49. IN PRACTICE: What proportion of total spending reported to the oversight agency in relation to the last campaign period was spent on media by the two presidential candidates gaining the most votes?

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Answer
Rumen Radev, Independent (elected candidate) spent a proportion of 87.96% of his budget on media during 2016 Presidential elections, while Tsetska Tsacheva, GERB Party spent 35,44% on media; on average, the candidates spent 61.70% of their budgets on media.
Source

The data can be found on the website of Bulgarian National Audit Office - http://erik.bulnao.government.bg/RegDonors/RegParticipants/ParticipantsInCik.aspx#.

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