36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

(1) Where –

• a registered political party endorsed a female candidate in an election and spent an amount as election campaign expenses on her behalf; and
• the female candidate obtained at least 10% of the votes cast in the electorate in that election,

the registered political party shall be entitled to receive from the Central Fund –

• 75% of K10, 000.00 payable to a successful candidate, by the registered political party as election campaign expenses on her behalf; or
• an amount fixed by the Commission,
  which is the lesser.

(2) Where a registered political party endorses a female candidate in a election as referred to in Subsection (1), and that female candidate wins the election, the female candidate and the registered political party sponsoring the female candidate are not entitled to any payment from the Central Fund under this section.

Source: Article 83, Organic Law on the Integrity of Political Parties and Candidates 2003, No 0 of 2003

An additional payment of 75% of PGK10,000 is made to a political party for each woman candidate who received at least 10% of the votes cast but did not win the electorate, where the party expended money on an election campaign for that candidate