Was RM50,000 per candidate within the legal campaign spending limit for GE15?

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Perikatan Nasional's RM50,000 per candidate campaign funding for GE15 was within legal limits.

Perikatan Nasional (PN) provided RM50,000 to each of its candidates for campaigning during the 15th general election (GE15). This amount falls well within the legal spending cap for federal seats as stipulated by the Election Offences Act 1958.
Legal Campaign Spending Cap for Federal Seats

The Election Offences Act 1958 sets a maximum allowable expenditure for candidates contesting federal constituencies. This legislation permits a candidate to spend up to RM200,000 for their campaign efforts in federal elections.
PN's Candidate Funding Allocation

PN's secretary-general, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin, confirmed that the coalition allocated RM50,000 to each of its candidates for GE15. This figure represents a significant portion of the maximum legal limit but remains below the RM200,000 threshold.
Denial of Gaming Revenue Funding

Hamzah Zainuddin explicitly denied allegations that the campaign funds provided to PN candidates originated from special lottery draw revenues of number forecast operators. He suggested that if such funds had been available, PN's electoral success would have been even more substantial.

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