30. What is the allocation calculation for political parties to receive public funding?
Poland
Article 29, para 1 of the Polish Act on Political Parties
The amount of the annual subsidy referred to in Article 28 for a given political party or an electoral coalition shall be determined on a gradual degression basis pro rata to the total number of valid votes cast on district lists of candidates for deputies of such a party or electoral coalition, with breakdown by the number of votes corresponding to individual percentage brackets, in accordance with the following formula: S = W1 x M1 + W2 x M2 + W3 x M3 + W4 x M4 + W5 x M5 where individual symbols mean: S - amount of annual subsidy, W1-5 - numbers of votes calculated successively for each line of the following table, provided separately as a result of breaking down the total number of valid votes cast nationwide on district lists of candidates for deputies from a given political party or electoral coalition according to the percentage bracket, M1-5 - amount in PLN for consecutive lines, based on the total valid votes cast nationwide on district lists of candidates for deputies from a given political party or electoral coalition with breakdown respectively for each bracket as follows:
1. up to 5% of votes - PLN 10.00/ per 1 vote
2. above 5% - up to 10% - PLN 8.00
3. above 10% up to 20% - PLN 7.00
4. above 20% up to 30% - PLN 4.00
5. above 30% - PLN 1.50.