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

South Africa

South Africa

Answer
Equal Proportional to seats received
Source

"(2) Any allocation from the Funds must be made to a represented political party in accordance with the prescribed formula. (3) The formula prescribed in subsection (2) must be based on— (a) in part, an equitable allocation taking into account a weighted scale of representation for an allocation to a represented political party; and (b) in part, a proportional allocation taking into account the relationship that the number of a represented political party’s representatives in both the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures bears to the sum of the seats in these legislatures. (4) The Commission must apply the formula prescribed in subsection (2) taking into account the number of representatives of each represented political party and the number of seats in the respective legislatures based on the results of the election."

Article 6, Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), 2018.

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