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Article 93
 

Airtime of election campaigning on radio and television 



1.During elections of the National Assembly, the airtime for conducting election campaigning by a political party running in elections through free and paid use of airtime on radio and television shall be providedas prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission. 




2.A political party running in elections shall have the right to use, free of charge, no more than 90 minutes of airtime on public television, no more than 150minutes of airtime on public radio and no more than 25 minutes of airtime of each of other broadcasters founded in the Republic of Armenia having a licence for using a slot in the public multiplex. 




3.A political party running in elections shall have the right to use for pay no more than 120 minutes of airtime on public television, and no more than 180 minutes of airtime on public radio at the account of its campaign fund. 




4.In case of declaring elections of the National Assembly as invalid and holding repeat voting, a political party running in elections shall have the right to use, free of charge, no more than 60 minutes of airtime on public television, no more than 90 minutes of airtime on public radio, no more than 20 minutes of airtime of each of other broadcasters founded in the Republic of Armenia having a licence for using a slot in the public multiplex and — at the account of the campaign fund — no more than 60 minutes of paid airtime on public television and no more than 90 minutes of paid airtime on public radio. 




During the second round of election of the National Assembly, a political party running in elections shall have the right to use, free of charge, no more than 20 minutes of airtime on public television, no more than 40 minutes of airtime on public radio, no more than 10 minutes of airtime of each of other broadcasters founded in the Republic of Armenia, having a licence for using a slot in the public multiplex and — at the account of the campaign fund — no more than 40minutes of paid airtime on public television and no more than 60 minutes of paid airtime on public radio.  




The Central Electoral Commission shall distribute the airtime no later than within five days after adopting a decision on holding a second round of elections of the National Assembly, as well as declaring the elections as invalid and holding repeat voting.