L A W S
ELECTORAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Adopted by the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia,
on February 5, 1999
Third Reading
P A R T T W O
Section four: ELECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF THE CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
Article 79: The Pre-Election Fund of the Candidate for
the President of the Republic
1. For the implementation of the pre-election campaign the candidate for the President
of the Republic can set up a pre-election fund on his own name or on the name of his
plenipotentiary representative in the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, which is
formed from voluntary contributions set forth in Article 25 of this Code.
2. The amount of the personal contributions of the candidate to the pre-election fund
shall not exceed the minimum salary for 10,000 times.
3. The amount of the contributions by the party to the pre-election fund, which has
nominated the candidate, shall not exceed the minimum salary for 30,000 times.
4. The amount of expenditures by the candidates from their pre-election funds shall not
exceed the minimum salary for 60,000 times.
5. Each physical person can pay voluntary contributions in the amount of up to 500
times the minimum salary, and each legal person – up to 200 times the minimum salary.
6. In the event of being elected as the President of the Republic, as well as in the
event of getting more than five per cent of votes cast for the candidate, the sum of the
electoral deposit is paid back; after the election, within one month of the official
publication of the election results, the means left in the pre-election fund are
transferred to the account of the party, upon whose nomination he/she was registered, or
they are used for charitable purposes. After the expiration of one month the means left in
the pre-election fund of the candidate are transferred to the state budget.
7. In the event of receiving less than five per cent of the votes cast for the
candidate, the means left in the election fund of the candidate for the President of the
Republic and the electoral deposit are transferred to the state budget.
8. In the event of recognizing the elections as invalid, the sum left in the
pre-election fund after the elections is frozen until the registration of candidates for
the new elections. The candidate registered for a repeated voting can use the means left
in the fund from the previous election.
9. The candidates registered to run for President of the Republic have the right to use
only the means of their pre-election fund for the pre-election campaign.
10. If a candidate has used means other than those of the pre-election fund for the
pre-election campaign, the Central Electoral Commission has the right to apply to the
Court, requesting to invalidate the registration of the candidate. The court takes a
decision within five days, and in the period of five days prior to the elections –
immediately. In the event of recognizing the candidate’s registration as invalid by
the resolution of the court, the candidate’s name is removed from the ballots, in the
procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.
Article 80: Record of the Financial Means
1. Acceptance and usage of budgetary means, contributions made to the pre-election
funds and expenditures, as established by the procedure of the Central Electoral
Commission, is recorded, in conformity with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
2. In the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission within ten days
after the elections the candidates and parties present a report to the Central Electoral
Commission, on the expenditures from the means of the election fund. Immediately upon the
receipt of the reports, the Central Electoral Commission publishes the copies of reports,
in the procedure established by the Central Electoral Commission.
3. The Precinct Electoral Commission reports on financials expenditures to the Regional
Electoral Commission within ten days after the elections are conducted. The Regional
Electoral Commission reports on financial expenditures to the Central Electoral
Commission, within twenty days after the elections are conducted. The Central Electoral
Commission reports to the Audit Chamber of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia, within sixty days after the elections are conducted.
Article 81: Pre-Election Campaign of the Candidate nominated for the
President of the Republic
1. The free of charge and paid pre-election campaign of the candidates for the
President of the Republic on state TV and radio is carried out in the procedure
established by the Central Electoral Commission.
2. The Central Electoral Commission ensures equal opportunities for candidates for the
President of the Republic for the use of free of charge and paid live airing time on state
TV and radio.
3. A candidate nominated to run for the President of the Republic has the right to use
not more than 60 minutes of free airing time on state TV, and not more than 120 minutes of
free airing time on state radio.
4. A candidate nominated to run for the President of the Republic, or upon his consent
the party or initiative group, that has nominated him have the right to use the paid
airing time on state TV for not more than 120 minutes, and on state radio - for not more
than 180 minutes, at the expenses of the candidate’s pre-election fund.
5. Upon the consent of the candidate for the President of the Republic the party or
initiative group, that has nominated him, can also use the airing time.
6. The Central Electoral Commission guarantees 5 minutes of airing time on state TV for
each of the candidate on the day prior to the day of voting.
7. The Central Electoral Commission reimburses to the candidates, who have received 25
and more per cent of the votes cast in the elections, fifty per cent of the costs during
the pre-election campaign, from its means allocated for organization and conduct of
elections.
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