49. Do candidates have to report on their election campaign finances?

Article 57, Election Code of Georgia, 2011.

According to the Georgian legislation, an electoral subject, once in three weeks following the registration, is obliged to publish information, in the forms defined, about the sources, amounts, and dates of receipt of donations. Electoral subjects shall, not later than one month after the announcement of final results of elections, submit to the State Audit Office a report of funds having been used up to the time of reporting, together with an audit (audit firm) report, specifying the source of funds. The electoral subjects that have received, based on preliminary data, the required number of votes as defined by the law, shall submit the same to the State Audit Office not later than 18 days after the polling day. Any auditor (audit firm) operating in the territory of Georgia may carry out an audit.