Political Finance Database

"The political parties cannot be financed by: […], governments, international institutions and organisations of foreign states and other foreign entities, […]"

"The election campaign may not be financed from: […], funds from foreign governments, international institutions, bodies, and organisations of foreign states, and other foreigners, funds from joint ventures with dominant foreign capital, […]"

"The political parties cannot be financed by: […], anonymous or unidentified sources, […]"

"The election campaign may not be financed from: […], funds from unidentified sources, […]"

"The political parties cannot be financed from: […], private enterprises that, at the moment of giving the contribution to the political party, render public services to state bodies or public institutions, enterprises and funds based on an agreement, [...]"

"The political parties cannot be financed from: […], enterprises that have at least 20% of state-owned capital, public institutions and institutions including those that have initiated the process of privatisation, […]"

For the purposes of the election campaign, use of office premises, office equipment and official vehicles of the state bodies shall be forbidden, except for the persons covered with special provisions on personal protection.

The total amount of the individual donation must not exceed the amount of 60 average salaries regarding legal entities and 30 average net salaries regarding natural persons in the Republic, paid in the previous month and published by the State Statistical Office. This amount must not be aggregated more than once in a year.

The election campaign may be financed by: i) the membership fee of the political party; ii) private persons, up to EUR 3,000 in MKD equivalent; iii) legal entities, to the amount of €30,000 in MKD equivalent

The election campaign may be financed by: i) the membership fee of the political party; ii) private persons, up to EUR 3,000 in MKD equivalent; iii) legal entities, to the amount of €30,000 in MKD equivalent

The conditions and limitations referred to in the Law apply to all types of donations (monetary assets, equipment, and services)

The conditions and limitations referred to in the Law apply to all types of donations (monetary assets, equipment, and services)

The political parties cannot carry out an economic activity, and cannot acquire other types of incomes, except the following:

- interest on a bank deposit,

- rent, i.e. lease of movable and immovable property of the party,

- incomes from sale of printed, audio and visual and digital publications and advertising materials and other publications where the name or any of the symbols of the political party are affixed, as well as incomes from copyrights, and

- incomes from tickets sale for attending events organized for party purposes, where the name or any of the symbols of the political party must be affixed to the tickets

The political parties must not use the above-mentioned incomes for making profit.

The political parties cannot carry out an economic activity, and cannot acquire other types of incomes, except the following:

- interest on a bank deposit,

- rent, i.e. lease of movable and immovable property of the party,

- incomes from sale of printed, audio and visual and digital publications and advertising materials and other publications where the name or any of the symbols of the political party are affixed, as well as incomes from copyrights, and

- incomes from tickets sale for attending events organized for party purposes, where the name or any of the symbols of the political party must be affixed to the tickets

The political parties must not use the above-mentioned incomes for making profit.

All funds transferred by legal entities or private persons for financing the election campaign shall be deposited on the bank account. The donations for financing the election campaigns may be transferred only onto the bank account.

The total funds for annual public financing of political parties shall amount to 0.15% of the total source incomes of the Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia.

The funds for financing the political parties, in the amount of 30% provided from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia, shall be allocated equally to all political parties that have won at least 1% of the total votes of the turnout at the last elections for representatives in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, at national level, or at the last local elections in the local self-government unit.

The funds for financing the political parties, in the amount of 70% provided from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia, shall be allocated to political parties whose candidates are elected as representatives in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia at the last elections for representatives, proportionally to the number of elected representatives, and to political parties whose candidates are elected as counselors at the last local elections, proportionally to the number of counselors elected.

In addition to the funds referred to in Article 9 of this Law, funds in amount of EUR 280,000 in corresponding MKD counter value shall be provided in the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia for annual financing of the party research and analytical centers established by law as part of the internal organization of the political party.

Funds in the amount of EUR 280,000 in MKD equivalent shall be provided in the Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia for annual financing of the party research and analytical centers established by law as part of the internal organisation of the political party.

For the fulfilment of the legal obligations of broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (portals) in the sphere of paid political advertising, funds shall be provided from the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia and shall be paid on a separate account of the Ministry of Finance. These funds shall be earmarked solely for the purpose of funding broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (portals) in the sphere of paid political advertising of participants in the election process

During the election campaign, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to provide equitable access to the newscasts, whereby, 30% of the time it shall broadcast information on national and global daily events, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the ruling political parties, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the opposition political parties and 10% of the time on the campaign activities of the political parties not represented in the Parliament of RM. (3) The time for informing on campaign activities of political parties shall be distributed in line with the principles of balanced reporting.

During the election campaign, in the first and the second round of voting, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to broadcast free political presentation of the participants in the election process, in line with the principles for balanced coverage of elections. The date and the order of the broadcast of free political presentation of the participants in the election campaign shall be determined by drawing of lots.

During the election campaign, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to provide equitable access to the newscasts, whereby, 30% of the time it shall broadcast information on national and global daily events, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the ruling political parties, 30% of the time on the campaign activities of the opposition political parties and 10% of the time on the campaign activities of the political parties not represented in the Parliament of RM. (3) The time for informing on campaign activities of political parties shall be distributed in line with the principles of balanced reporting.

During the election campaign, in the first and the second round of voting, the Public Broadcasting Service is required to broadcast free political presentation of the participants in the election process, in line with the principles for balanced coverage of elections. The date and the order of the broadcast of free political presentation of the participants in the election campaign shall be determined by drawing of lots.

Broadcasters, i.e. the Public broadcasting service, the commercial broadcasting companies and electronic media (internet portals) that decided to cover the elections are obligated to do that in a fair, balanced and unbiased manner in their overall program. Broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (internet portals) in the Republic of Macedonia are required to provide equal access to paid political advertising to all participants in the electoral process.

Regardless of the language in which they broadcast the program, during the election campaign, broadcasters are required to provide the election campaign participants with equal conditions for access to all forms of electoral media presentation – news, special informative programs (interviews, debates, TV/radio hustings, topical information programs, topical information programs with documentary approach and thematic specialized informative programs), free political presentation and paid political advertising."

Broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (internet portals) shall also apply the regular pricelists for paid political advertising during the election campaign, whereby the rate for paid political advertising per second shall not exceed the average advertising rate as calculated in the 3 months preceding the day of the announcement of the elections.

Any attempted or actual pressure and intimidation of voters or members of their families or their close persons shall be forbidden.

When financing the election campaign, the election campaign participant may spend no more than MKD 110 per registered voter in the electoral district i.e. municipality for which they have submitted list of candidate/s, both in the first and the second round of voting.

When financing the election campaign, the election campaign participant may spend no more than MKD 110 per registered voter in the electoral district i.e. municipality for which they have submitted list of candidate/s, both in the first and the second round of voting.

The provision of free of charge services for a political party, as well as the provision of services for political parties paid by a third party, in terms of this Law, shall be considered donation. The service provider shall be obliged to notify the political party of the value of the provided service. In terms of this Law, the sale of goods and the provision of services to political parties for prices lower than the market prices shall be considered donation.

From the day of the announcement of the elections until the beginning of the election campaign, broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (portals) shall not broadcast, i.e. publish paid political advertisements, except for advertisements and announcements for collecting signatures for supporting a candidature of a group of voters.

 The election campaign participant-purchaser of paid political advertising from broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (internet portals) is required to submit a media plan for paid political advertising.

 The regulation below applies also to electronic media:

- Paid political advertising must be properly and visibly marked as “paid political advertising” and clearly separated from other media contents.

- The client ordering the advertising must be clearly indicated in all forms of paid political advertising.

- Participation of minors in paid political advertising shall be prohibited.

- Broadcasters cannot broadcast paid political advertising during news, special informative programmes, educational and children’s programmes and during live broadcast from religious, sports, cultural, entertainment and other type of events.

- The public broadcasting service shall not broadcast paid political advertising.

- For the purpose of providing objective information to the voters about the course of the election campaign and for the purpose of protecting the profession of journalism from any political influence during the electoral media presentation, special information programs must not be used as a form of paid political advertising."

The political party shall submit the report referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to the State Audit Office by 31 March for the previous year at the latest together with the annual financial statement referred to in Article 27 of this Law. The political party shall submit the report referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article to the Public Revenue Office by 31 March for the previous year at the latest.

The political parties, by 31 March at the latest, shall prepare the annual financial statement for the previous year in accordance with the law. The statement shall contain the financial operation of the account, that is, the accounts of the political party.

On the eleventh day of the election campaign, the election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account from the day when it was opened, until the end of the tenth day of the election campaign.

The election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account for the second round of voting, one day prior to the administering of the second round of voting.

The election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account for the second half of the election campaign one day after the end of the election campaign.

The election campaign participant shall submit a complete financial report on the election campaign immediately, or not later than 30 days from the day of closure of the bank account from Article 71, paragraph

On the eleventh day of the election campaign, the election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account from the day when it was opened, until the end of the tenth day of the election campaign.

The election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account for the second round of voting, one day prior to the administering of the second round of voting.

The election campaign participant is required to submit a financial report with a specification of costs on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account for the second half of the election campaign one day after the end of the election campaign.

The election campaign participant shall submit a complete financial report on the election campaign immediately, or not later than 30 days from the day of closure of the bank account from Article 71, paragraph

Yes, both regularly and in relation to campaigns, concerning both parties and candidates.

The audit reports on the conducted audit of the financial reports of the election campaign participant shall be published by the State Audit Office on their website within the legally prescribed deadline.

The State Audit Office and the Public Revenue Office shall be obliged to publish the received reports on their websites.

The political parties shall keep a register of donations, containing the following data:

- the name, i.e. name of each donor individually,

- the type and value of the donation, and

- the date of receipt of the donation.

The register referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall also contain data about the paid donations by entities that are directly or indirectly related to the political party or are under its control.

The political parties shall be obliged to publish the register of donations on their website every six months for the past six-month period within a period of 15 days as of the day of expiry of the six-month period or to make it available to the public in any other manner.

The political parties, until 31 March at the latest, shall prepare the annual financial statement for the previous year in accordance with law. The statement shall contain the financial operation of the account of the political party, as well as the sub-accounts of the local branches.
The annual financial statement shall as well contain data for the total income including the data for the total amount of donations, gifts, contributions, dotations, money, material assets, equipment, services, personal incomes, membership fee, legates.

The political parties, until 31 March at the latest, shall prepare the annual financial statement for the previous year in accordance with law. The statement shall contain the financial operation of the account of the political party, as well as the sub-accounts of the local branches. The annual financial statement shall as well contain data for total expenditures.

The participant of the election campaign is required on the eleventh day from the day of the election campaign to submit financial report with itemization of expenses on the incomes and expenditures on the election campaign bank account from the day it was open until the end of the tenth day of the election campaign. The participant of the election campaign is obligated one day prior to the second round of voting to submit financial report with itemization of expenses about the revenues and expenditure on the bank account for organization of the election campaign for the second round of voting.

The political parties, in accordance with the legal regulations, shall submit the annual balance sheet for the financial operation to: the Public Revenue Office, the Central Register, and the State Audit Office, and shall be obliged to announce them on their websites."

The reports from paragraphs (1) and (2) of this article shall be submitted on a template adopted by the Minister of Finance, which includes information on the name or title of the donor, type and value of the donations, dates when donations were received and expenditures for each donation as well as incomes and expenditures throughout the election campaign, as well as data on third party donations.

Reports on campaign finances shall be submitted to the State Election Commission, State Audit Office and the State Commission for Preventing Corruption and they shall publish them on their websites."

"In 2020, the Electoral Code was aligned with the LPCCI, shifting the primary jurisdiction over campaign finance oversight and abuse of administrative resources to the SCPC. The SCPC is tasked to conduct ongoing monitoring of campaign financing throughout the electoral period, including financial activities of political parties and public officials, and to request data from banks and other competent institutions. The body is entitled to initiate inspections ex officio and examine complaints by natural and legal persons, including by contestants, parties and election observers, and initiate criminal prosecution in case of violations and in reaction to the reports from the SAO. The SAO exercises ex-post control of campaign finance based on auditing of the final report."

Fine in the amount of Euro 1.000 to 2.000 in Denar counter-value shall be imposed to a natural person for a misdemeanor, while fine in the amount of Euro 5.000 to 10.000 in Denar counter-value shall be imposed for misdemeanor to the legal entity, should they act against the provisions referred to in Article 16 paragraph 1 of this Law.

In case if the political parties more often than twice a year commit a misdemeanor, as stipulated by this Law, the same shall not be awarded budget funds in accordance with this Law in duration of one year.

If the political parties do not act in accordance with Article 15 paragraph 6 of this Law regarding the funds received by the entities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, then these funds shall be transferred from the gyro account of the political parties to the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia and shall be used for financing humanitarian activities.