29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?
Uzbekistan
- Share of seats in previous election
- Participation in election
II. State funding of political parties
Article 7. State funding of the statutory activities of political parties
The political party has the right to receive state funds to finance its statutory activities if, following the results of the elections to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter - the Legislative Chamber), it has received the necessary number of seats for the formation of a political party faction in the Legislative Chamber in accordance with the Constitutional Law Republic of Uzbekistan "On the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan".
The annual amount of allocated state funds for financing the statutory activity of political parties is formed from the calculation of two percent of the minimum wage set for on January 1 of the year preceding the year of allocation of these funds, multiplied by the number of citizens included in the voters lists in the latest elections to the Legislative Chamber.
Article 8. State funding for the participation of political parties in elections to the Legislative Chamber and other representative bodies of state power
Financing of the participation of political parties in elections to the Legislative Chamber and other representative bodies of state power is carried out in accordance with the established procedure only at the expense of public funds allocated for these purposes. Financing and other material support of political parties in elections at the expense of other means is prohibited.
The amount of state funds allocated to finance the participation of political parties in elections to the Legislative Chamber, per one candidate for deputies, is determined by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
State funds for financing the participation of a political party in elections to the Legislative Chamber are transferred in the established order to the savings account of a political party after registration of candidates nominated to the Legislative Chamber nominated from this party in the amount corresponding to the number of registered candidates.
(Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Financing of Political Parties, 2004 available at http://www.lex.uz/pages/getpage.aspx?lact_id=168377 accessed January 2018).
Ongoing assistance is only available to political parties with enough seats to form a political party faction.
Funding for campaign support to political parties that participate