Subsidizing expenses in elections to Congress and to Senate
1. The State shall subsidize expenses arising from election activities according to the following rules:
a) 21,167.64 Euros for each seat obtained in the Congress of Deputies or in the Senate;
b) 0.81 Euro for each vote polled by each list of candidates to Congress, subject to at least one member thereof having obtained a seat, and
c) 0.32 Euros for every vote polled by each candidate having obtained a seat in the Senate.
2. For elections to both Houses or to either of them, the limit of election expenses shall be the result of multiplying by 0.37 Euros the legal number of inhabitants of the constituencies where the party, federation, coalition or electors’ grouping has put up candidates.
3. In addition to subsidies contemplated in the foregoing subsections, the State shall subsidize parties, federations, coalitions or electors’ groupings up to the amount of expenses resulting from for the direct personal sending to electors of envelopes and ballot forms, as well as from electoral propaganda and advertisements, according to the following rules:
a) 0.22 Euro8 for elector in each constituency where candidates have been nominated for the Congress of Deputies and the Senate, subject to the list of candidates having gained the number of seats in the Congress of Deputies or in the Senate or of votes required to form a parliamentary group.
Provided that constitution of a parliamentary group in both Houses gives no right to receive the aforesaid subsidy more than once.
b) The sum so paid is not be included within the limit laid down in subsection 2 of this Section, subject to proof of actual performance of the activity referred to in this present subsection.
4. The amounts mentioned in the preceding subsections are expressed in constant value Euros. They shall be updated within the five days following call of the election by an Order of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
5. No subsidy shall be paid in the case contemplated by subsection 2, 3 and 4 of Section 127 of this Act.
SECT. 175 AS AMENDED BY SECT. 52 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 2/2011, OF JANUARY 28
8 Pursuant to Sect. 23.1 of Congress’ Rules of Procedure, constitution of a parliamentary group in the Lower House requires a minimum of fifteen, but a group can also be made up of members of one or more political formations who, though not having said minimum, have polled no less than five seats and
15 per 100 at least of the votes in the constituencies where they have nominated candidates or 5 per 100 of the aggregate votes in the whole national territory. As to the Senate, the minimum required is ten. (Sect. 27, subs. 1, of the Rules of Procedure)
