29. What are the eligibility criteria for political parties to receive public funding?
Lithuania
- Share of votes in previous election
- Number of members
Article 21, Law on political parties, as last amended on 6 November 2014, No XII-1292.
Article 21.
1. Political parties, which are registered in the Register of Legal Entities and which satisfy statutory requirements regarding the number of political party members and the reform or liquidation procedure has not been initiated in respect of them, are entitled to state budget appropriations to fund activities of the political party.
2. State budget appropriations designated for funding activities of the political party are allocated to those political parties satisfying the criteria that they received not less than 3 per cent of all the votes cast by the voters for the candidates of the political parties in those elections to the Seimas, municipal councils, the European Parliament according to the results of which these state budget appropriations are allocated.