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BJP spent over ₹1,737 cr on 2024 polls, 37% more than 2019: Data
The New Indian Express Kannur
|February 01, 2025
THE BJP has informed the Election Commission of India (EC) that it spent a total of ₹1,737.68 crore on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the elections for four state assemblies.
Of this, ₹884.45 crore was spent on general party propaganda, while ₹853.23 crore was allocated for candidates' expenses.
The amount is nearly three times that of the Congress party's total expenditure of ₹584.65 crore for both the parliamentary and four state elections in the same year.
In comparison to the BJP's expenditure in 2019 general elections, the amount spent in 2024 was 37% more. In 2019, the party spent ₹1,264.33 crore, as per the party's audited report submitted to the EC.
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