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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Signature requirement (specify requirement) b . Deposit requirement (specify amount)
Comments: Each political party shall submit an application for registration to the Commissioner of the Register of Political Parties (the Director General of the Ministry of Interior), accompanied by the enrollment payment of two thousand euros and a document signed by three hundred enfranchised Cypriot citizens.
Source: Political Parties Law, Art. 3 (1):
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-the-political-parties-law-2012/ (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship f . Registration j . Other
Comments: The qualifications to be candidate as Representative are: Cypriot citizenship; 25 years of age; that he/she has not been convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude; and, that he/she is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as a Representative.
Source: Constitution, Art. 64:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-constitution-1960/ (2016);
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 19 (2):
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
e . In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments:
Source: Constitution, Art. 40, 64:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-constitution-1960/ (2016).
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 19:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-electoral-law-72-1979-greek-version/ (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
b . Direct c . Indirect
Comments: The law foresees that all political parties which are registered, whether represented in Parliament or not, are entitled to receive funding from the state. Parliamentary parties shall receive a contribution of 22% in equal shares, and the remaining part shall be distributed in proportion to the percentages they received at the last parliamentary elections. The non- parliamentary parties shall receive a contribution in proportion to the percentages they received either at the last parliamentary elections only if they received at least 1.5% of the votes cast in such elections. Moreover, the State provides free airtime to political parties and presidential election candidates during election campaigns:
Indirect public funding
26. Indirect public funding is provided to political parties during Parliamentary elections and to candidates in Presidential elections in the form of free air time at Cyprus Broadcasting (CYBC) according to specific rules contained in sections 3 – 5 of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Law (Cap. 300A). No other forms of indirect funding exist under the current law.
Source: The Political Parties Law 2012, Art. 4:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-the-political-parties-law-2012/ (2016);
Evaluation Report on Cyprus on Transparency of Party Funding 2011:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-evaluation-report-on-cyprus-on-transparency/ (2016). (26)
Verified: 2024/10/25
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
a . Equal funding, regardless of size and previous performance b . Based on result of previous election c . Based on current legislative representation
Comments: Art. 4(3) The parliamentary parties shall receive regular funding, the amount of which shall be prescribed by the Council of Ministers and shall be included in the state budget: Provided that the regular funding received by parliamentary parties shall be allocated as follows: (i) A percentage of 22% of regular funding shall be distributed in equal shares; and (ii) the remaining part shall be distributed in proportion to the percentages they received at the last parliamentary elections.
Source: The Political Parties Law 2012, Art. 4:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-the-political-parties-law-2012/ (2016);
Evaluation Report on Cyprus on Transparency of Party Funding 2011:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-evaluation-report-on-cyprus-on-transparency/ (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: Art. 5 (2c): A political party or affiliated organization may accept legitimate private monetary donations whether in kind, equipment, services, named or anonymous. Each named private donation from the same physical person or legal entity shall be permitted only up to the amount of €50 000 per year. Instead, each anonymous private donation shall be permitted up to the amount of €1 000 per year.
Source: The Political Parties Law 2012, Art. 5:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-the-political-parties-law-2012/ (2016);
Evaluation Report on Cyprus on Transparency of Party Funding 2011:
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CY/cyprus-evaluation-report-on-cyprus-on-transparency/ (2016).
Verified: 2024/10/25
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