6. Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to candidates?

Article 9. Financing of elections

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 It is prohibited to allocate funds through charity to the electoral funds of a candidate and political party from the following individuals and legal entities:

The electoral fund of a candidate for deputy and political party is formed by:

- the funds of the relevant election commissions allocated for pre-election campaigning;

- personal funds of the candidate for deputy, not exceeding 500 (five hundred) of the calculation indicators; 

- the funds of the electoral fund of a political party that nominated a candidate for a single-mandate district, not exceeding 500 (five hundred) of the calculation indicators; 

- The funds of the electoral fund of a political party that nominated a list of candidates for a single republic-wide district not exceeding 10,000 (ten thousand) of the calculation indicators; 

- Charitable funds of individuals and legal entities.

 (Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tajikistan, On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, 1999, available at http://base.mmk.tj/view_sanadhoview.php?showdetail=&sanadID=6 accessed January 2018).

As of 2017 the calculation indicator is equivalent to 50 Tajikistani Somoni (TJS).