18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate?
Belarus
Answer
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source
P 11, 'There are stringent limits on contributions to campaign funds by both individuals and legal entities. Individual persons may contribute no more than 10 ?basic units? to a presidential campaign fund. A basic unit is BR 35,000, so this is a limit of BR 350,000 or approximately 90 EUR. The individual contribution limit for a deputy?s campaign fund is half that amount. The limits for legal entities are not much higher (the equivalent of 270 EUR and 90 EUR for natural and legal persons respectively).' (Source: Venice Commission & OSCE/ODIHR (2010) Joint Opinion on the Amendments to the Electoral Code of Belarus as of 17 December 2009)
