29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?

Romania

Romania

Answer
  • Share of votes in previous election
  • Share of seats in previous election
Source

"75% of the annual budget allotted to political parties shall be divided to the same, in direct proportion with the number of votes obtained at the parliamentary elections, that is based on the average number of validly expressed votes for the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, if they made the electoral threshold."

"25% of the annual budget allotted to political parties shall be divided to the same, in direct proportion with the number of validly expressed votes, obtained at the local election for county counselors and the counselors for Bucharest municipality, if they obtained at least 50 mandates of county counselor and counselor for Bucharest municipality."

Source: Articles 19 and 20, The Law no. 334/2006 on financing the activity of political parties and electoral campaigns, 2006 (as of January 20, 2017)

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