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Section 7
 

(1) To cover their costs related to election campaign activities during the election campaign period,


a) the independent candidate,


b) the party nominating a candidate or setting up a party list and the candidate thereof together, for each candidate,


c) the national minority self-government setting up a national minority list at the general election of the Members of the Parliament, for each candidate may use a maximum of five million HUF.


(2) From the year following the general election of the Members of the Parliament after the entry into force of this Act, the amount according to Subsection (1) shall be increased by the consumer price index determined by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office for the year preceding the year in question.


(3) The use of the support according to Sections 1, 3 and 4 shall be counted towards the total amount spent on the election campaign activities.


(4) When determining the total amount that may be used by a party to finance election campaign activities,


a) the number of candidates for single mandate constituencies and


b) the number of candidates on the national list, but not more that the number of mandates that can be obtained from the national list, shall be taken into account.


(5) When determining the total amount that may be used by a party to finance election campaign activities, persons nominated in both a single mandate constituency and in the national list shall be taken into account according to the number of nominations. For the purposes of this Section, parties nominating joint candidates or setting up a joint party list shall be considered as a single party.


(6) When determining the total amount that may be used by a national minority self-government setting up a national minority list at the general election of the Members of the Parliament to finance election campaign activities, the number of candidates on the national list, but not more than the number of mandates that can be obtained from the national list, shall be taken into account.


(7) If the amount that may be used by a party nominating a candidate or setting up a party list or by a national minority self-government setting up a national minority list at the general election of the Members of the Parliament to finance election campaign activities according to Subsection (1) is less than the support according to Section 3 or Section 4, then the total amount that may be spent on election campaign activities according to Subsection (1) shall be equal to the amount of support according to Section 3 or Section 4.