Election Expenses

Prospective candidates for this year’s election to the States Assembly are are legally required to begin recording their campaign expenditure from 7 February 2026 onwards.

What Candidates Need to Track

All election candidates need to keep track of the money they spend on their election campaign.

Election spending limits apply from 4 months before election day – also known as the ‘regulated election period’. This means that in 2026, election candidates need to keep a complete record of their election spending from 7 February 2026 up to and including the day of the election, Sunday 7 June 2026.

Election spending limits set out in the Public Elections (Expenditure and Donations) (Jersey) Law 2014 ensure there is a level playing field for candidates, so that no one is disadvantaged in the election process because they have less to spend than another candidate and, conversely, that no one is advantaged by having more to spend on their campaign.

Spending Limits for 2026 Candidates

There is a base limit for expenses depending on the role the candidate wishes to stand for.

This is up to £4,146 for Senatorial candidates and up to £2,517 for Connétable and Deputy candidates. In addition to this base rate, candidates may spend an additional 13 pence per person on the electoral roll in the constituency they wish to represent (which for senatorial candidates will be the entire Island).

Candidates will be advised of the updated figure for these additional spending limits before nominations are open in April.

Role	Constituency	Base expense limit	Additional expenses
Senator	Entire Island	£4,146	13 pence per person registered to vote in Jersey
Connétable	Parish	£2,517	13 pence per person registered to vote in the Parish you wish to represent
Deputy	Constituency	£2,517	13 pence per person registered to vote in the Constituency you wish to represent

Submitting Election Expenses

All election candidates, whether they are successfully elected or not, are required to submit their expenses to the JEA.

Candidates are therefore advised to keep careful track of receipts, invoices and any other records which provide proof of their expenditure during the regulated election period.

Third Party Election Expenses

Third parties are also required to submit election expenses.

A third party is an individual or can be two or more people working together who are neither acting on the express or implied wishes of an election candidate or political party but who have incurred expenses during the regulated election period which either promote or prejudice the election of a candidate. For example, if a person or group of people paid to advertise to discourage people from voting for a candidate or political party, that would be an election expense and would need to be declared to the JEA.

Post-Election Audit

The JEA will conduct an audit of expenditure after the election to ensure transparency, compliance, and adherence to spending limits.

Anyone with questions about the upcoming election can contact the JEA at admin@jea.je.