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(1) Having filed the respective application before election day, each political party represented in the National Council after the National Council elections is after each election entitled to receive public funds in contribution to the expenses of the election campaign (election campaign contributions), pursuant to the following provisions.
(2) The total of public funds due pursuant to para 1 shall be ascertained by multiplying the number of persons eligible to vote for the respective National Council election by a factor of 1,94 Euro. Starting in 2005, this factor shall be reduced or increased pro rata to the fluctuations of the previous year's consumer price index 1996 as published by the Federal Institution "Statistik Österreich" [Statistics Austria].
(3) The amount resulting pursuant to para 2 shall be distributed among the political parties represented in the National Council after the election pro rata to the votes cast for them in such election. The amount regarding parties not having filed an application to be awarded contributions to the election campaign expenses shall be taken into account for the calculation, however shall not be paid.
(4) Applications for being awarded contributions to the election campaign expenses shall be filed with the Federal Chancellery. §4 shall be applied accordingly.
(5) Para 3, as amended by Federal Act Federal Law Gazette No 117/1996, shall be applied for the first time to the distribution of the election campaign expense contributions to which the political parties eligible are entitled for the 1995 National Council elections.