2009 Cancelled elections cost 114.5 million

Data from the Ministry of Finance included in the closing account for 2009 shows that last year’s cancelled parliamentary elections cost the state 114.5 million crowns. 553 million had originally been earmarked for elections in 2009, with elections to the European Parliament having taken place in the spring. That amount was nearly doubled after politicians agreed on early elections. After the Constitutional Court found that early elections were unconstitutional, the state had to repay the expenses with millions of grants to regions, ministries and institutions. This year’s elections to parliament are expected to cost in excess of one billion crowns.