Political Finance Database
40. If there are limits on the amount a political party can spend, what is the limit?
| Theme | Regulations of spending |
|---|---|
| Description | If there is a limit on the amount that a political party can spend, this question covers that amount |
Breakdown by continent
| Continent | No data | Not applicable | Other | Countries researched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 6 (11.8%) |
36 (70.6%) |
9 (17.6%) |
51 |
| Americas | 0 (0.0%) |
18 (52.9%) |
16 (47.1%) |
34 |
| Asia | 2 (5.4%) |
23 (62.2%) |
12 (32.4%) |
37 |
| Europe | 1 (2.2%) |
22 (48.9%) |
22 (48.9%) |
45 |
| Oceania | 0 (0.0%) |
13 (92.9%) |
1 (7.1%) |
14 |
| Other | 0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 (0%) |
0 |
| Total | 9 | 112 | 60 | 181 |
Country Answers
| Country | Year | Value (Text) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Albania | 2021 | The total expenditures made by an electoral subject, including its candidates, for an electoral campaign must not exceed 3 times the highest amount that an electoral subject has received from public funds for electoral purposes, in accordance with Article 88 of this Law. Any electoral campaign expenditure shall be documented and implemented in compliance with the effective fiscal legislation. For the purpose of this Law, “campaign expenditure” shall mean any expenditure made by a party or its candidates for electoral campaign purposes, regardless of the date it is made. | |
| Algeria | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Andorra | 2018 | 200.000 euros in case of elections for the General Council in national lists 30.000 euros in case of elections for the General Council in parishes lists an additional 0,30 euro cent for every person inscribed in the electoral census of the corresponding constituency | |
| Angola | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Argentina | 2019 | The flat rate equals to the amount of an index included in the annual budget of the country | |
| Armenia | 2021 | National Assembly election: 500,000,000 AMD National Assembly election (second round): 200,000,000 AMD Yerevan municipal election: 300,000,000 AMD Other municipal elections with over 25,000 electors: 60,000,000 AMD Municipal elections with between 4,000-25,000 electors: 40,000,000 AMD | |
| Australia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Austria | 2023 | 7 million euros | |
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Bahamas | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Bahrain | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Bangladesh | 2018 | Yes | |
| Barbados | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Belarus | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Belgium | 2018 | EUR 1,000,000 | |
| Belize | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Benin | 2018 | 500,000 francs for the election of members of village or neighborhood, city Councils; 1,500,000 francs for municipal and communal elections; 15,000,000 francs for legislative elections;2,500,000,000 francs for the presidential elections | |
| Bhutan | 2018 | Nu.130,000 from the Election Commission of Bhutan plus funds from party (which should not exceed the fund provided by the Election Commission of Bhutan) | |
| Bolivia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | Limit based on number of voters and type of election: 0.20 KM per voter for the elections of members of Cantonal Assemblies, 0.30 KM per voter for all other elections | |
| Botswana | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Brazil | 2019 | Minimum 5% and maximum 15% of the value destined to finance campaigns reserved in bank accounts for this purpose | |
| Bulgaria | 2021 | The amounts of spending depend on the type of elections and the actors involved in the respective campaigns (parties, coalitions or nomination committees). | |
| Burkina Faso | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Burundi | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Cabo Verde | 2018 | Not more than 80% of the overall amount of the State subsidy for the elections in question. | |
| Cambodia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Cameroon | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Canada | 2019 | CAD 0.735 multiplied by the number of names appearing on the preliminary or revised electoral lists for each electoral district. | |
| Central African Republic | 2021 | No data | |
| Chad | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Chile | 2018 | Varía según la elección | |
| Colombia | 2021 | Limits on campaign spending change for each election, and are imposed to the campaign. For 2022, they are: $96.215.827.231 (for Senate – ordinary electoral district), $2.886.474.816 (for Senate – indigenous special electoral district), between $1.506.613.332 and $20.093.516.658 (for Representative Chambers, according to the number of voters) Source: Resolución No. 0227 de 2021 And for Presidential Candidates: $ 27.453.094.557 (first round), $ 12.840.703.931 (run-off) Resolución No. 1677 de 2021 | |
| Comoros | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Costa Rica | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Croatia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Cyprus | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Czechia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Denmark | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Djibouti | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Dominica | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Dominican Republic | 2021 | It depends on the office | |
| Ecuador | 2021 | Spending limit depends on the public office election. For national and provincial assemblymen, governors and regional governors and the binomial prefecture and vice prefecture: limit is the amount resulting from multiplying the value of of zero comma fifteen cents of the United States of America by the number of citizens recorded in the registry of the respective jurisdiction. In no case will the spending limit be less than US$ 15,000. | |
| Egypt | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| El Salvador | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2021 | No data | |
| Estonia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Eswatini | 2018 | No data | |
| Ethiopia | 2019 | No data | |
| Fiji | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Finland | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| France | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Gabon | 2018 | No data | |
| Georgia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Germany | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Ghana | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Greece | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Grenada | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Guatemala | 2018 | USD $.0.50 for each registered citizen (to vote) until Dec 31st of prior year to elections. | |
| Guinea | 2018 | The limit is set by decision of the President of the INEC | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Guyana | 2018 | In the excess of the sum of fifty thousand dollars multiplied by the number of candidates, not exceding 53 on the list of candidates | |
| Haiti | 2018 | In the context of private financing of political campaigns, the law states that: "The ceiling for each level is as follows: a) For a candidate for the post of Presidenthe t of the Republic, one hundred million gourdes (100,000,000); b) For a candidate for the post of the Senator, twenty million gourdes (Gdes 20,000,000); (c) For a candidate for the office of Deputy, one million five hundred thousand gourdes (Gdes 1,500,000); d) For the post of a Mayor, one million gourdes (Gdes 1,000,000); (e) For a post of CASEC, two hundred and fifty thousand gourdes (Gdes 250,000); f) For a candidate for ASEC, one hundred thousand gourdes (Gdes 100,000)." | |
| Honduras | 2021 | The limits for campaign expenses shall be set for each electoral process | |
| Hungary | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Iceland | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| India | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Indonesia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Iraq | 2019 | 250,000 Iraqi dinars multiplied by the number of candidates on the political entity’s list multiplied by the number of voters in the constituency. | |
| Ireland | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Israel | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Italy | 2019 | 1 EUR times the number of citizens who are registered as voters in the constituencies where the parties have presented lists of candidates (for national parliament) | 1 EUR times the number of persons eligible to vote for the Chamber of Deputies (for European parliament) | 1 EUR multiplied by the number of persons eligible to vote for the Town Council (for municipal elections) | for others election, the maximum amount varies according to the size of the town/city | |
| Jamaica | 2018 | 630,000,000 GHS | |
| Japan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Jordan | 2019 | No data | |
| Kazakhstan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Kenya | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Kiribati | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Korea, Republic of | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Kosovo | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | The calculated indicator=100, 3000000*100=300,000,000 KGS | |
| Latvia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Lebanon | 2019 | No data | |
| Lesotho | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Liberia | 2018 | Representative candidate; USD 400,000 [I$ 711,000] Senate candidate: USD 600,000 [I$ 1,100,000]Vice President candidate: USD 1,000,000 [I$ 1,800,000]President candidate: USD 2,000,000 [I$ 3,600,000](These limits apply also for the supporting political parties) | |
| Libya | 2021 | Determined by The High National Election Commission. | |
| Liechtenstein | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Lithuania | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Luxembourg | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Madagascar | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Malawi | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Malaysia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Maldives | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mali | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Malta | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Marshall Islands | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mauritania | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mauritius | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Mexico | 2019 | The spending limit is calculated and varies for each election and office contested. | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Moldova, Republic of | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Monaco | 2018 | No data | |
| Mongolia | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Montenegro | 2021 | Presidential candidates may spend up to the amount of the total budget allocation for election campaigns plus the maximum amount established for private donations. The spending limit for parliamentary and local elections is determined by the Agency for Prevention of Corruption (APC). | |
| Morocco | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Mozambique | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Myanmar | 2018 | Not exceeding 10,000,000 MMK (ten million kyat) | |
| Namibia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nauru | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nepal | 2018 | Every party was free to spend up to NPR 200,000 (€1,639) per PR candidate seeking a seat in the House of Representatives and up to NPR 150,000 (€1,229) per PR candidate running for a seat in a provincial assembly. | |
| Netherlands | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| New Zealand | 2023 | Other (explain in comments in local currency) | |
| Nicaragua | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Niger | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Nigeria | 2023 | Other | |
| North Macedonia, Republic of | 2021 | MKD 110 per registered voter | |
| Norway | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Pakistan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Palau | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Panama | 2023 | Other | |
| Papua New Guinea | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Paraguay | 2019 | 10% of the minimum wage for each enfranchised voter within the candidate´s electoral district. | |
| Peru | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Philippines | 2018 | Five pesos for every voter currently registered in the constituency or constituencies where the party has official candidates. | |
| Poland | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Portugal | 2018 | Up to 10.000 the value of the minimum wage depending on the election. | |
| Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville) | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Romania | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Russian Federation | 2018 | Maximum 700 million RUB for a political party (for Parliamentary elections) and maximum 400 million RUB for a candidate running for the Presidential elections. | |
| Rwanda | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Lucia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Samoa | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| San Marino | 2018 | It cannot exceed the public funds given to the largest group in parliament, some EUR 630,000 for 2016 elections. | |
| Senegal | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Serbia | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Seychelles | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Sierra Leone | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Singapore | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Slovakia | 2023 | Other | |
| Slovenia | 2018 | Limit is based on the number of eligible voters; exact limit depends on the type of election. | |
| Solomon Islands | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| South Africa | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Spain | 2018 | General elections: EUR 0.24 [I$ 0,33] per resident in the electoral districts where the party presents its list European Parliament elections: EUR 0.12 [I$ 0,16] per resident Municipal elections: EUR 0.07 [I$ 0,10] per resident Additionally EUR 96,162 [I$ 131,000] for each province where the political party meets certain conditions | |
| Sri Lanka | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Sudan | 2018 | No data | |
| Suriname | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Sweden | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Switzerland | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Taiwan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Tajikistan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2021 | Limit determined by the 'Minister responsible for political parties' | |
| Thailand | 2018 | THB 1,500,000 x The number of party list candidates per a political party per election | |
| The Gambia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Timor-Leste | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Togo | 2018 | Legislative election: ten million (10,000,000) francs CFA per candidate Local election: five million (5,000,000) francs CFA per candidate | |
| Tonga | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tunisia | 2023 | Other | |
| Turkey | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Turkmenistan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tuvalu | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Uganda | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 540 000 000 UAH - the maximum sum to be deposited at the electoral fund of a PP during elections to the Parliament (in 2021). | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | £30,000 per constituency or £810,000 (England), £120,000 (Scotland) and £60,000 ] (Wales), £30,000 per constituency in Northern Ireland | |
| United States | 2018 | The coordinated party expenditure limit is the greater of 2 cents multiplied by the voting age population of the State or $20,000. This limit does not apply to independent expenditures. | |
| Uruguay | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Uzbekistan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Vanuatu | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Venezuela | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Yemen | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Zambia | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Zimbabwe | 2018 | Not applicable |
Total number of countries in selected sample: 181
