Financing the Local Election

1. Budgetary expenditures relating to preparation and conduct of local elections shall be covered at the expense of funds of the State Budget provided for the Central Election Commission performing the leadership role and administering the elections and referendums, as well as funds of the respective local budget received as a targeted subvention from the State Budget of Ukraine, funds of the respective local budgets (hereinafter, funds of the budget allocated for preparation and conduct of the local election) as well as the own election funds of party organizations that have nominated electoral lists of candidates for members of local councils, candidates for local councils and/or candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor.

Expenditures relating to the preparation and conduct of ordinary, extraordinary, supplementary and first elections of members of councils or village, settlement or city mayors shall be covered at the expense of the funds of the State Budget provided for the Central Election Commission performing the leadership role and administering the elections and referendums; the funds of the respective local budget shall be received as the targeted subvention from the State Budget of Ukraine.

All other types of local elections shall be held at the expense of the respective local budgets.

2. A party organization that nominated an electoral list, candidates in multi-member election districts, candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor may, for financing their own election campaign, create the party organization’s own electoral fund that shall be formed in accordance with procedures provided for by this Code.