Five regional parties have announced that they received donations of Rs 250.60 crore through electoral bonds in the year 2020-21. According to the latest report by the election rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 31 regional parties had a total income of Rs 529.416 crore in the financial year 2020-21. During this, his total declared expenditure stood at Rs 414.028 crore. The highest spenders during this period include DMK (Rs 218.49 crore), Telugu Desam Party (Rs 54.769 crore), AIADMK (Rs 42.37 crore), JDU (Rs 24.35 crore), and TRS (Rs 22.35 crore).

The report said that the total income of the top five parties stood at Rs 434.255 crore. This is 82.03 percent of the total income of the analyzed political parties. The five regional political parties received Rs 250.60 crore or 47.34 percent of their income as donations through electoral bonds. While other donations and contributions stood at Rs 126.265 crore or 23.85 percent in the financial year 2020-21. Of the 31 regional parties analyzed, only five announced donations through electoral bonds. The report said that the total income of 29 of the 31 parties during FY 2020-21 declined from Rs 800.26 crore in FY 2019-20 to Rs 520.492 crore in FY 2020-21.