United List declares 878,847 euros in Saeima election campaign spending
The party alliance United List declared 878,847 euros in spending for its campaign for the 3 October Saeima election, exceeding its declared revenue by 285,082 euros. Most went on advertising in indoor and public spaces.
The party alliance United List (AS), which won Latvia's 15th Saeima (parliament) election on 3 October, has declared 878,847 euros in campaign spending. The figure comes from the election revenue and expenditure declaration published in the official gazette "Latvijas Vēstnesis". Declared spending exceeds the reported revenue by 285,082 euros.
Where the money went
The largest item was advertising in indoor and public spaces, which cost 372,757 euros, or about 42% of all declared spending. Preparing advertising materials took 119,490 euros, commercial radio advertising 105,229 euros, and online advertising 80,396 euros.
Planning, preparing and organising the campaign cost 66,178 euros. Commercial television advertising accounted for 26,424 euros, regional press 25,928 euros and nationwide press 12,511 euros. Public radio advertising was declared at 2,849 euros.
Renting property for campaign needs cost 33,022 euros, postal services for sending campaign materials 14,065 euros, security deposits 4,680 euros, publishing printed materials 172 euros, and other campaign-related costs 15,146 euros.
Revenue
United List declared revenue of 593,765 euros. Of this, 143,059 euros came as monetary donations, 1,210 euros as other types of donations, and 449,496 euros was listed as other income.
Background
The alliance won the election convincingly, and on 3 November, at the first session of the 15th Saeima, mandates were confirmed for the 41 deputies elected from its list. After the election, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs (AS) has been preparing for talks with potential coalition partners on forming a new government.
