Open Data Albania has conducted a research regarding expenditures in election campaigns held in the years 2009 - 2013, placing the values declared in a comparative position. The research is based on official data from the audit reports of the accounting experts. The most expensive campaign is the campaign for the Assembly elections held in 2013. The second most costly campaign is the one of 2009 for local government elections, and the less costly compared to these three campaigns, is the one of the year 2011.

Open Data Albania is exploring the Private Donations of the Election Campaign 2013. The research is based on official data of the audit reports from the political party?s auditors. The conditions for donations in favor of political parties, has been defined in Section 89 of the Electoral Code by the legislature. In the last election campaign, 50 % of financial resources are private donations.

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Open Data Albania is providing for the first time ever a summary accounting balance sheet of the Funds from the 2011 Electoral Campaign. The auditing of finances of political parties and other electoral subjects is a new process, dating back to the 2008 amendments to the Electoral Code. Official data taken from the reports of certified accountants are used in order to assess the types of electoral financing. Such reports concern 149 electoral subjects, being both political parties and individual candidates.

Open Data Albania has conducted a research into the legal irregularities observed in the course of the financial auditing in the 2011 Electoral Campaign. The auditing of electoral subjects? finances is a new concept and legal practice in the Republic of Albania. The legal provisions regulating this process date back to the 2008 amendments to the Electoral Code. Chapter II of the Electoral Code regulates the allocation of public funds to electoral subjects and also their funding through non-public funds. The non-public funds are also known as funding from private donors.

Donors of political parties campaigns cab be either natural or physical persons. Donors, however, must always be local people. Donations from foreign citizens or entities are not allowed. Donors may not donate more than one million leks. Based on the value of their donations, donors are divided into two categories. Donors donating more than 100 000 leks have a special legal definition. Such donors sign an agreement, where they exclude themselves from benefits from public assets and funds.

The parliamentary parties are highly important subjects in the context of the Electoral Funds and Expenses. As such they benefit from public funds, and at the same time they can draw on the funds collected over the years.

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Open Data Albania has conducted a research into the funds collected and spent by electoral subjects in the 2011 electoral campaign. Thanks to the research, a balance sheet of the electoral campaign expenses ? in our case concerning the 2011 local government elections ? is being published for the first time ever. The balance sheet is based on the electoral subjects? own official data, as presented on their reports submitted for auditing to the certified accountants.

The Democratic Party of Albania is one of the parliamentary political parties competing in the 2011 Local Government Elections. DP has submitted for auditing comprehensive balance sheets of its collected and spent funds after the completion of the election process. The electoral finances of this political party consist in public and non-public funds and also in the electoral subject?s own funds.

The Socialist Party of Albania (SP) is one of the parliamentary political parties competing in the 2011 Local Government Elections. SP has submitted for auditing comprehensive balance sheets of its collected and spent funds after the completion of the election process. The electoral finances of this political party consist in public and non-public funds and also in the electoral subject?s own funds.