database
17. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election, what is the limit?
| Theme | Bans and limits on private income |
|---|---|
| Description | If there is a limit on the amount that a donor can provide to a political party in relation to an election, this question covers that amount |
Breakdown by continent
| Continent | No data | Not applicable | Other | Countries researched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 5 (9.8%) |
36 (70.6%) |
10 (19.6%) |
51 |
| Americas | 0 (0.0%) |
16 (47.1%) |
18 (52.9%) |
34 |
| Asia | 2 (5.4%) |
24 (64.9%) |
11 (29.7%) |
37 |
| Europe | 1 (2.2%) |
15 (33.3%) |
29 (64.4%) |
45 |
| Oceania | 0 (0.0%) |
13 (92.9%) |
1 (7.1%) |
14 |
| Other | 0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 |
| Total | 8 | 104 | 69 | 181 |
Country Answers
| Country | Year | Value (Text) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Albania | 2021 | The amount that each natural or legal person may give to an electoral subject, including its candidates, may not be larger than ALL 1 million or the equivalent value in kind or services. The amount in the first sentence shall be indexed by the CEC each five years against the inflation rate. | |
| Algeria | 2021 | 300 times the guaranteed national minimum wage, per donation and per year. | |
| Andorra | 2018 | 6,000.00 Euros | |
| Angola | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Argentina | 2019 | A Political party cannot receive private contributions that exceed the difference between the limit for campaign expenses and the public funding that received for that purpose. | |
| Armenia | 2021 | During an election, contributions directly to an election campaign fund can be made in addition to the regular annual limits to political parties' operational budgets. These additional allowances are: National Assembly elections: Candidates included on the party list: 5,000,000 AMD Other eligible physical persons: 500,000 AMD Municipal elections in cities with over 4000 electors (using the proportional party list system): Candidates included on the party list: 500,000 AMD (1,000,000 AMD for Yerevan elections only) Other eligible physical persons: 100,000 AMD Legal persons are not allowed to make campaign contributions at any level. |
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| Australia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Austria | 2023 | Donations to a political party are only permitted in the amount of a total of € 7,500 per calendar year per donor, regardless of whether it is a legal or natural person For new election campaigning parties, the maximum amount is five times this amount (€ 37,500) For political parties not represented in the state parliament, the maximum amount is double (€ 15,000) |
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| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 500.000 manats during elections to Milli Majlis. For municipal elections: 750 manats (for citizens) or 25,000 manats (for legal entities) | |
| Bahamas | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Bahrain | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Bangladesh | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Barbados | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Belarus | 2018 | No data | |
| Belgium | 2018 | A party may receive maximum EUR 500 from an individual each year. A donor may contribute a maximum of EUR 2,000 per year. | |
| Belize | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Benin | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Bhutan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Bolivia | 2019 | 10% of the general budget for both the campaign or political party finances | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | Regular limits apply: 10.000,00 KM (ten thousand convertible marks) in a calendar year for natural persons, | 15.000,00 KM (fifteen thousand convertible marks) in a calendar year for members of the party (including membership fees), | 50.000,00 KM (fifty thousand convertible marks) in a calendar year for legal entities | |
| Botswana | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Brazil | 2019 | 10% of declared income per annum for individual donors | |
| Bulgaria | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Burundi | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Cabo Verde | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Cambodia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Cameroon | 2019 | No data | |
| Canada | 2019 | Regular limit applies. | |
| Central African Republic | 2021 | The total amount of donations and bequests cannot exceed 25 % of the party's total income. | |
| Chad | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Chile | 2018 | 500 indexed unit per person, in the case of presidential election | |
| Colombia | 2021 | 10% of the total amount of expenses in the campaign is the limit for individual contributions to that campaign. | |
| Comoros | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Costa Rica | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Croatia | 2018 | For natural persons: HRK 30,000.00 (thirty thousand) in a single calendar year. | For legal persons: | (i) HRK 200,000.00 (two hundred thousand) when such donations are made to a political party or a candidate in elections for the President of the Republic of Croatia; | (ii) HRK 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand) when such donations are made to an independent MP, an independent list or a candidate for national minority MP proposed by voters and national minority associations in the elections for members to the Croatian Parliament and the election of members to the European Parliament; | and HRK 30,000.00 (thirty thousand) when such donations are made to an independent member of a representative body of a local and regional self-government unit elected from a list of a group of voters and to a list of a group of voters or a candidate in elections at the local or regional level. | |
| Cyprus | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Czechia | 2018 | CZK 3000000 in one calendar year, both for natural and legal persons | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Denmark | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Djibouti | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Dominica | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Dominican Republic | 2021 | Maximum 1% of the total established spending limit for each type of election | |
| Ecuador | 2021 | There is a limit for donation related to a campaign for natural persons: no more than 5% of the highest among of election expenses authorized for each position. | |
| Egypt | 2019 | 5% or 2% of the total expenditure ceiling | |
| El Salvador | 2018 | 3.5% the national extraordinary budget for elections | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2021 | No data | |
| Estonia | 2019 | EUR 1,200 | |
| Eswatini | 2018 | No data | |
| Ethiopia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Fiji | 2021 | The contribution limit for a donor is $FJ10,000 per year. This is the combined total that a donor can make to all political parties/election candidates in an year. | |
| Finland | 2018 | There is an annual limit on the amount a single donor can contribute to a political party (EUR 30,000 per calendar year). | |
| France | 2019 | EUR 7,500. | |
| Gabon | 2018 | No data | |
| Georgia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Germany | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Ghana | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Greece | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Grenada | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Guatemala | 2018 | Limit is 10% of the limit imposed on campaign expenses. | |
| Guinea | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Guyana | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Haiti | 2018 | During a political campaign: "Any donation, in whatever form, made to a candidate, political party or group policy by a natural or legal person is tax-deductible for the donor, following the legal procedures in force. This amount can not be greater than a) Seven million five hundred thousand gourdes (Gdes 7,500,000.00) for a political party or a political grouping; b) Five million gourdes (Gdes 5,000,000.00) for the presidential candidate; c) Two million gourdes (GD 2,000,000.00) for the candidate in the Senate; d) One million gourdes (Gdes 1,000,000.00) for a candidate for the deputation; e) Five hundred thousand gourdes (Gdes 500,000.00) for the candidate cartel at the Municipality; f) Two hundred thousand gourdes (Gdes 200,000.00) for other elective offices. The above ceilings may be revised by notice of the Provisional Electoral Council three (3) months before the start of the election campaign taking into account the inflation index." |
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| Honduras | 2021 | For each election, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Honduras publishes an Agreement, which establishes the campaign spending limits for the General Elections and details the limit that each candidate may receive. | |
| Hungary | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Iceland | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| India | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Indonesia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Iraq | 2019 | No data | |
| Ireland | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Israel | 2018 | A person may contribute to a political party 2,300 NIS in a year when there are elections to the Knesse or to the local authorities. | |
| Italy | 2019 | € 100.000 | |
| Jamaica | 2018 | 31,500,000 | |
| Japan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Jordan | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Kazakhstan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Kenya | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Kiribati | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Korea, Republic of | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Kosovo | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | 2. Election funds may be formed at the expense of the following funds, as well as campaign materials, which are taken into account by the Central Election Commission: 1) own funds of the candidate included in the list of candidates, which cannot exceed the calculated indicator by more than 15,000 times; 2) own funds of a political party, which cannot exceed the calculated indicator by more than 1,000,000 times; 3) donations from individuals, the amount of which cannot exceed the calculated indicator by more than 2000 times; 4) donations from legal entities, the amount of which cannot exceed the calculated indicator by more than 30,000 times. The maximum amount of funds received and spent from the electoral fund of a political party that has nominated a list of candidates cannot exceed the calculated indicator by more than 3,000,000 times. A calculated indicator should be considered =100, meaning that each number is multiplied by 100 to get the amount in Kyrgyz Som (KGS). |
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| Latvia | 2023 | Other | |
| Lebanon | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Lesotho | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Liberia | 2018 | US$100,000.00 or its equivalent in Liberian dollars. | |
| Libya | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Liechtenstein | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Lithuania | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Luxembourg | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Madagascar | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Malawi | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Malaysia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Maldives | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mali | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Malta | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Marshall Islands | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mauritania | 2018 | The contribution of a private donor may not exceed 10% of the ceiling fixed | |
| Mauritius | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mexico | 2019 | 10% of overall spending limit from the previous presidential election | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Moldova, Republic of | 2019 | 6/12 average monthly salaries | |
| Monaco | 2018 | See Comments and Source | |
| Mongolia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Montenegro | 2021 | For the financing of a political entity, a natural person may pay a maximum of EUR 5,000, while a legal entity may pay a maximum of EUR 20,000 per annum. | |
| Morocco | 2021 | 600.000 Dirhams per year / per donor | |
| Mozambique | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Myanmar | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Namibia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nauru | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nepal | 2018 | No data | |
| Netherlands | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| New Zealand | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Nicaragua | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Niger | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nigeria | 2023 | Other. | |
| North Macedonia, Republic of | 2021 | Up to EUR 3,000 in MKD equivalent for natural persons | up to EUR 30,000 in MKD equivalent for legal persons | |
| Norway | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Pakistan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Palau | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Panama | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Papua New Guinea | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Paraguay | 2019 | 10.000 days of minimum wage | |
| Peru | 2021 | There is not a specific limit for donors during campaign periods, but the limits for regular periods apply (Contributions cannot exceed 120 tributary units each year (both for natural and legal persons). | |
| Philippines | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Poland | 2019 | 15 or 25 times the minimum wage | |
| Portugal | 2018 | The limit of 60 minimum wages per donor. | |
| Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville) | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Romania | 2018 | The limit is 200 minimum gross salaries for natural persons while the legal persons can't donate at all to political parties in relation to an election. | |
| Russian Federation | 2018 | For political parties which nominated a federal list of candidates, the limits for donations are set at 0.07% for individuals and 3.5% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses, as provided by the federal law; For regional branches of political parties in a subject of the Russian Federation, the limits for donations are set at 2% for individuals and 20% for legal entities, calculated from the limit of maximum allowed expenses from electoral funds of regional chapters of political parties, as provided by the federal law. | |
| Rwanda | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Lucia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Samoa | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| San Marino | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Senegal | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Serbia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Seychelles | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Sierra Leone | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Singapore | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Slovakia | 2023 | Other | |
| Slovenia | 2018 | Individual donations may not exceed the value of 10 times the previous year's average monthly wage | |
| Solomon Islands | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| South Africa | 2021 | Fifteen million rand per year (USD 830,000). | |
| Spain | 2018 | Limit is EUR 6.000 per person | |
| Sri Lanka | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Sudan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Suriname | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Sweden | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Switzerland | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2021 | No data | |
| Taiwan | 2021 | 《政治獻金法》第十七條 對同一政黨、政治團體每年捐贈總額，不得超過下列金額： 一、個人：新臺幣三十萬元。 二、營利事業：新臺幣三百萬元。 三、人民團體：新臺幣二百萬元。 政黨對同一政治團體每年捐贈總額，依前項第三款規定。 對不同政黨、政治團體每年捐贈總額，不得超過下列金額： 一、個人：新臺幣六十萬元。 二、營利事業：新臺幣六百萬元。 三、人民團體：新臺幣四百萬元。 政黨對不同政治團體每年捐贈總額，依前項第三款規定。 以遺囑為政治獻金之捐贈者，其捐贈總額依第一項第一款、第三項第一款規定，並以一次為限；其捐贈總額超過部分，無效。 Article 17, Political Donations Act The total amount of donations contributed to a same political party or political association each year may not exceed the following limits: 1. By individuals: NT$300,000. 2. By profit-seeking businesses: NT$3,000,000. 3. By civil associations: NT$2,000,000. The total amount of donations contributed to a same political association by a same political party follows the regulations in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding Paragraph. The total amount of donations contributed to different political parties or political associations may not exceed the following limits: 1. By a same individual: NT$600,000. 2. By a same profit-seeking business: NT$6,000,000. 3. By a same civil association: NT$4,000,000. |
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| Tajikistan | 2018 | natural person - not exceeding 300 (three hundred) calculation indicators; | legal person - not exceeding 1500 (one thousand five hundred) calculation indicators. | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Thailand | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| The Gambia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Timor-Leste | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Togo | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tonga | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tunisia | 2023 | Other | |
| Turkey | 2021 | Not more than 2 billion Turkish Liras in one year. | |
| Turkmenistan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tuvalu | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Uganda | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Ukraine | 2021 | The limit on contribution to a PP during elections: by natural person - not more than 400 times the minimum wage (i.e., 2 400 000 UAH in 2021); by legal persons - not more than 800 times the minimum wage (i.e., 4 800 000 UAH in 2021). | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| United States | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Uruguay | 2021 | Limit is 300,000 UI (per donnor and candidate). The amount can increase in three times if the donation comes from a candidate, but that does not apply to the first holder of each list, that has no limit for contributions. Limit is 10,000 UI for corporations with public service provision contracts. | |
| Uzbekistan | 2018 | The limit is determined by the Central Election Commission. | |
| Vanuatu | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Venezuela | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Yemen | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Zambia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Zimbabwe | 2018 | Not applicable |
Total number of countries in selected sample: 181
