Financing the Local Election

1. Budgetary expenditures relating to preparation and conduct of the local election 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, as well as the funds of the respective local budget received as the targeted subvention from the State Budget of Ukraine, the funds of the respective local budgets (hereinafter, the 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 put forward electoral lists of candidates for members of local councils, candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor.

Expenditures relating to preparation and conduct of the regular, extraordinary, supplementary and first elections of members of councils, 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 received as the targeted subvention from the State Budget of Ukraine.

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

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