The United List (AS) political alliance declared 878,847 euros in campaign expenditure for the Saeima elections held on the 3rd of October, according to its election income and expenditure declaration published in the official gazette Latvijas Vēstnesis.
The largest expense was advertising in indoor and public spaces, which accounted for 372,757 euros, or approximately 42% of total declared expenditure.
A total of 119,490 euros was allocated to producing advertising materials, 105,229 euros to commercial radio advertising and 80,396 euros to online advertising. Planning, preparing and organising the election campaign cost 66,178 euros.
Meanwhile, 26,424 euros was spent on commercial television advertising, 25,928 euros on advertising in regional newspapers and 12,511 euros on advertising in nationwide publications. Another 2,849 euros was declared for advertising on public radio.
The rental of equipment and other assets for campaign purposes cost 33,022 euros,
while postal services for distributing campaign materials amounted to 14,065 euros.
The election deposit totalled 4,680 euros, publication of printed materials cost 172 euros, and other campaign-related expenses amounted to 15,146 euros.
The United List declared total income of 593,765 euros. Of this amount, 143,059 euros came from monetary donations, 1,210 euros from other forms of donations, and 449,496 euros was recorded as other income.
As a result, the alliance’s declared election campaign expenditure exceeded its reported income by 285,082 euros.
As previously reported, the United List secured a decisive victory in the 15th Saeima elections.