42. If there are limits on the amount a candidate can spend, what is the limit?

Georgia

Georgia

Answer
According to Georgian legislation, during the year, a total amount of expenses by the electoral subject may not exceed 0.1% of the GDP of Georgia of the previous year. This amount shall include expenses incurred by the electoral subject and another person in its favor, which have been determined by the State Audit Office, about which the relevant electoral subject has been notified. The upper limit of the total annual election expenses of an independent majoritarian candidate shall be determined as follows: the upper limit of the election campaign allowances for a political party (0.1% of the previous year’s GDP) shall be divided by the total number of voters in the country and the number obtained must be multiplied by the number of voters in the respective electoral district.
Source

Article 25(1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens, 1997. Article 54, Election Code of Georgia, 2011.

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