PiS will get PLN 18.54 mln in subsidies

Winner of Sunday's general election Law and Justice (PiS) will receive PLN 18.54 million in subsidies from the state, while its main rival, the outgoing Civic Platform (PO) will get PLN 15.46 million. According to Polish law, every political party, which garnered more than three percent of the vote is eligible to get a grant. In the case of coalitions, the threshold is set at six percent. The value of the subsidy is calculated based on the conversion rate, which depends on the number of votes. For the first five percent, the state pays PLN 5.77 per vote and subsequently the sum diminishes with the increase in support. For every vote above the final threshold of 30 percent, a party receives PLN 0.87. Political movement Kukiz'15, which came in third is excluded from the subsidies, because it ran as a electoral committee and not a political party. PLN 6.20 million will go to the bank account of Nowoczesna and the United Left will receive PLN 6.16 million. PSL will get PLN 4.47 million and KORWiN and Razem, the two parties that didn't make it to the parliament, will receive PLN 4.17 million and PLN 3.17 million, respectively. The sum is paid out over the span of a four year parliamentary term.