Mongolia
| Question | Value |
|---|---|
1. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Comment
18.7.4. international organization, foreign citizens, legal entity, people with no citizenship; Source
Article 18, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 56, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
3. Is there a ban on corporate donations to political parties? |
Code
No
Source
Article 18, Law on Political parties, 2005 |
4. Is there a ban on corporate donations to candidates? |
Code
No
Source
Article 53, The Law on Parliamentary elections, 2019 |
5. Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Source
Artice 56, The Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
6. Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Artice 56, The Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
7. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 18, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
8. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 54, The Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
9. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to political parties? |
Code
No
Source
Uribe Burcher and Casal Bertoa (2018), Political Finance in Mongolia, International IDEA and Open Society Forum |
10. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to candidates? |
Code
No
Source
Uribe Burcher and Casal Bértoa (2018), Political Finance in Mongolia, International IDEA and Open Society Forum |
11. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 18, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
12. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Artice 56, The Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
13. Is there a ban on the use of state resources in favour or against a political party or candidate? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 48, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
14. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period? |
Code
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source
Article 18, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
15. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period, what is the limit? |
Code
Legal entities - 10 million MNT Natural Person - 1 million MNT
Source
Article 18, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
16. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election? |
Code
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
17. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election, what is the limit? |
Code
Legal Entities - 20 Million MNT Natural Person - 5 Million MNT
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate? |
Code
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
19. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate, what is the limit? |
Code
Legal entities - 20 million MNT Natural Persons - 5 million MNT
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
20. Is there a limit on the amount a candidate can contribute to their own election campaign? |
Code
Yes, specific limit for candidates
Source
Article 50, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 Mongolian National Audit Office (2016) Decree #359 |
21. Is there a limit on in-kind donations to political parties? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 55, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
22. Is there a limit on in-kind donations to candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 55, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
23. Is there a ban on political parties engaging in commercial activities? |
Code
Sometimes
Comment
- 16.2.4. souvenirs depicting the symbol of the party, things belong to the party; 16.2.5. revenue of publishing, media and commercialization; 16.2.6. revenue from renting or selling its own properties; 16.2.7. interest of the its savings in banks. 16.3. It is forbidden to earn profit, keep company in other ways than it is stated in article 16 of this law. Source
Article 16, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
24. Is there a ban on political parties taking loans in relation to election campaigns? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 29, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 29, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
26. Is there a ban on donors to political parties/candidates participating in public tender/procurement processes? |
Code
No
Source
Uribe Burcher and Casal Bértoa (2018), Political Finance in Mongolia, International IDEA and Open Society Forum |
27. Are there provisions requiring donations to go through the banking system? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
| Question | Value |
|---|---|
28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties? |
Code
Yes, regularly
Source
Article 19, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding? |
Code
Comment
19.1. Government shall subsidize the party who has seats in the parliament for one time within three months after the election result is announced. Each vote shall be valued as one thousand tugrug and votes of the party in parliamentary election shall be compared to the total number of votes.
19.2. Party who has seats in the parliament shall be subsidized quarterly from the state budget during the term of office and for each seat in the parliament shall be subsidized by ten million tugrug. 50 percent of this subsidization shall be spent for the parliamentary election unit areas.
19.3. The money amount stated in 19.1, 19.2 of this law can be changed depending on the exchange rate. Source
Article 19, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding? |
Code
Proportional to votes received
Proportional to seats received
Source
Article 19, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
31. What are the provisions on 'ear marking' direct public funding to political parties (how it should be used)? |
Code
Comment
17.1. Party income shall be spent for the activities of the rule, platform of the party only. Source
Article 17, Law on Political Parties, 2005 |
32. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for political parties? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 46, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
33. What criteria determine allocation for free or subsidized access to media for political parties? |
Code
Equal
Source
Article 46, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
34. Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 46, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
35. Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 40,2, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates? |
Code
No
|
37. Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? |
Code
No
|
| Question | Value |
|---|---|
38. Is there a ban on vote buying? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 48, Law on Parliamentary elections, 2019 |
39. Are there limits on the amount a political party can spend? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 50, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
40. If there are limits on the amount a political party can spend, what is the limit? |
Code
41.2. State central audit office shall set the maximum amount of election expenses by 1 March .
Source
Article 50, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
41. Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend? |
Code
Yes
Comment
It depends on location, territory, voters' and household numbers. Source
Article 50, Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit? |
Code
Determined by State central audit office
Source
Article 50, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities? |
Code
No
|
44. Are there limits on traditional media advertising spending in relation to election campaigns? |
Code
Yes, for political parties
Yes, for candidates
Comment
41.1.1 Three printer's sheets of newspaper 41.1.2 Three printer's sheets of magazine 41.1.3 One printer's sheets of leaflet
Source
Article 41 and 46, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
45. Are there limits on online media advertising spending in relation to election campaigns? |
Code
No
Source
Article 47, Law on Parliamentary elections, 2019 |
46. Do any other restrictions on online media advertisement (beyond limits) exist? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Candidates and Political parties will have only one account. There should not be any comments on their posts. Fake accounts and unregistered websites, using other people's names are prohibited. Source
Article 47, Law on parliamentary elections, 2019 |
| Question | Value |
|---|---|
47. Do political parties have to report regularly on their finances? |
Code
Yes
Comment
Political parties should report their audited statements annually. Source
Article 20, Law on Political parties, 2005 |
48. Do political parties have to report on their election campaign finances? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 57, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
49. Do candidates have to report on their election campaign finances? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 57, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
50. Do third parties have to report on election campaign finances? |
Code
No
|
51. Is information in reports from political parties and/or candidates to be made public? |
Code
Yes
Comment
The State Audit office will report after 60 days when they receive their reports. Source
Article 58, Law on parliamentary elections, 2019 |
52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 54, Law on Parliamentary elections, 2019 |
53. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates include information on itemized income? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 57, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
54. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates include information on itemized spending? |
Code
Yes
Source
Article 57, Law on parliamentary elections, 2019 |
55. Which institution(s) receives financial reports from political parties and/or candidates? |
Code
Auditing agency
Source
Article 58, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
56. Which institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations? |
Code
Auditing agency
Source
Article 58, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
57. What power is granted to the institution(s) responsible for examining reports and/or investigating violations? |
Code
Request additional information from potential violator
Request additional information from others
Source
Article 58, Law on Parliamentary Elections, 2019 |
58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions? |
Code
Fines
Source
Article 17, Law on Infringement, 2017 |
