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

Serbia

Serbia

Answer
Equal Proportional to votes received Proportional to seats received
Source

Regular financing: 
"Funds specified in article 16 hereof are allocated to political entities winning seats in representative bodies in proportion to the number of votes calculated according to the method defined in paragraph 2 of this article.
The number of votes of a political entity taken as basis for allocation of funds is calculated by multiplying the number of votes up to 3% of valid cast votes of all voters with a quotient of 1.5, and the number of votes over 3% of valid cast votes of all voters with a coefficient of 1.
Funds specified in article 16 hereof granted to a political entity participating in elections as a coalition are divided pursuant to coalition agreement.
The ministry with competence for financial affairs and/or the relevant autonomous province authority, and/or the local self-government authority, transfers the proportionate portion of funds referred to in paragraph 1 of this article to political entities every month, before the 10th of the month for the preceding month." 

Campaign finance: 
"Funds specified in article 20 hereof in the amount of 40% are allocated in equal amounts to submitters of proclaimed election lists who at time of submission declared to use the funds from public sources to cover election campaign expenditure. These funds shall be paid within five days from the date of rendering decision proclaiming collective electoral list.
The remaining portion of funds specified in article 20 hereof (60%) is allocated to submitters of winning election lists pro rata to the number of won seats, within five days from the date of rendering general report on election results, regardless of whether the funds from public sources were used to cover election campaign expenditure.
In case of elections held according to majority system, the funds specified in article 20 hereof in the amount of 40% are allocated in equal amounts to nominators of candidates who declared at time of filing of candidacy to use funds from public sources to cover election campaign expenditure. These funds shall be paid to nominators of candidates within five days from the date of rendering decision proclaiming list of candidates, provided that they have given election bond within the deadline set forth under article 25 paragraph 3 hereof.
In case of holding elections referred in paragraph 3 of this article the remaining portion of funds specified in article 20 hereof (60%) is allocated to the nominator of the winning candidate within five days from the date of rendering general report on election results, regardless of whether the funds from public sources were used to cover election campaign expenditure.
In case of runoffs for elections specified in paragraph 3 of this article, the remaining portion of funds specified in article 20 hereof (70%) are allocated to nominators of candidates participating in the second round proportionately to the number of votes they won in the second round, within five days from the date of rendering report on the aggregate results of the second election round, regardless of whether the funds from public sources were used to cover election campaign expenditure.
If the submitters of election lists and/or nominators of candidates declaring to use funds from public sources for covering election campaign expenditure fail to give election bond within the deadline set forth under article 25 paragraph 3 hereof, the portion of funds allocated to such submitters of election lists and/or nominators of candidates is carried over to the remaining funds to the political entity that has given election bond within the deadline set forth under article 25 paragraph 3 hereof.
Specified in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this article and is allocated to them in accordance with article 25, paragraph 4 hereof. Funds for election campaign from public sources are allocated by the ministry with competence for financial affairs and/or the relevant authority of autonomous province or local self-government." 
Source: Article 17. and 21. Law on financing political activities, 2022.

Comment

"Regular financing: to political entities winning seats in representative bodies, in proportion to obtained votes.
In relation to campaigns: 40% of the funds equally to all list submitters, 60% to the election lists proportional to the obtained seats."

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