Analysis of Funds Collected and Expenditure Incurred by Political Parties during General Election to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim, 2024
Key Findings
5 National Parties and 27 Regional Parties have been considered for analysis in this report.
Election expenditure statements of 21 National and Regional political parties including NPEP, SHS(UBT), SHS, CPI, NCP, JMM, BPF, JKNC and AD (Soneylal) etc. are unavailable on the website of ECI. The expenditure statements of RJD, LJP (RV), AJSU KC(M) are not available for the Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha Assembly elections 2024.
Total funds collected by 5 National and 27 Regional political parties (henceforth political parties) during General Elections 2024 amounted to a total of ₹ 7445.566 cr. BJP collected the maximum funds of ₹ 6268.006 cr or 84.18% of the total funds collected by political parties during the 2024 Lok Sabha and 4 Assembly Elections.
The 32 National and Regional parties together spent ₹ 3352.81 cr during the Lok Sabha and assembly elections 2024, of which an expenditure of ₹ 2204.318 cr (65.75%) was incurred by the 5 National Parties. BJP incurred the highest expenses of ₹ 1493.91 cr or 44.56% of the total.
The parties spent the highest on Publicity, ₹ 2008.295 cr or 53.32% of the total followed by ₹ 795.414 cr or 21.12% of total on Travel and ₹ 402.177 cr or 10.68% of total on Lumpsum amounts paid to candidates.
The top 3 parties which spent the highest are: BJP (₹ 1778.70 cr) followed by INC (₹ 686.193 cr) and YSR-Congress (₹ 328.365 cr).
National and Regional political parties collectively spent 96.22% of their total travel expenses or ₹ 765.366 cr on their star campaigners and the remaining 3.78% or ₹ 30.048 cr on the travel of their party leaders.
Observations
- The election expenditure statements of 21 National and Regional parties including NPEP, SHS(UBT), SHS, CPI, NCP, JMM, BPF, JKNC and AD(Soneylal) etc. for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are unavailable on the website of ECI at the time of preparation of this report. The expenditure statements of RJD, LJP(RV), AJSU KC(M) are not available for the concerned 2024 assembly elections contested in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha.
- A total of 690 Unrecognised Political Parties contested in the General Elections last year, while 1 in Arunachal Pradesh, 74 in Andhra Pradesh, 35 in Odisha, and 2 in Sikkim contested in the assembly elections held simultaneously, whose expenditure statements have not been analysed as part of this report.
- 12 Regional parties namely, LJSP, RLSP, JCC(J), GFP, MGP, MNS, HSPDP, PDF, ZNP, AINRC, IPFT and TMP did not contest the elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim 2024.