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Article 43
 

Funding of representatives of electoral subjects


1.A qualified electoral subject running in the elections (a qualified party running in the elections independently, as well as an electoral bloc in which the qualified party is united) shall, for ensuring their representation in DECs and PECs on the Election Day, receive GEL 100 for each electoral precinct and GEL 150 for each electoral district, and the electoral bloc uniting 2 or more than 2 qualified parties shall receive GEL 150 for each electoral precinct and GEL 200 for each electoral district. To provide their representation at DECs and PECs on Election Day, An electoral bloc, which does not include any qualified party but the parties united in that bloc received in total 3% or more than 3 % of the votes cast in at least one of the last parliamentary or last municipal body elections held under the proportional electoral system, shall receive GEL 100 for each electoral precinct and GEL 150 for each electoral district. The amount allocated for one electoral precinct shall be paid to the representative(s) appointed only to that electoral precinct.


11. If the second round of elections is to be held in respective electoral districts and electoral precincts, the funding provided for in paragraph 1 of this article shall be granted only to the qualified electoral subjects, whose nominated candidates run in the second round of the elections.


2. The CEC shall transfer the amount allocated for the electoral subject referred to in the first paragraph of this article into the account of the respective electoral subject not later than the third day before Election Day. The electoral subject may apportion the amount to the relevant representatives in district and precinct election commissions so as to fund the activity of not more than two representatives per commission; at the same time, the same representative shall not be paid the amount allocated for more than three electoral precincts.


3. If a political party receiving funds fails to appoint a representative to an election commission, and/or the funds are not fully spent, the party shall, within 15 days after the election results are summarised, submit to the CEC written information about spending the amounts allocated for funding the representatives, and shall, within the same time limit, ensure that the appropriate amount is returned to the State Budget of Georgia.


4. The salary earned under this article by an electoral subject’s representative who is entered into the Unified Database of Socially Vulnerable Families shall not be included in the total income of his/her family and shall not serve as the basis for discontinuation of his/her state financing.


Organic Law of Georgia No 877 of 27 July 2013 – website, 20.8.2013
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018