Despite the ECI's deadline of September 30, 2024, only BSP and AAP submitted their contribution reports on time. BJP submitted its report with a 42-day delay, followed by CPI(M), INC, and NPEP, which submitted it 43, 27, and 23 days late.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was the top gainer of the electoral donations in the Financial Year 2023-24. The BJP declared Rs 2243.947 crore from 8,358 donations. The Congress followed at the second spot with Rs 281.48 crore from 1994 donations, revealed a new report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

The ADR report released on Monday analysed Election Commission's data on donations above Rs 20,000 received by the national political parties during the financial year 2023-24.

The national parties include the BJP, the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M) and the National People’s Party (NPEP). The report stated that the maximum (3,755 donations) to the national parties were made by corporate/business sectors — amounting to Rs 2262.5 crore (88.9% of total donations).

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Communist Party of India (Marxist), and National People's Party (NPEP) reported smaller amounts, while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) once again declared zero donations above the Rs 20,000 threshold, consistent with its filings for the past 18 years.

Despite the ECI's deadline of September 30, 2024, only BSP and AAP submitted their contribution reports on time. BJP submitted its report with a 42-day delay, followed by CPI(M), INC, and NPEP, which submitted it 43, 27, and 23 days late.

The ADR report also released top ten donors to the national political parties. The list includes:

1. Rungta Sons Private Limited donated Rs 50 crore

2. Bharat Biotech International Limited donated Rs 50 crore

3. ITC Infotech India Ltd donated Rs 80 crore

4. Dinesh Chandra R. Agarwal Infracon Pvt. Ltd. donated Rs 30 crore to BJP

5. Dilip Buildcon Limited donated Rs 29 crore

6. Macrotech Developers Limited donated Rs 27 crore

7. Prudent Electoral Trust: It donated Rs 880 crore to the BJP and the Congress together and is the top donor to parties that received the maximum donations. The Trust donated Rs 723.6 crore to the BJP (32.25% of total funds received by the party) and ₹156.4 crore to the Congerss (55.56% of total funds received by the party).

8. Triumph Electoral Trust donated Rs 127.50 crore to the BJP

9. Derive Investments donated Rs 50 crore to the BJP and Rs 3.2 crore to the Congress.

10. Acme Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. donated Rs 51 crore