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

Source:

Art. 27(1) of The Law on Political Parties (294/2007, amended in 2025):

(RO)

“(1) Partidele politice au dreptul să primească anual finanţare de la bugetul de stat prin intermediul Comisiei Electorale Centrale. Regulamentul privind finanțarea partidelor politice, inclusiv metodologia de calcul, este aprobat de către Comisia Electorală Centrală. Cuantumul alocaţiilor pentru acest scop se aprobă în legea bugetară anuală, cota procentuală constituind 0,1% din veniturile bugetului de stat, cu excepţia veniturilor cu destinaţie specială prevăzute de legislaţie, şi se distribuie după cum urmează:

a) 30% – partidelor politice proporțional cu performanțele obținute în alegerile parlamentare;
b) 30% – partidelor politice proporțional cu performanțele obținute în alegerile locale generale;
c) 15% – partidelor politice proporțional cu performanțele obținute în alegerile prezidențiale;
d) 7,5% – partidelor politice proporțional cu femeile alese efectiv în cadrul alegerilor parlamentare;
e) 7,5% – partidelor politice proporțional cu femeile alese efectiv în cadrul alegerilor locale;
f) 5% – partidelor politice proporțional cu tinerii aleși efectiv în cadrul alegerilor parlamentare;
g) 5% – partidelor politice proporțional cu tinerii aleși efectiv în cadrul alegerilor locale.”

(EN)

“(1) Political parties shall be entitled to receive annual funding from the state budget through the Central Electoral Commission. The regulations on the financing of political parties, including the calculation methodology, shall be approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

The amount of allocations for this purpose shall be approved in the annual budget law, the percentage being 0.1% of the state budget revenues, except for the revenues with special purpose provided by law, and shall be distributed as follows:

a) 30% – to political parties in proportion to their performance in parliamentary elections;
b) 30% – to political parties in proportion to their performance in general local elections;
c) 15% – to political parties in proportion to their performance in presidential elections;
d) 7.5% – to political parties in proportion to the number of women actually elected in parliamentary elections;
e) 7.5% – to political parties in proportion to the number of women actually elected in local elections;
f) 5% – to political parties in proportion to the number of young people actually elected in parliamentary elections;
g) 5% – to political parties in proportion to the number of young people actually elected in local elections.

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https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=148968&lang=ro

 https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=149612&lang=ro#

The Eligibility Criteria (based on Art. 27 of The Law on Political Parties (294/2007, amended in 2025) and Chapter III of The Regulation on The Financing of Political Parties' Activities (2023, amended in 2025):

The recipient is a political party or an electoral bloc;
The number of mandates won by the party;
The number of votes won by the party;
The share of women who have won mandates in the election;
The share of youth who have won mandates in the election;
The number of votes won by women in the election of a party;
The number of votes won by the youth election of a party;