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total countries/territories: 34
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Answers |
Comments |
Verified |
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Albania
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e. None
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Source:
Art 136, 140 electoral code
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2012/02/21
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Algeria
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e. None
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No media provide free broadcast time or printed advertisement space for individual candidates during national election campaigns.
Source:
Part 4, Section 2, Articles 184 to 193 from the Algerian Election Law
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2005/05/07
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Australia
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e. None
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Refer #24. Re privately owned media, this is up to the discretion of media outlets themselves.
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2005/05/12
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Austria
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e. None
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2005/06/09
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Bahrain
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b. Government owned
c. Privately owned
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The mass media is required to treat all candidates equally.
Source:
Part 3, article 26 of the Law of the Shura Council and the Parliament issued by Law by Decree no 14 for 2002.
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2005/05/16
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Belarus
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a. Publicly owned
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Source:
Art 45 et seq. electoral code
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2006/04/06
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Benin
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a. Publicly owned
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Source:
Mr Theodule Nouatchi, lecturer in law at the University of Benin (Cotonou).
Decision N°03-007/HAAC concerning the regulation of the pre-campaigning and campaigning for the legislative elections in March 2003, Part 2, Chapter 1, Article 10.
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2005/06/30
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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e. None
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2005/03/29
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Brazil
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a. Publicly owned
b. Government owned
c. Privately owned
d. Owned by political parties
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Source:
Elections Law – Law No. 9,504, of September 30, 1997, Article 36 - 57-J:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997
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2024/10/21
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Bulgaria
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e. None
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No media provide free broadcast time or printed advertisement space for individual candidates during national election campaigns.
Source:
Law for Election of National Representatives Art 71
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2005/11/15
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Canada
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e. None
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Source:
Elections Canada
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2006/12/11
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Czech Republic
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e. None
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Not mentioned in electoral acts.
Source:
Act NO. 247 On Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic, and on Amendments of Certain Other Acts, Dated September 27, 1995
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2005/11/13
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Djibouti
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b. Government owned
d. Owned by political parties
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Source:
Elections in Africa
A Data Handbook.1999, Edited by Dieter Nohlen, Bernard Thibaut, and Michael Krennerich
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2005/05/10
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Eritrea
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e. None
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2011/06/22
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Germany
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e. None
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2021/11/29
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Italy
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c. Privately owned
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The Communications Regulatory Authority (Agcom) regulates this type of advertisement. Equal conditions for all parties must be granted.
Source:
Law of 22 February 2000, n. 28, Art. 7
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2012/04/17
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Kenya
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e. None
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2012/03/28
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Kiribati
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e. None
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There is no free printed advertisement space. The candidate or the parties have to fund for their own campaign.
Source:
Email from Ms Takiakia Maatia, Chief Electoral Officer, Department of Justice, Kiribati, January 31, 2018
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/159/55
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2020/05/05
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Lithuania
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e. None
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2005/03/29
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Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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e. None
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The presentation of candidates in printed media is not ruled by law.
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2005/03/23
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Malaysia
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d. Owned by political parties
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No media provide free broadcast time or printed advertisement space for individual candidates during national election campaigns.
Source:
Suhaila Norsham, Secretary of International Relation Committee, Election Commission of Malaysia
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2007/01/21
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Morocco
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b. Government owned
c. Privately owned
d. Owned by political parties
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Source:
Chapter 4, Sections 1, 2, and 3, Articles 285 to 295 of the Moroccan Election Law
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2005/05/08
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Niger
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a. Publicly owned
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Source:
Pr Niandou Souley Abdoulaye
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2005/06/07
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Portugal
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e. None
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Only political parties have this right.
Source:
Electoral Law no. 14/79 of 16 May 1979 as amended, Art. 64
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2012/04/20
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Romania
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e. None
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2005/03/30
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Russian Federation
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a. Publicly owned
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1. Political parties are entitled to free print space in, respectively, nation-wide state-owned print periodicals, which published with a periodicity of less than once a week, on the following conditions: offered print space shall have the same amount, place in the column, the same font size and other equal conditions.
Source:
Federal Law On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as amended on April, 5, 2016, art. 66.
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2016/06/07
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Seychelles
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b. Government owned
d. Owned by political parties
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Source:
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2003/countryratings/seychelles.htm
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2005/08/30
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Slovakia
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e. None
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Source:
see above C.2.
Art. 23. of the LENC (Law on the Election to the National Council)
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2007/01/09
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Slovenia
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e. None
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2005/04/11
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Somalia
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c. Privately owned
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Source:
http://www.freemedia.at/wpfr/Africa/somalia.htm
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2005/05/04
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Turkey
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e. None
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Source:
art 52 electoral code
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2005/03/30
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Ukraine
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c. Privately owned
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Not specialised to candidates:
Parties (blocs) shall have the right, at the expense and within the limits of funds which are allocated from the State Budget of Ukraine for the preparation and conduct of elections, to publish their election programs, as submitted by them at the moment of registration of their candidates for deputy, in newspapers "Holos Ukrainy" and "Uriadovy Kurier", the printing patterns of all such publications to be the same and each material to contain not more than seven thousand eight hundred symbols. The agreement on publication of the said materials with the editorial boards of the above newspapers shall be concluded by the Central Election Commission.
Source:
Art. 55. of parliamentary electoral law
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2006/11/20
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Yemen
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b. Government owned
c. Privately owned
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Source:
Section 4, Article 39 of the Electoral Law of Yemen 2001.
http://www.arab-ipu.org/pdb/RelatedArticlesGvnSPName.asp?SPName=CHRN&StructuredIndexCode=&LawBookID=181120033455535&Year1=&Year2=&YearGorH=
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2006/11/20
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