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The Parties that were presented by their own candidates in the last elections for the National Assembly have the right to draw funds from the national budget, provided that they have received at least 1% of the votes in the country. The Parties that have submitted a joint list of candidates in the election, have the right to draw funds form the national budget, provided that they have received at least 1.2% of the votes (if the joint list belongs to two Parties) or at least 1.5% of the votes (if the joint list belongs to three or more Parties).
The Parties from the first and second paragraph of this Article, have the right to draw 10% of the funds from the budget for financing political parties, in equal shares, while the other 90% of the funds are divided proportionally to the number of votes that they have received in all constituencies.
The Parties that have submitted a joint list of candidates shall share the funds that they have acquired in the proportional division, pursuant to a mutual agreement. However, in the absence of a mutual agreement, the funds shall be divided in equal shares.
The funds for financing political parties in 2000 shall be determined in the budget of the Republic of Slovenia and may not exceed 0.017% of the gross national product stated for 1998, and in the following years they may not exceed the percentage of the gross national product stated for the year preceding the year of adopting the budget.
The amount of funds belonging to an individual Party is determined by the National Assembly at the first meeting upon adopting the budget.
The funds are paid to the Parties in twelfths.