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Deccan Herald
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Riddhi Kaushik
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New Delhi

Rs 49.996 crore is the total funds collected by 5 parties as accounted by the ADR in the Delhi Assembly Election 2020.

Delhi elections are around the corner and leaders in the fray are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters in their favour. Delhi will vote on February 5 and the counting will be held on February 8. As the national capital prepares to elect its leader for the next five years, let us look at how much each party spent in the last elections:

Before we get into the expenditure made by each party in the last elections, it is noteworthy that the Indian National Congress collected the maximum funds of Rs 33.51 crore, followed by AAP which collected the second highest funds worth Rs 15.311 crore. Meanwhile, CPI(M) and BSP collected Rs 0.849 crore, and Rs 0.326 crore, respectively. LJP was the only party in 2020 that declared no funds collected and no expenditure incurred.

Meanwhile, the expenditure statements of BJP, NCP, CPI, JDU, RJD, RLD, SHS, and AIFB for the Delhi Assembly election are unavailable on the Election Commission website, as per the Association for Democratic Reforms.

Rs 49.996 crore is the total funds collected by 5 parties as accounted by the ADR in the Delhi Assembly Election 2020.

During elections, parties declare their expenditure that have been incurred for Publicity, Travel Expenses, Other/ Miscellaneous expenses, Lumpsum amounts paid to their contesting candidates and Expenditure incurred on publishing criminal antecedents of the candidate(s). In the previous elections, the highest sum of money was spent on publicity - a total of Rs 31.04 crore.

Coming to how much each party spent during the 2020 assembly elections in the national capital, the Aam Aadmi Party topped the list with Rs 17.808 crore of total spending, closely followed by the INC that incurred an expenditure of Rs 15.39 crore. Meanwhile, the BSP and CPM spent significantly lesser amounts of only Rs 1.121 cr, and Rs 0.0005 cr respectively.

Here too, the LJP reportedly incurred no expenses.

This time around too, parties are using all available sources to get a favourable result with the AAP hoping to retain the reigns of the CM office while the BJP and Congress are trying their best to overthrow the existing government in Delhi.

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner.