§ Section 8.⁴Restrictions for the Amount of Pre-election Expenditures

(1) The political organisation (party) or an alliance of
political organisations (parties) which has submitted their list
of candidates for elections to the Saeima in five
electoral districts may spend in pre-election expenditures 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 full euros by
applying a coefficient 0.0004 per each voter at the previous
elections of the Saeima. If the political organisation
(party) or an alliance of political organisations (parties)
submits the list of candidates thereof only in some electoral
districts, it is allowed to spend in pre-election expenditures 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 full euros by
applying a coefficient 0.0004 per each voter in the relevant
electoral district at the previous elections of the
Saeima.
(2) The political organisation (party) or a registered or
unregistered alliance of political organisations (parties) which
has submitted the list of candidates thereof for the elections of
local government council is allowed to spend in pre-election
expenses of the relevant council elections 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 full euros by applying a coefficient
0.0004 per each voter at the previous elections of the relevant
local government council. If the political organisation (party)
or a registered or unregistered alliance of political
organisations (parties) has submitted the lists of candidates
thereof for the elections of several local government councils,
it is allowed to spend in the pre-election expenditures in total
for all these councils 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 full euros by applying a coefficient 0.0004 per each voter of
the relevant local government council at the previous elections
of the council.
(2¹) If the elections of the Saeima take
place in the case provided for in Article 14 or 48 of the
Constitution, a political organisation (party) or the alliance of
political organisations (parties) which has submitted the list of
candidates thereof for election to the Saeima in five
electoral districts is allowed to spend in the pre-election
expenditures 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 full euros by
applying a coefficient 0.0003 per each voter at the previous
elections of the Saeima. If the political organisation
(party) or an alliance of political organisations (parties)
submits a list of candidates thereof in separate electoral
districts only, it is allowed to spend in the pre-election
expenditures 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 full euros by
applying a coefficient 0.0003 per each voter of the relevant
electoral district at the previous elections of the
Saeima.
(3) The political organisation (party) or an alliance of
political organisations (parties) which has submitted a list of
candidates thereof for the elections to the European Parliament
is allowed to spend in the pre-election expenditures 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 full euros by applying a
coefficient 0.0003 per each voter at the previous elections of
the Saeima.
(4) If a list of candidates is submitted by a registered or
unregistered alliance of political organisations (parties), the
expenditures arisen for this purpose for the political
organisations (parties) that formed such alliance shall also be
considered as the pre-election expenditures thereof.
(4¹) If an individual candidate has performed an
individual pre-election canvassing campaign, then the funds spent
on this campaign shall be included in the pre-election
expenditures of the political organisation (party) from whose
submitted list of candidates this person is standing in the
relevant elections.
(5) Within the meaning of this Section, all expenditures of
the political organisation (party) or an alliance of political
organisations (parties) which are determined in Section
8.², Paragraph two of this Law over the period from
the 120th day before the elections up to the date of
the elections, regardless of the date when a document supporting
the transaction has been written out (invoice, contract or
another document), payment received or made, shall be considered
as pre-election expenditures. In cases where the Saeima is
recalled or dissolved, the pre-election expenditures within the
meaning of this Section shall be considered to be all the
expenditures of the political organisation (party) or alliance of
political organisations (parties) determined in Section
8.², Paragraph two of this Law over the period from
the day of announcement of the elections up to the day of the
elections, regardless of the date when a document supporting the
transaction has been written out (invoice, contract or other
document), payment received or made.
(6) The restrictions referred to in Paragraphs one, two, and
three of this Section shall not apply to the expenditures
referred to in Section 8.², Paragraph two, Clauses 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 of this Law.
(7) Each year the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau
shall publish on its website an informative notification in which
the amount of the sum referred to in Paragraphs one, two, and
three of this Section which can be used for the pre-election
expenditures per one voter shall be indicated.
[12 February 2004; 22 December 2004; 17 July 2008; 25
September 2008; 10 June 2010; 16 June 2011; 29 November 2012; 12
September 2013; 26 October 2017]