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

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Answer
Flat rate by votes received
Source

Source: 

Section 127(4), Parliamentary Elections Act No. 1 of 1981

127 (4) Every recognised political party which qualifies under subsection (3), shall, on application made in that behalf to the Commissioner by the secretary of such party, be entitled to receive a sum calculated at the rate of fifty cents per vote polled by such party in that district at the last preceding General Election. 

https://www.srilankalaw.lk/revised-statutes/alphabetical-list-of-statutes/862-parliamentary-elections-act.html 

Comment

According to the Parliamentary Elections Act of Sri Lanka, eligible parties receive a grant calculated at fifty cents per vote obtained by each party in that a particlular district, in the previous Parliamentary election.

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