Political Finance Database

33. What criteria determine allocation for free or subsidized access to media for political parties?

Theme Public funding
Description In countries where free or subsidised access to media is provided to political parties, this question covers how this access is distributed between the eligible parties

Breakdown by continent

Continent Equal Other No data Number of members Votes Received Share of seats Not applicable Number of candidates Countries researched
Africa 32
(62.7%)
9
(17.6%)
5
(9.8%)
0
(0.0%)
1
(2.0%)
5
(9.8%)
7
(13.7%)
4
(7.8%)
51
Americas 15
(44.1%)
6
(17.6%)
3
(8.8%)
0
(0.0%)
6
(17.6%)
5
(14.7%)
9
(26.5%)
3
(8.8%)
34
Asia 17
(45.9%)
4
(10.8%)
3
(8.1%)
1
(2.7%)
1
(2.7%)
4
(10.8%)
11
(29.7%)
2
(5.4%)
37
Europe 25
(55.6%)
11
(24.4%)
2
(4.4%)
0
(0.0%)
1
(2.2%)
4
(8.9%)
8
(17.8%)
3
(6.7%)
45
Oceania 1
(7.1%)
2
(14.3%)
0
(0.0%)
0
(0.0%)
0
(0.0%)
0
(0.0%)
11
(78.6%)
0
(0.0%)
14
Other 0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
(0%)
0
Total 90 32 13 1 9 18 46 12 181

Country Answers

Country Year Value (Text) Details
Afghanistan 2021 No data
Albania 2021 Share of seats
Algeria 2021 Equal
Andorra 2018 Votes Received
Other
Angola 2019 Other
Antigua and Barbuda 2018 Equal
Argentina 2019 Equal
Number of candidates
Other
Armenia 2021 Equal
Australia 2019 Other
Austria 2023 Not applicable
Azerbaijan 2023 Equal
Number of members
Number of candidates
Bahamas 2018 Not applicable
Bahrain 2021 No data
Bangladesh 2018 Not applicable
Barbados 2018 Number of candidates
Other
Belarus 2018 Equal
Belgium 2018 Equal
Number of candidates
Belize 2018 Not applicable
Benin 2018 Equal
Bhutan 2018 Equal
Bolivia 2019 Equal
Votes Received
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 Other
Botswana 2021 Not applicable
Brazil 2019 Share of seats
Other
Bulgaria 2021 Equal
Burkina Faso 2018 Equal
Number of candidates
Burundi 2021 Equal
Cabo Verde 2018 Equal
Number of candidates
Cambodia 2018 Equal
Other
Cameroon 2019 No data
Canada 2019 Number of candidates
Share of seats
Other
Central African Republic 2021 Equal
Chad 2021 Equal
Chile 2018 Equal
Votes Received
Colombia 2021 Equal
Share of seats
Comoros 2021 Not applicable
Congo, Democratic Republic of 2018 Equal
Costa Rica 2018 Votes Received
Croatia 2018 Other
Cyprus 2018 Equal
Czechia 2018 Equal
Côte d'Ivoire 2018 Equal
Denmark 2021 Equal
Djibouti 2018 No data
Dominica 2018 Not applicable
Dominican Republic 2021 Equal
Number of candidates
Ecuador 2021 Equal
Egypt 2019 Equal
El Salvador 2018 Not applicable
Equatorial Guinea 2021 No data
Estonia 2019 Not applicable
Eswatini 2018 No data
Ethiopia 2019 Equal
Other
Fiji 2021 Not applicable
Finland 2018 Equal
France 2019 Equal
Share of seats
Other
Gabon 2018 No data
Georgia 2023 Equal
Germany 2019 No data
Ghana 2018 Equal
Greece 2023 Other
Grenada 2018 Not applicable
Guatemala 2018 Votes Received
Guinea 2018 Equal
Guinea-Bissau 2018 Equal
Other
Guyana 2018 Not applicable
Haiti 2018 Other
Honduras 2021 Equal
Hungary 2018 Equal
Iceland 2018 Equal
India 2019 Equal
Indonesia 2021 Not applicable
Iran, Islamic Republic of 2021 Not applicable
Iraq 2019 Equal
Ireland 2023 Other
Israel 2018 Share of seats
Italy 2019 Equal
Other
Jamaica 2018 No data
Japan 2018 Number of candidates
Other
Jordan 2019 Equal
No data
Kazakhstan 2018 Equal
Kenya 2023 Other
Kiribati 2018 Not applicable
Korea, Republic of 2023 Votes Received
Share of seats
Kosovo 2023 Equal
Kyrgyzstan 2021 Equal
Latvia 2023 Equal
Lebanon 2019 Equal
Lesotho 2021 Other
Liberia 2018 Not applicable
Libya 2021 Not applicable
Liechtenstein 2021 Not applicable
Lithuania 2023 Equal
Luxembourg 2018 Not applicable
Madagascar 2018 Equal
Malawi 2023 Equal
Malaysia 2021 Not applicable
Maldives 2018 Not applicable
Mali 2018 Equal Not applicable
Malta 2018 Other
Marshall Islands 2018 Equal
Mauritania 2018 Not applicable
Mauritius 2018 Number of candidates
Share of seats
Mexico 2019 Equal
Votes Received
Micronesia, Federated States of 2018 Not applicable
Moldova, Republic of 2019 Equal
Monaco 2018 No data
Mongolia 2023 Equal
Montenegro 2021 Equal
Morocco 2021 Equal
Share of seats
Mozambique 2018 Other
Myanmar 2018 Not applicable
Namibia 2018 Equal
Nauru 2018 Not applicable
Nepal 2018 Not applicable
Netherlands 2023 Equal
New Zealand 2023 Other
Nicaragua 2021 Equal
Niger 2018 Equal
Nigeria 2023 Not applicable
North Macedonia, Republic of 2021 Equal
Other
Norway 2018 Not applicable
Pakistan 2021 Other
Palau 2018 Not applicable
Panama 2023 Equal
Papua New Guinea 2018 Not applicable
Paraguay 2019 Equal
Peru 2021 Equal
Share of seats
Philippines 2018 Not applicable
Poland 2019 Equal
Number of candidates
Portugal 2018 Equal
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville) 2018 Equal
Other
Romania 2018 Equal
Number of candidates
Share of seats
Other
Russian Federation 2018 Equal
Rwanda 2019 Equal
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2018 Not applicable
Saint Lucia 2018 Share of seats
Other
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2018 No data
Samoa 2021 Not applicable
San Marino 2018 Equal
Senegal 2021 Equal
Share of seats
Serbia 2023 Equal
Seychelles 2021 Equal
Sierra Leone 2018 Equal
Singapore 2018 Not applicable
Slovakia 2023 Equal
Slovenia 2018 Equal
Solomon Islands 2018 Not applicable
South Africa 2021 Equal
Number of candidates
Share of seats
Spain 2018 Share of seats
Votes Received
Sri Lanka 2018 Equal
Sudan 2018 Equal
Suriname 2018 No data
Sweden 2018 Not applicable
Switzerland 2023 Not applicable
Syrian Arab Republic 2018 Not applicable
São Tomé and Príncipe 2021 Other
Taiwan 2021 Equal
Tajikistan 2018 Equal
Tanzania, United Republic of 2021 Equal
Thailand 2018 Share of seats
The Gambia 2018 Equal
Timor-Leste 2018 Not applicable
Togo 2018 Equal
Share of seats
Votes Received
Other
Tonga 2018 Not applicable
Trinidad and Tobago 2018 Not applicable
Tunisia 2023 Equal
Turkey 2021 Share of seats
Turkmenistan 2018 Other
Tuvalu 2021 Not applicable
Uganda 2018 Not applicable
Ukraine 2021 Not applicable
United Kingdom 2018 Other
United States 2018 Not applicable
Uruguay 2021 Equal
Votes Received
Uzbekistan 2018 Equal
Vanuatu 2018 Not applicable
Venezuela 2021 Equal
Yemen 2018 Equal
Zambia 2018 Equal
Zimbabwe 2018 Equal
Total number of countries in selected sample: 181
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