SOME declared a little, some declared a lot, and others were just bizarre.Compulsory campaign donation forms submitted by Ballarat City Council election candidates have yielded some surprising results.Anyone who stands in a council election must lodge a campaign donation form with their council's chief executive officer within 60 days of the election.The returns must record gifts of $200 or more that are received by the candidate from 30 days after the previous election, or by-election, to 30 days after the current poll.Three candidates did not lodge declarations at all. They are north ward candidates John Van Beveren and Alison Smith, and central ward candidate Andrew Faull.Under the Local Government Act, they risk a fine of more than $5000.The prize for the most unusual declaration goes to north ward candidate Troy Platt, who declared total donations of US$500 billion from "Bellawood".The substantial sum was spent on a 30,000 page musical script and airport blueprints, the candidate's signed form read. Of the other candidates, Belinda Coates, who stood in central ward, declared the highest dollar amount.Ms Coates declared a total of $3631.25 in cash and in kind donations from the Australian Greens and Ballarat/Hepburn Greens.South ward councillor Des Hudson and former councillor Peter Innes had the next highest declarations.The pair received $2832.30 each from Daniel Bright, Martin Brown and Brendan Blake, which paid for printing and distribution of brochures and radio advertisements.Mr Bright and Mr Brown also gave $1206.50 to south ward councillor Cheryl Bromfield for election brochures. Of the current councillors, Mark Harris and John Philips had nothing to declare, while Mayor Judy Verlin recorded a $250 donation.Crs Craig Fletcher, Ben Taylor, Noel Perry and Samantha McIntosh got amounts of between $500 and $1500. Former mayors Stephen Jones and David Vendy declared they had received nothing over $200 during their campaigns.The names of all Ballarat candidates who lodged returns will be sent to local government minister by the end of this month.Copies of returns will be available for inspection at the council office for four years.