Determination of the amount of state funding

Twelve months prior to elections and within the limits established in Article 96 of the Political Constitution, the TSE shall fix the amount of the funding that the State must grant to political parties, using the gross domestic product at market prices in accordance with a certification issued by the Central Bank of Costa Rica as a basis for calculation.

As soon as elections for members of the Legislative Assembly are announced, the TSE shall order the distribution of state contribution among the parties entitled thereto by means of a duly reasoned resolution.

The Tribunal shall determine the distribution in accordance with the procedure described below:

a) The individual cost of one vote shall be determined by dividing the total amount of the state funding by the sum of the valid votes obtained by all political parties entitled to funding in the election for President and Vice Presidents of the Republic and representatives of the Legislative Assembly.

b) The maximum each party can receive is the amount resulting from the multiplication of the individual cost of a vote by the sum of valid votes obtained in the election for President and Vice President of the Republic and members of the Legislative Assembly, or by what they obtained in either election if they only participated in one of them, deducting therefrom the amounts spent by way of guaranteed advance payments.