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Article 162
 

Sources of Financing


(1) A political party that has registered candidates may finance its election campaign from:
1. own financial resources of the party; 2. financial resources of the candidates; 3. (suppl. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria in the part "legal entities and sole traders" – no. 37 of 2021) donations by natural persons, legal entities and sole traders.
(2) A coalition that has registered candidates may finance its election campaign from: 1. own financial resources of the parties, which participate in it;
2. financial resources of the candidates; 3. (suppl. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria in the part “legal entities and sole traders” – no. 37 of 2021) donations made by natural persons, legal entities and sole traders to one of the parties in the coalition identified in compliance with Art. 164, Para. 2.
(3) A nomination committee that has registered a candidate may finance its election campaign from:
1. financial resources of the members of the nomination committee; 2. financial resources of the candidates; 3. (suppl. - SG 60/19, in force from 30.07.2019, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria in the part “legal entities and sole traders” – no. 37 of 2021) donations made by natural persons, legal entities and sole traders to the person identified in compliance with Art. 164, Para. 1.