§ Section 7.¹State Budget Financing

(1) The political organisation (party) for which more than two
per cent of voters have voted in the last elections of the
Saeima shall be granted the State budget financing within
a calendar year:
1) 0.9 per cent of the minimum monthly wage for each vote
acquired in the last elections of the Saeima;
2) 0.1 per cent of the minimum monthly wage for each vote
acquired in the last elections of the local government
council;
3) 0.1 per cent of the minimum monthly wage for each vote
acquired in the last elections to the European Parliament.
(2) The political organisation (party) for which more than
five per cent of voters have voted in the last elections of the
Saeima, in addition to that referred to in Paragraph one
of this Section, shall be granted the State budget financing
within a calendar year in the amount of 200 minimum monthly
wages.
(3) The State budget financing shall be granted for four years
and disbursed starting from the next calendar year after the
Saeima elections. Payments shall be made twice a year -
until 15 January and until 15 July. After the elections of the
Saeima, local government council, or the European
Parliament, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall
re-calculate the State budget financing provided for in Paragraph
one, Clauses 2 and 3 of this Section in conformity with the
results of the elections of the Saeima, local government
council, or the European Parliament, and shall disburse it
starting from the next calendar year.
(4) If the extraordinary elections of the Saeima are
taking place, the State budget financing shall be granted for the
term of office of the newly-elected Saeima, also counting
in this period the last quarter of the calendar year in which the
term of office of the relevant Saeima expires.
Disbursement of the State budget financing shall be commenced
from the quarter of the calendar year following the approval of
the results from the counting of the votes and shall be made
within the period specified in Paragraph two of this Section.
(5) The political organisation (party) may spend the State
budget financing granted over a calendar year but not spent
within the next three calendar years. If the political
organisation (party) does not spend the budget financing granted
over a calendar year within the next three calendar years, it
shall transfer the part of the State budget financing not spent
back into the State budget until 15 January of the next year.
(6) The total amount of the State budget financing granted to
one political organisation (party) over one calendar year may not
exceed 1600 minimum monthly wages.
(7) The State budget financing provided for in Paragraph one,
Clause 2 of this Section shall not be granted for votes that have
been given for a list of candidates which has been submitted, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the Law on Elections
of Republic City Councils and Municipality Councils, by
associations of voters or by two or more registered political
parties which have not joined in a registered alliance of
political organisations (parties).
[14 November 2019; 24 February 2022]