30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?
Poland
1. The amount of the annual subsidy referred to in Article 28 for a given political party or an electoral coalition shall be determined on a gradual degression basis pro rata to the total number of valid votes cast on district lists of candidates for deputies of such a party or electoral coalition, with breakdown by the number of votes corresponding to individual percentage brackets, in accordance with the following formula:
S = W1 x M1 + W2 x M2 + W3 x M3 + W4 x M4 + W5 x M5
where individual symbols mean:
S - amount of annual subsidy,
W1-5 - numbers of votes calculated successively for each line of the following table, provided separately as a result of breaking down the total number of valid votes cast nationwide on district lists of candidates for deputies from a given political party or electoral coalition according to the percentage bracket,
M1-5 - amount in PLN for consecutive lines of the following table:
| Line | Total valid votes cast nationwide on district lists of candidates for deputies from a given political party or electoral coalition with breakdown respectively for each bracket | Amount for one vote (M | |
| percentage | number of votes | ||
| 1 | up to 5% | PLN 5.77 | |
| 2 | above 5% up to 10% | PLN 4.61 | |
| 3 | above 10% up to 20% | PLN 4.04 | |
| 4 | above 20% up to 30% | PLN 2.31 | |
| 5 | above 30% | PLN 0.87 | |
Source: Article 29.1, Law on Political Parties,1997 (consolidated text 2018)
§ 2 The amount of subsidy is calculated as follows:
Dp = (W/560) x M
where the symbols are defined as:
Dp - the amount of subsidy afforded,
W - total campaign expenses of election committees (up to the amount of spending limits allocated to electoral committees in elections to the Sejm and the Senate), which received at least one mandate,
M - the number of mandates of deputies and senators received by the election committee.
Source: Article 150 § 2, Election Code, 2011 (amended 2019)
§ 2 The amount of subsidy is calculated as follows:
Dp = (W/L) x M
where the symbols are defined as:
Dp - the amount of subsidy afforded,
W - the amount of PLN equal to the number of voters who voted,
L - the number of elected deputies in the Polish Republic to the European Parliament,
M - number of seats won by the electoral committee.
Source: Article 151 § 1, Election Code, 2011 (amended 2019)
The amount of the annual subsidy referred to in Article 28 for a given political party or an electoral coalition shall be determined on a gradual degression basis pro rata to the total number of valid votes cast on district lists of candidates for deputies of such a party or electoral coalition, with breakdown by the number of votes corresponding to individual percentage brackets, in accordance with article 28 of Law on Political Parties.
The amount of the subsidy is calculated on the basis of the costs of the election committee campaign and is proportional to the number of seats obtained.
