Congress spent more money than the BJP on ”party propaganda” and social media campaigns in the Delhi assembly elections this year, but lagged on expenses on candidates, data shows BJP’s total expenses were higher at ₹57.65 crore for the elections than those of Congress at ₹46.19 crore, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) of the election expenditure reports filed by the parties with the Election Commission of India. In terms of total funds collected for the Delhi assembly elections 2025, the BJP was ahead at ₹88.7 crore than 64.3 crore of the Congress. In the election for a total of 70 assembly seats, the BJP came victorious with 48 seats, while the Congress could not win a single seat. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 22 seats. According to the ADR analysis, AAP declared expenses totalling ₹12.12 crore on party propaganda and ₹2.4 crore on candidates, resulting in total expenses of ₹14.5 crore. It spent nearly ₹3 crore on social media, as against just ₹5.26 lakh declared by the BJP and ₹5.95 crore by the Congress. The BJP’s total expenses stood at ₹57.65 crore, higher than ₹46.19 crore of the Congress and ₹14.5 crore of AAP. The BJP spent ₹39.14 crore on party propaganda, less than ₹40.13 crore of the Congress but higher than ₹12.12 crore declared by AAP. According to the declarations made by nine parties so far, their total expenses stood at ₹120.3 crore, including ₹27 crore on candidates. Other than the BJP, Congress and AAP, the BSP was the only party to have spent more than ₹1 crore (₹1.8 crore). Total funds collected by all parties during the election stood at ₹170.68 crore. This included ₹88.7 crore by the BJP, ₹64.3 crore by the Congress and ₹16.1 crore by AAP. A vast majority of funds were collected at the central headquarters level of the parties. Also, cheque/DD was the most preferred mode of collection at over 74%, while nearly 26% of funds were collected through cash. For expenditure also, only 0.04% or ₹3.7 lakh was spent in cash, according to declarations made by the parties. The AIMIM, which contested in two seats but did not win any, is the only party that incurred no expenditure, according to its declaration. The Congress and AAP contested on all 70 seats, while the BJP contested from 68 seats and gave two seats to its allies. Total funds collected by six parties that contested both the 2020 and 2025 elections rose by nearly 9% to nearly ₹170 crore this time. Of these, the Congress saw the maximum increase of over 222%, while the same for the BJP declined by 25% and rose by nearly 6% for AAP. Total expenses for these six parties rose by nearly 39% between the 2020 and 2025 elections. In the case of the Congress, the increase was nearly 161% and 20.5% for the BJP, while AAP spent nearly 32% less funds.