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Article 156
 

Election Funds of Candidates, Registered Candidates, Political Parties, Blocks of Political Parties During Elections to the Milli Majlis.



The maximum limit of a candidate’s election fund assets should not exceed 15 thousand times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections.





Election funds of candidates, and registered candidates nominated for a single-mandate constituency can be organized from the following monetary means:



the special funds of candidates and registered candidates — the amount of the special funds cannot be more than 2 thousand times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections;



funds of candidates, political parties, which have nominated a registered candidate, political parties, which are included in the block of political parties--the amount of the funds cannot be more than 5 thousand times the minimum salary which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections;



funds allocated by a Constituency Election Commission for a registered candidate in the amount equal to those for other candidates registered for a single-mandate constituency, except for the cases defined by Article 164.8 of this Code.



voluntary donations from citizens amounting not more than 100 times the minimum salary and legal entities amounting not more than 2000 times the minimum salary which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections;







Political parties and blocks of political parties, which have nominated or registered candidates in more than 60 single-mandate constituencies, can create a unified election fund.





Election funds of political parties and blocks of political parties can be formed only from the following monetary means:



special funds of political parties and blocks of political parties not exceeding 50 thousand times the minimum salary which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections (such funds of blocks of political parties are formed from the funds of political parties which are included in that block);



funds allocated for political parties and block of political parties by the Central Election Commission, except the cases considered by Article 164.8 of this Code;



voluntary donations of citizens and legal entities. The limit of voluntary donations cannot be more than 150 times the minimum salary for citizens and 5,000 times the minimum salary for legal entities, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on determination of the elections.







The maximum limit of the election fund assets of a political party and block of political parties shall be determined by multiplying the amount stipulated in Article 156.1 of this Code by the number of nominated or registered candidates. At the same time, the amount expended for each candidate should not exceed the amount provided for in Article 156.1 of this Code. Observance of this condition should be indicated in financial statements of political parties and blocks of political parties.