Money Matters: DMK Spent 87% of Total Expenditure on Ads in 2021-22; AAP 46%, BJP 37%, Reveals EC Data
1 year, 10 months ago

Money Matters: DMK Spent 87% of Total Expenditure on Ads in 2021-22; AAP 46%, BJP 37%, Reveals EC Data

News 18  

MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has spent Rs 35.40 crore in 2021-22, according to the party’s annual balance sheet. If the absolute amount is considered, it is the BJP that has spent the highest amount of money, Rs 313.17 crore, on The party spent Rs 164.01 crore on Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK has spent Rs 10.67 crore on print and electronic Mamata Banerjee’s TMC has spent Rs 268.33 crore in total and 50 per cent of this, Rs 135.12 crore, on election expenditure. Tamil Nadu’s main opposition AIADMK has spent Rs 28.43 crore during 2021-22, including Rs 22.47 crore election expenditure. A total of 22.28 crore, or 78 per cent of the total expenditure, was on print and electronic Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP spent Rs 30.29 crore during 2021-22. BSP’s election expenditure also included publicity expenses worth Rs 13.83 crore, accountable for 16 per cent of party’s total expenditure, according to the party’s audit report.

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At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis
6 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 93% of Lok Sabha poll winners are crorepatis: ADR analysis

The Hindu  

A staggering 93% of the candidates who won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are crorepatis, up from 88% in 2019, according to an analysis by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms. The top three wealthiest candidates are TDP's Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur constituency with assets worth ₹5,705 crore, BJP's Konda Vishweshwar Reddy from Telangana's Chevella with …

Election commission data shows 15 prominent corporate figures bought electoral bonds: Report
9 months ago

Election commission data shows 15 prominent corporate figures bought electoral bonds: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India's disclosure of electoral bonds data indicates that a total of 333 individuals bought bonds amounting to ₹358.91 crore between April 2019 and January 2024, The Indian Express reported. The Election Commission released data received from political parties on electoral bonds, which it had given to the Supreme Court in sealed covers. Here is the list …

DMK got ₹509 crore in electoral bonds from Future Gaming and Hotel Services
9 months ago

DMK got ₹509 crore in electoral bonds from Future Gaming and Hotel Services

The Hindu  

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam received ₹656.5 crore in total through the electoral bond route, of which ₹509 crore was received from Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel services, the largest donor to political parties in the country. Of the ₹1,368 crore worth of bonds purchased by Future Gaming and Hotel Services between April 12, 2019 and January 24, 2024, 37% …

DMK received ₹509 crore in Electoral Bonds from Santiago Martin's Future Gaming
9 months, 1 week ago

DMK received ₹509 crore in Electoral Bonds from Santiago Martin's Future Gaming

Op India  

The Election Commission on Sunday, 17th March, published another set of data related to Electoral Bonds. Earlier on 14th March the ECI had released two sets of data received from SBI, one giving details of purchasers of electoral bonds, and the other giving details of bonds encashed by political parties. And as per this data, DMK received ₹509 crore from …

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections parties declare income: BJP highest, NPP's wealth surged 1,502 per cent
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections parties declare income: BJP highest, NPP's wealth surged 1,502 per cent

India TV News  

With nearly Rs 2,361 crore in the 2022-23, the Bharatiya Janata Party was declared as the political party with highest income followed by Congress with Rs 452.375 crore, the Association for Democratic Reforms said. The BJP, Congress and AAP collected 49.09 per cent or Rs 1,510.61 crore of national parties' total income from donations through electoral bonds for FY 2022-23. …

SC Scraps Electoral Bonds Scheme, but Only After Netas Pocketed Rs 16,000 Crores
10 months, 1 week ago

SC Scraps Electoral Bonds Scheme, but Only After Netas Pocketed Rs 16,000 Crores

The Quint  

That’s the amount of money that political parties across the spectrum have pocketed under the secretive electoral bonds scheme since 2018, while petitions languished in the Supreme Court. Party-wise figures available till the end of the financial year 2022-23 show that of the Rs 12,000 crores coming in via the scheme since its inception, over Rs 6,500 crores went to …

BJP received nearly 90% of all corporate donations to national parties in 2022-23
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP received nearly 90% of all corporate donations to national parties in 2022-23

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party received nearly 90% of all corporate donations worth ₹680.49 crore that five national parties together gathered in 2022-23, according to a report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms. The total donations received by the national parties during 2022-23 increased by ₹91.701 crore, an increase of 12.09% from the previous financial year 2021-22. Donations to the …

54% of BJP’s total income came from electoral bonds
10 months, 2 weeks ago

54% of BJP’s total income came from electoral bonds

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party received ₹1,294.14 crore through electoral bonds in 2022-23, which was nearly 54% of its total income during the year, and seven times higher than that of its main rival, the Congress party. The ruling party’s total income rose to ₹2,361 crore in the year 2022-23 from ₹1,917 crore in 2021-22, according to the annual audit report …

Over ₹40 crore spent on poll ads in November; Congress outspends BJP
1 year ago

Over ₹40 crore spent on poll ads in November; Congress outspends BJP

Hindustan Times  

The top twenty political advertisers spent ₹5.98 crore on 7,901 ads on Meta’s platforms in the month of November, while 15,405 political ads worth ₹36.31 crore were published through Google Ads in the same duration. Congress uses campaign agencies while BJP relies on memes Ads placed by the parties’ pages or their state units’ pages reveal skewed figures in the …

BJP has highest assets worth Rs 6,000 cr among top 8 parties in India in 2021-22 | DETAILS
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP has highest assets worth Rs 6,000 cr among top 8 parties in India in 2021-22 | DETAILS

India TV News  

The Association for Democratic Reforms has released its report featuring the assets and liabilities declared by the BJP, INC, NCP, BSP, CPI, CPI, AITC and NPEP – the eight national parties – for the Financial Years 2020-21 and 2021-22. According to the report by ADR, the top eight national parties in India declared assets worth Rs 8,829.16 crore in 2021-22 …

66% of income of 7 national parties in 2021-22 came from electoral bonds, other 'unknown' sources: ADR
1 year, 9 months ago

66% of income of 7 national parties in 2021-22 came from electoral bonds, other 'unknown' sources: ADR

The Hindu  

More than 66% of the total income of seven national parties in 2021-22 came from "unknown sources" like electoral bonds, which accounted for a whopping 83%, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms. The ADR that stated unknown sources include donations via electoral bonds, sale of coupons, relief fund, miscellaneous income, voluntary contributions, and contribution from meetings/morchas. During the financial …

BJP declares highest income for 2021-22; Trinamool’s income sees staggering jump: ADR report
1 year, 9 months ago

BJP declares highest income for 2021-22; Trinamool’s income sees staggering jump: ADR report

The Hindu  

The Bhartiya Janata Party has shown the highest income of ₹1,917.12 crore during the financial year 2021-22 among eight national parties, according to an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms, an NGO working on electoral and political reforms. The total income of eight national parties was ₹3,289.34 crore, of which the BJP’s share was 58.28% The BJP’s income has …

AAP slapped with notice of whopping Rs 163 crore for political advertisements, asked to pay within 10 days
1 year, 11 months ago

AAP slapped with notice of whopping Rs 163 crore for political advertisements, asked to pay within 10 days

India TV News  

The Aam Aadmi Party was served a notice on Thursday for the recovery of a whopping Rs 163.62 crore for political The development comes just a month after Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena directed the chief secretary to recover Rs 97 crore from the AAP for political "If the AAP convener fails to do so, all consequential legal action …

Majority of TMC's income came from electoral bonds in 2021-22: Audit report
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of TMC's income came from electoral bonds in 2021-22: Audit report

India TV News  

Over 96 per cent of the income of the TMC came from electoral bonds in the year 2021-22, states the party's annual audit report. The audit report, which was published on Friday by the EC on its website, showed that the party had a total income of Rs 545.74 crore in the last financial year. The audit report also showed …

BJP received Rs 614.53 crore as contributions in 2021-22, Congress Rs 95.46 crore, AAP Rs 44. 54 crore
2 years ago

BJP received Rs 614.53 crore as contributions in 2021-22, Congress Rs 95.46 crore, AAP Rs 44. 54 crore

India TV News  

The ruling BJP received Rs 614.53 crore as contributions, more than six times the funds garnered by the opposition Congress during fiscal year 2021-22. The Congress received funds to the tune of Rs 95.46 crore, according to Election Commission data. The Trinamool Congress, which is in power in West Bengal, received Rs 43 lakh as contributions during the period while …

‘Power Money’: Political Parties Got Rs 6,500 Cr through Electoral Bonds from 2017-21, Says ADR
2 years ago

‘Power Money’: Political Parties Got Rs 6,500 Cr through Electoral Bonds from 2017-21, Says ADR

News 18  

Political parties received donations worth Rs 6,500 crore through electoral bonds between 2017-18 and 2020-21, of which the Bharatiya Janata Party got Rs 4,238 crore, a new report from the Association for Democratic Reforms shows. “Around 79.91% or Rs 12,842.28 crore of the total income in five years is declared by eight national parties, while the remaining Rs 3,229.32 crore …

BJP Spent Over Rs 340 Cr on Poll Campaign in Five States, Maximum Expenditure in UP
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP Spent Over Rs 340 Cr on Poll Campaign in Five States, Maximum Expenditure in UP

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party spent over Rs 340 crore in the assembly polls in five states held earlier this year, while the Congress shelled out more than Rs 194 crore for its campaigning in these states, according to the election expenditure reports of the two parties. According to the report filed by the BJP and put in public domain by …

BJP spent ₹340 crore on 2022 Assembly election campaigns
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP spent ₹340 crore on 2022 Assembly election campaigns

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party spent more than ₹340 crore on its campaigns for the Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab Assembly elections earlier this year, with the majority of the spending being done in Uttar Pradesh, according to the party’s election expenditure report. At the same time, the Congress spent ₹194 crore on the five Assembly election campaigns, according …

National parties collected ₹15,077 crore from unknown sources between FY 2004-05 and 2020-21: ADR report
2 years, 3 months ago

National parties collected ₹15,077 crore from unknown sources between FY 2004-05 and 2020-21: ADR report

The Hindu  

The national parties have collected more than ₹15,077.97 crore from unknown sources between 2004-05 and 2020-21, an analysis by the poll rights body — Association for Democratic Reforms, showed. The analysis conducted on the basis of the parties' Income Tax Returns and donations statements filed with the Election Commission of India found that between FY 2004-05 and 2020-21, the national …

BJP out-earned and out-spent all other national parties in 2020-2021: ADR report
2 years, 6 months ago

BJP out-earned and out-spent all other national parties in 2020-2021: ADR report

The Hindu  

The BJP continued to out-earn and out-spend all other national parties in 2020-2021, with 54% of the income of the eight national political parties going to the BJP, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms said on Friday. The ADR analysed the annual audited reports submitted to the Election Commission by the BJP, the Congress, the Communist Party of …

Facebook charged BJP less for India election ads than others
2 years, 9 months ago

Facebook charged BJP less for India election ads than others

Al Jazeera  

The cheaper rates allow the BJP, Facebook’s largest political client in India, to reach more voters for less money. TRC and ad.watch primarily compared the BJP with the Congress because they were the largest spenders on political But going by the higher rate Facebook charged the Congress, it has paid at least 11.7 million rupees more than what it would …

Tamil Nadu local body poll results: DMK wins all municipal corporations, BJP outperforms regional parties
2 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu local body poll results: DMK wins all municipal corporations, BJP outperforms regional parties

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is on its way to make a clean sweep in the urban civic polls in Tamil Nadu and has wrested the western region convincingly, considered a bastion of the main opposition AIADMK. READ | BJP candidate in Coimbatore accused of giving rosary, candles to canvas votes As per current results, the DMK's victory score in urban civic …

Data | How election fund was spent during 2021 State polls
3 years, 2 months ago

Data | How election fund was spent during 2021 State polls

The Hindu  

The DMK and the Trinamool Congress, both winners of State elections in 2021, spent over Rs. Among all parties, the AIADMK spent the highest share in spreading the party’s propaganda and relied only on media and Spending spree The chart depicts the expenditure incurred by major parties against the spending per contested seat in 2021. Click to remove AMP mode …

Trinamool spent ₹154 crore on Bengal polls, DMK ₹114 crore in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry
3 years, 2 months ago

Trinamool spent ₹154 crore on Bengal polls, DMK ₹114 crore in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

The Hindu  

As per available reports, the All-India Trinamool Congress outspent all other recognised national and State parties that contested the five Assembly elections that concluded in May and submitted their election expenditure reports to the Election Commission as on Saturday. According to the reports published by the EC on September 30, the Trinamool spent ₹154.28 crore on the Assembly campaign, while …

Electoral bonds worth ₹3,429.56 crore redeemed by parties in 2019-20: ADR
3 years, 3 months ago

Electoral bonds worth ₹3,429.56 crore redeemed by parties in 2019-20: ADR

The Hindu  

Electoral bonds worth ₹3,429.56 crore were redeemed by parties in 2019-20, and 87.29% of this was received by four national parties – the BJP, Congress, TMC and the NCP, poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms said. "As per the data shared by SBI in response to ADR's RTI application, electoral bonds worth ₹3,429.5586 crore were redeemed by parties in …

Tamil Nadu polls saw one eye popping ad expenditure
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu polls saw one eye popping ad expenditure

Live Mint  

As more and more Indians get connected to the net, online propaganda and political messaging have never appeared as important as it does today. Tamil Nadu’s elections cost more in terms of Google ads than any other election in the country since Feb 2019, the analysis suggests. A recent research paper by the political scientists Ashwani Kumar, Souradeep Banerjee, and …

Tamil Nadu Election 2021: Over 6.28 cr voters set to cast ballots today; polls open at 7 am
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Election 2021: Over 6.28 cr voters set to cast ballots today; polls open at 7 am

Firstpost  

The election will decide whether the incumbent AIADMK will secure a third term or the DMK will return to power after a decade in opposition The single-phased Tamil Nadu Assembly election will be conducted today, on 6 April. A total of 234 Assembly constituencies will go to polls on Tuesday, and as many as 3,998 candidates — including Chief Minister …

Out of Rs 951 Cr Voluntary Contributions of above Rs 20k, BJP Received Rs 698 cr: ADR Report
4 years ago

Out of Rs 951 Cr Voluntary Contributions of above Rs 20k, BJP Received Rs 698 cr: ADR Report

News 18  

Five national political parties received Rs 951 crore through voluntary contributions of above Rs 20,000 out of which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party received Rs 698 crore, a report said on Tuesday. The Association for Democratic Reforms in its podcast episode on analysis of donations from corporates and business houses to national political parties for financial year 2018-19 said, “Five …

Centre Splurged Rs 713.20 Crore on Ads in 2019-2020, Reveals RTI's Reply to Mumbai-based Activist
4 years, 1 month ago

Centre Splurged Rs 713.20 Crore on Ads in 2019-2020, Reveals RTI's Reply to Mumbai-based Activist

News 18  

The government of India spent a total of Rs 713.20 crore on “This comes to roughly Rs 1.95 crore per day that was spent only for In its reply to Desai’s RTI query, the Bureau of Outreach and Communication of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that the Centre spent an amount of Rs 713.20-crore on This included To a …

BJP bagged largest share of corporate donations in 2018-19: Association for Democratic Reforms
4 years, 2 months ago

BJP bagged largest share of corporate donations in 2018-19: Association for Democratic Reforms

The Hindu  

Corporate and business houses donated ₹876.10 crore to five national parties in 2018-19. The BJP received ₹698.08 crore from 1,573 corporate donors, followed by the Congress with ₹122.5 crore from 122 donors while the NCP got ₹11.34 crore from 17 donors. Of the contribution to the five national parties, ₹20.54 crore was from the unsegregated category, which includes companies with …

Govt Spent Rs 1,196 Crore on Publicity of Public Schemes, Policies in Last 3 Years: Prakash Javadekar
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt Spent Rs 1,196 Crore on Publicity of Public Schemes, Policies in Last 3 Years: Prakash Javadekar

News 18  

The Centre has spent over Rs 1,196 crore in campaigns publicising its programmes and policies through print, TV and digital media in three years from 2017-18, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. In 2017-18, Rs 462.22 crore was spent on print media, Rs 109.87 crore on TV and Rs 13.22 crore on digital media, according to data shared by …

BJP accounts for 54% of major parties’ 2019 poll expenses in U.P.
4 years, 4 months ago

BJP accounts for 54% of major parties’ 2019 poll expenses in U.P.

The Hindu  

The BJP accounted for more than half of the expenditure incurred by 10 political parties in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, according to a report released on Thursday by the Association for Democratic Reforms. The report analysed the expenditure statements submitted to the Election Commission of India by five national parties – the BJP, the Congress, the …

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