Subsidies to political parties
In compliance with article 8.1 (c) of the Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information and Good Governance, information on subsidies received by political parties to cover ordinary, security and electoral expenses is published in this section.
It is regulated in Organic Law 8/2007, of 4 July, on the financing of political parties.
The information on the granting of these subsidies is provided through the National System of Advertising of Subsidies and Public Aid of the Ministry of Finance.
- Grants to meet regular operating expenses, paid to the different political formations with representation in the Congress of Deputies.
- Grants to cover security costs, paid to the different political formations with representation in the Congress of Deputies.
| Source of the data | National System of Advertising of Subsidies and Public Aid - IGAE Ministry of Finance. |
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| Periodicity of the publication | Real-time information updated by the Directorate General of Internal Policy (Ministry of the Interior) at SNPSAP |
| Format | PDF, XLS and CSV. |
The State shall grant unconditional annual subsidies to political parties represented in the Congress of Deputies, from the General Budgets of the State, to meet their operating expenses.
Likewise, an annual allocation may be included in the General Budgets of the State to cover the security expenses incurred by the political parties to maintain their political and institutional activity.
The grants will be distributed according to the number of seats and votes obtained by each political party in the last elections to the Congress of Deputies.
For the allocation of these grants, the corresponding budgetary appropriation shall be divided into three equal amounts. One of them will be distributed in proportion to the number of seats obtained by each political party in the last elections to the Congress of Deputies and the remaining two in proportion to all the votes obtained by each party in those elections.