12(5)

(1) A political party represented in Riigikogu has the right to an allocation from the state budget. The amount of the allocation is proportional to the number of seats received in Riigikogu elections.
(2) A political party that participates in Riigikogu elections and fails to reach the election threshold but receives at least:
1) 1 percent of the votes shall receive an allocation of 150 000 kroons from the state budget per year;
2) 4 percent of the votes shall receive an allocation of 250 000 kroons from the state budget per year.
(3) Upon merger of political parties, the allocations specified in subsections (1) and (2) shall be totalled. Upon division of a political party by way of separation, the allocation from the state budget shall be allocated to the divided political party and the recipient political party shall not receive an allocation from the state budget. Upon division of a political party by way of distribution, the allocation shall be distributed pursuant to the agreement provided for in the division agreement of the political party. Upon termination of a political party, the right to receive allocations from the state budget shall terminate on the date on which a corresponding registry entry is made but not later than two months after the political party passes a decision on its termination.
(4) The sums to be allocated to a political party shall be transferred to the account of the political party through the state agency designated by the Government of the Republic, on the basis of the notice submitted by the National Electoral Committee, which contains the number of seats received by political parties in the Riigikogu elections.
(5) In the year of Riigikogu elections, the calculation of allocations from the state budget shall be changed as of the month following the announcement of election results.
(6) Upon division of a political party, the calculation of allocations from the state budget shall be changed as of the month following the division. Upon termination of a political party, the calculation of allocations from the state budget shall be changed as of the month following the term provided in subsection (3) of this section, considering the conditions specified in subsections (1), (2) and (4) of this section.