The UB Post-Leading English News

Spending and expenditure refers to costs related to campaign activities, meetings with voters, communication and postage, stationary, remunerations and incentives, and transportation expenses.
While the GEC is not a financial institution, inflation is taken into consideration. The law demands each nominating political party or coalition shall open bank accounts, which the GEC can monitor.

Spending ceilings are different for the various parties, coalitions and candidates.
The cap of the lowest amount is set at Tg130 million for a candidate from Dundgobi, where there are two seats up for grabs.
Spending limits in the Bayanzurkh and Balaikh districts of the capital cities are much higher, in comparison.
Here four seats are available, with candidates authorized to spend up to Tg499 million in the election.
One electoral boundary, covering of Ulaanbaatar’s districts, is authorized to spend Tg500 million, while in the remote Bayan-Ulgii aimag, a candidate has a spending ceiling of Tg177 million.

Political parties and coalitions obviously have a different overall campaign limit to individual candidates.
In Bayanzurkh and Nalaikh districts, the political parties can spend a Tg1 billion on a campaign for the four seats.
In Dungobi, the ceiling is the lowest and parties and coalitions can spend Tg261 million.

The Law on Parliament Elections also stipulates the amount of advertising allowable, while does not detail any accountability mechanisms for political parties and coalitions that breach or do not follow the set spending ceilings.
“Political parties, coalitions and candidates campaigning in the elections may print the election platform in 2 newspapers published on 2 printing pages (printing page refers to 4 ordinary copy-size papers); one infokit leaflet and one poster published on 1 printing page; CV and other related promotional materials can be published on 1 printing page,� says the Law.