30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?

Brazil

Brazil

Answer
Equal Proportional to votes received Proportional to seats received
Source

Article 41-A. Five percent (5%) of the total amounts of the Party Fund shall be separated for distribution, in equal shares, to all parties who have registered their statutes in the Superior Electoral Court, and ninety-five percent (95%) of the total amounts of the Party Fund shall be distributed to them at the proportion of the votes obtained in the last general election for the Chamber of Deputies.

Lei dos partidoos politicos lei nr 9,096, 1995

Law No. 13,487/2017

Comment

The Special Fund for Campaign Finance is distributed according to electoral performance. 35 % is allocated according to the number of votes received in the previous elections; 48%according to the number of representatives in the lower house; 15% according to the number of senators, and 2% distributed equally among all parties. 

The Partisan or Party Fund is distributed equally to 5% among registered political parties, and 95% of the funds are allocated in the proportion of votes obtained in the previous election.

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