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Maximum limit for paid advertising

What, if any, is the maximum amount that a political party is permitted to spend on paid advertising during a campaign period?

total countries/territories: 172
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  • Andorra
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Afghanistan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Albania
    Amount (Euros) 0 The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Angola
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Argentina
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • American Samoa
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Austria
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Australia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Aruba
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Amount (Euros) 0,5 euro per registered voter. The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Barbados
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Bangladesh
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Burkina Faso
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising yes
  • Bulgaria
    Amount (Euros) 1.000.000 (levs) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Bahrain
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Burundi
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Benin
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising OUI
  • Bermuda
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Bolivia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Brazil
    Art. 36. § 2º No type of paid political advertising will be allowed on radio and television. Article 43. Paid advertising in the printed press and reproduction on the internet of the printed newspaper, up to the eve of the elections, is permitted, with up to 10 (ten) electoral advertisements per vehicle, on different dates, for each candidate, with a maximum space, per edition, of 1/8 (one-eighth) of a standard newspaper page and 1/4 (one-quarter) of a magazine or tabloid page. § 1º The advertisement must visibly state the amount paid for the insertion.
  • Bahamas
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Botswana
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Belarus
    Not applicable
  • Belize
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Canada
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Central African Republic
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Congo (Brazzaville)
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Côte d'Ivoire
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Cook Islands
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Chile
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Cameroon
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Colombia
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Costa Rica
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Cuba
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Cape Verde
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Cyprus
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Czech Republic
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Germany
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising (X)
  • Djibouti
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Denmark
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Dominica
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Dominican Republic
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Algeria
    Amount (Euros) 1,549.28 EUROS/CANDIDATE The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Ecuador
    Amount (Euros) 1 000 000 Euros The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Estonia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Egypt
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Eritrea
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Spain
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Ethiopia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Finland
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Fiji
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
    Amount (Euros) 747 Euros The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • France
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Grenada
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • French Guiana
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Gambia
    Amount (Euros) None The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising Yes
  • Guinea
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Guadeloupe
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Guatemala
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Guam
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Guinea-Bissau
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Guyana
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Hong Kong
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Honduras
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Croatia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Hungary
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Indonesia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Ireland
    No limit.
  • India
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Iraq
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Iceland
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Italy
    The law does not specify any limit on paid advertising, but refers to the provisions on electoral expenditures of the Electoral Law.
  • Jamaica
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Jordan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Japan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Kyrgyzstan
    Amount (Euros)
  • Cambodia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Kiribati
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Korea, Republic of
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Cayman Islands
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Kazakhstan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Lebanon
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Saint Lucia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Sri Lanka
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Liberia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Lesotho
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Lithuania
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising.
  • Luxembourg
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Latvia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Morocco
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Moldova, Republic of
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising b:
  • Madagascar
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Marshall Islands
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Mali
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising La loi ne fixe pas de limites
  • Martinique
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Mauritania
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Malta
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Mauritius
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Maldives
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Malawi
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Malaysia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Mozambique
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Namibia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • New Caledonia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Niger
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Nigeria
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Nicaragua
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Netherlands
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Norway
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Nepal
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Niue
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • New Zealand
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Panama
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Peru
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • French Polynesia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Papua New Guinea
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Philippines
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Pakistan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Poland
    Amount (Euros) see below The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Puerto Rico
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Palestine
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Palau
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Paraguay
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Réunion
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Romania
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising b:
  • Russian Federation
    Not applicable
  • Rwanda
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Solomon Islands
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Seychelles
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Sudan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Sweden
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Singapore
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Saint Helena
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Slovenia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Slovakia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Sierra Leone
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • San Marino
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Senegal
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising yes
  • Somalia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Sao Tome and Principe
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • El Salvador
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Swaziland
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Chad
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Togo
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising OUI
  • Thailand
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Tajikistan
    Amount (Euros)
  • Timor-Leste
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Tunisia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Turkey
    Amount (Euros) 0 The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Trinidad and Tobago
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Tuvalu
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
    Amount (Euros) no regulations The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Ukraine
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Uganda
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising x
  • Uruguay
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Uzbekistan
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Venezuela
    Amount (Euros) X The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • Vanuatu
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Wallis and Futuna
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Samoa
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Yemen
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Mayotte
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising
  • South Africa
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Zambia
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X
  • Zimbabwe
    Amount (Euros) The law does not specify any limits on paid advertising X