It is the same figure that was allocated in 2016 and that is only lowered in cases of repetition due to lack of investiture
MADRID, 22 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The parties, coalitions and other candidacies will receive 21,167.64 euros for each seat in Congress and the Senate that they win in the general elections this Sunday.
It is the same amount as in 2016 and that in the April 2019 elections, although they represent 6,350.29 euros more than in the last legislative ones, those of November 10, 2019. And it is that this subsidy was then cut by 30% to 14,817 euros as it was an electoral repetition due to lack of agreement to invest the president of the Government.
In addition, the candidacies will receive 81 cents for each vote in Congress that translates into seats and another 32 cents per ballot for the Senate that achieves representation, as established by the Ministry of Finance in a ministerial order.
That same document also sets the limit of electoral expenses, which is a variable figure because it depends on the lists that are presented. For these elections, it will be the result of multiplying by 0.37 euros the number of inhabitants corresponding to the legal populations of the constituencies where each party, federation, coalition or group is present.
As usual, the State will also subsidize the candidacies the electoral expenses originated by the direct and personal sending to the voters of envelopes and electoral ballots or of electoral propaganda and publicity.
Specifically, 23 cents will be paid per voter in each of the constituencies in which a list has been presented to Congress and the Senate, but only those formations that manage to form their own group in the corresponding chamber will be entitled to receive this subsidy for ‘mailing’. The Treasury also clarifies that this subsidy will not be included in the limit of electoral expenses, provided that the effective carrying out of the activity is justified.
In the last legislative elections, the amounts paid to the parties were lower because the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG) determines that the repetition of elections due to lack of investiture entails a reduction both in subsidies and in the spending limit that the parties must comply with.
