30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?
Hungary
Article 5 of the Political Parties Act
Greco Eval III Rep _2009_ 8E Final Hungary PF PUBLIC
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Public funding is only provided at central level in Hungary. Political parties are entitled to direct funding from the State budget on certain conditions, contained in the Party Act (Article 5):
a) 25 per cent of the total state support allocated to political parties is to be divided equally between the parties that have obtained mandates from the national list;
b) 75 per cent is to be provided to all parties participating in the parliamentary election, in proportion to the votes cast in favour of them, provided they have received more than one per cent of the votes cast.
Since 2007, the total amount of public funding has been 2,6 billion HUF (approx. 10,4 million €) annually, as defined by the Act on the State Budget. State subsidies are paid quarterly.
Party finance reports from 2017 list only general categories of spending and income. The share of public funds: LMP - 83 per cent, Jobbik – 82 per cent, Fidesz – 80 per cent, DK – 67 per cent and MSzP - 26 per cent.
