40. If there are limits on the amount a political party can spend, what is the limit?
Spain
[...] quantitative limitations apply as follows (Articles 131, 175, 193 and 227, Organic Law 5/1985 on the General Election Regime):
General (Congress and Senate) elections: a maximum of the result of multiplying 0.24 EUR by the number of residents in the relevant electoral districts where the party presents its list.
European Parliament elections: a maximum of the result of multiplying 0.12 EUR by the number of residents in the relevant electoral distr icts where the party presents its list.
Municipal elections: a maximum of the result of multiplying 0.07 EUR by the number of residents in the relevant electoral districts where the party presents its list. Additionally, if the party is presenting candidate lists in at least 50% of the municipalities existing in a given province, the party is entitled to spend 96,162 EUR for each province where it meets thesaid condition.
Source: GRECO (2009). Evaluation Report on Spain, Transparency of Party Funding, p. 8.
Moreover, in the event that two or more elections coincide in time, political parties cannot incur in supplementary election spending in an amount exceed ing 25% of the maximum expenses allowed for general elections.
