40. If there are limits on the amount a political party can spend, what is the limit?

Latvia

Latvia

Answer
Section 8.4 Restrictions for the Amount of Pre-election Expenses | A political party which has submitted the list of candidates thereof for election to the Saeima in five electoral districts, in pre-election expenses may spend an | amount that does not exceed the monthly average gross work remuneration for the year before last published by the Central Statistical Bureau which is approximated to euros applying a coefficient 0.0004 per voter at the previous election of the Saeima. The same coefficient is for Municipal Elections. For European Parliament Elections coefficient is 0.0003.
Source

Section 8.4, Law on Financing of Political Organisations (Parties), the amended version of law in force from 01.01.2020, Latvijas Vēstnesis, 114, 02.08.1995

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