30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?

17. When, how and amount of subvention to be granted

(1) Subventions granted under this Act shall be disbursed to a qualifying political party once in every financial year and in such instalments as the Minister may, considering the prevailing economic and financial conditions, determine.

(2) The fund disbursable pursuant to section 16(1) as subvention to qualifying political parties shall be distributed as follows—

(a) fifty per centum of the funds shall be disbursed amongst qualifying parties on basis of the ratio between the number of parliamentary constituencies in the United Republic;

(b) the other fifty per centum of the funds shall be disbursed amongst qualifying parties each of which won not less than five per centum of all the valid votes cast in all constituencies in the United Republic, and shall be disbursed amongst those parties on the basis of the ratio between the total number of valid votes cast for the parliamentary candidates of a party and the total number of all the valid votes cast in the parliamentary election for all the qualifying parties.

Political Parties Act, 2019