12. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with partial government ownership to candidates?

Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Answer
Yes
Source

Article 9: 

It is prohibited to allocate funds through charity to the electoral funds of a candidate for deputy and political party from the following individuals and legal entities:

- foreign states and foreign legal entities;

- foreign citizens and stateless persons;

- citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan who have not reached the age of 18;

- legal entities established with the participation of foreign investments;

- international organizations and international public movements;

- local government bodies and self-government bodies of settlements and villages; 

- state organizations and organizations, the share of state shares of which exceeds 30 percent;

- units, units and other military structures of law enforcement bodies;

- religious and charitable organizations and other organizations established by them;

- contributions from unknown persons.

 (Constitutional Law of the Republic of Tajikistan, On Elections to the Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan, 1999, available at http://base.mmk.tj/view_sanadhoview.php?showdetail=&sanadID=6 accessed January 2018).

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