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(1) A party's municipal organisation may apply for a grant. Party organisations in Oslo may apply for a grant both as a municipal organisation and as a county organisation, cf. Section 12.
(2) The vote support is paid as an equal amount in kroner to each vote received at the last municipal council election. The basic support is paid as an equal amount in kroner to parties that at the last municipal election received at least 4% of the votes in the municipality or had at least one representative elected to the municipal council. Of the total support, 9/10 is distributed as vote support and 1/10 as basic support.
(3) The application shall be sent to the County Governor. Applications for grants during the first year after an election are considered to apply to the entire election period as long as the applicant does not provide other information during the period. The grant is disbursed by the County Governor to the parties' municipal organisations.
(4) Joint lists of election candidates, consisting of parties that meet the conditions in Chapter 2, may apply for vote support and basic support. The grant is calculated pursuant to subsection 2. The disbursements will be based on the parties' agreed proposal for distribution. Should the parties on the joint list fail to agree on the distribution, the grant shall be distributed discretionally on the basis of the number of votes cast for the parties on a national basis or according to the votes cast at a previous election.