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The BJP spent around Rs 1700 crore in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to be the world’s largest party, is the richest political party in India.
According to the data from the Election Commission from the parties, the BJP has cash and bank balance of more than 7 thousand crore rupees (7113.80 crore rupees).
At the same time, the main opposition party Congress has only 857.15 crore rupees. The BJP has cash and bank balance, about 8 and a half times more than the Congress.
According to the data, BJP spent around Rs 1700 crore during the Lok Sabha elections in 2023-24. This expenditure is 60% more than the expenditure of 2022-23. That year the party spent around 1000 crores.
In comparison, the Congress spent about six hundred crore rupees during the Lok Sabha elections in 2023-24. This is about 3 times more than the cost of 2022-23. That year the Congress spent about two hundred crore rupees.
BJP gets 2 times the donation from last year The BJP has received about 2 times the donation this year as compared to the previous year. According to the annual audit report to the Election Commission, during 2023-24, the BJP received a donation of Rs 1685.69 crore through an election bond.
Last year, this amount was Rs 1294.15 crore in 2022-23. During this time the party also received other receipts worth Rs 2042.75 crore. At the same time, last year it was Rs 648.42 crore.
At the same time, the Congress received a total donation of Rs 1225.11 crore during 2023-24. In this, 828.36 crore rupees have been received through electoral bonds. The election bond has now been banned by the Supreme Court.
BJP spent around ₹ 600 on advertisement Ten million The BJP spent Rs 591 crore on advertisements this year. In this, Rs 434.84 crore was spent on electronic while Rs 115.62 crore was spent on printed advertisements. During the election, Rs 174 crore was spent in 2023-24 on helicopters and planes for party leaders, while in 2022-23 it was Rs 78.23 crore.
The party provided financial assistance of Rs 191.06 crore to its candidates this year. At the same time, last year this amount was Rs 75.05 crore. BJP has given Rs 84.32 crore on meetings; Morcha, rally, movement and call center spent 75.14 crores.
India spent about ₹ 50 crore on Figure Travel 2.0 The Congress spent Rs 207.94 crore on electronic advertisement and Rs 43.73 crore on printed advertising. On plane and helicopter, the party spent Rs 62.65 crore while in financial assistance of its candidates, Rs 238.55 crore.
The Congress spent Rs 28.03 crore for campaigning and Rs 79.78 crore on social media. The party said in its audit report that during 2023-24, it spent Rs 49.63 crore on the second India Yatra of former president Rahul Gandhi. 71.84 crore rupees were spent on the first India journey.
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