The average expenditure of the winning candidates in last year’s Bihar elections stood at around Rs 24.33 lakh, with around 42 per cent MLAs declaring election expenses less than 61 per cent of the Rs 40 lakh limit, a report said.

According to the report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the candidate expenditure limit for the Bihar elections was Rs 40 lakh, and out of the 240 MLAs analysed, 100 or 42 per cent declared expenses less than 61 per cent of that limit.

Based on the election expense declarations of the 240 MLAs, the average amount of money spent by them in the elections stood at Rs 24.33 lakh.