29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?
Honduras
Answer
- Share of votes in previous election
- Share of seats in previous election
- Participation in election
Source
Article 82; Electoral and Political Organization´s Law, 2004.
Artcile 17; Financial, Transparency and Oversight of Political Parties and Candidates Law, 2017.
Comment
Requirements for regular Public Funding:
1. 10% of the Political Debt that the Political Party with representation in the Congress, obtained in the last general election.
2. 2% of the total of valid votes, taking as a base for this calculation, the elective level with more quantity of votes obtained.
Regulation of Public Funding in relation to campaigns, or Political Debt:
1. 20 Lempiras for every valid vote obtained in the elective level that received the major quantity of votes.
