Political Finance

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  1. Political Finance is important it outlines how much money is spent on elections,where it comes from, and it signals how broad, what kind and how deep the candidate’s support is.
  2. Political expenses can be caused by: election campaigns run by candidates, candidate committees, interest groups or political parties
  3. Involvement of money, i.e Political finance is important because,
    1. Money is required for operational activities.
    2. Reaching out the electorates.
    3. Publicity of activities, policies, manifestos, programs, introductions, contests for nomination or re-selection of parliamentary candidates, training activities for party activists, officeholders or candidates, policy development by parties or party related bodies, current operations of party organizations at the national, regional or local level and efforts to educate citizens with regard to popular initiatives, ballot issues or referendums.
  4. Considerable funds are mobilized for campaigns worldwide – it is important to know the source to control unwanted influence and to set limits to ensure a level playing field.
  5. Regulating political finance in order to ensure the transparency, fairness and integrity of electoral processes.

  1. Political finance is all funds raised and spent for political purposes by the political parties and individual candidates during and around elections.
  2. Political Finance is referred to as “All funds used to promote candidates, political parties their policies in elections, referendums, initiatives, party activities, and party organizations.
  3. Political finance is stretched over and regulated by public funding,disclosures,limitations expenses/timelines and bransoncertain funds.
  4. Disclosure is most important component of Political finance  which can ensure the transparency and accountability in political and electoral process
  5. Political finance is the costs of democracy, the money in politics.
  6. Healthy democracies require political parties and contesting candidates to disclose accounts and assess for enhanced accountability in election expenditure.
  7. If not controlled or balanced properly, money can be the most complicated and problematic aspect of politics.