New infographic from the series “How much do political parties cost us?”

According to the results of the monitoring of the election campaign for the 2014 General Elections, the ten largest political parties in the pre-election campaign spent 3,594,162.39 KM on paid advertisements in the media. [1] However, in the post-election financial reports submitted by the parties to the BiH Central Election Commission, these parties Costs of printing pre-election announcements, proclamations, announcements, etc. in the media”Reported a total of 2,706,527.2 KM, which is 887,634.8 KM less than the estimated amount according to the analysis of TI BiH for media advertising .

Also, ten observed parties reported a total of 791,111 KM as costs of organizing pre-election rallies. TI BiH data show that these 10 parties organized a total of 327 pre-election rallies. According to this record, the parties spent on average about 2,419 KM per gathering, which is too small when compared to the fact that food and drink are served at the gatherings, that they include the cost of transporting people from other cities, renting halls and spaces, and that very often the citizens gathered on them are entertained by pop artists.

The overall results of the election campaign monitoring will be published on March 30, 2015, with an overview of all costs by party.

Transparency International BiH: Monitoring – advertising of political parties in the election campaign for the period 12.09.-12.10. 2014.