Election Expenditure By Parties

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  Opinion: "One India, One Election" Should Focus Beyond Immediate Polls And Expenditure

  Simultaneous elections in 2024 could bring down the spending on polls by 20 to 30 per cent, depending on how effective the Election Commission is and how cooperative political parties are.

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  BJP Spent Over Rs 209 Crore In 2022 Gujarat Assembly Polls: Report

  The BJP, which is in power in Gujarat for over 25 years, had spent over Rs 209 crore in the 2022 state assembly polls, according to details submitted by the party to the Election Commission.

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  Congress Spent Over Rs 130 Crore On Gujarat, Himachal Polls

  The Congress spent over Rs 130 crore for contesting the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls held late last year, according to an expenditure report submitted by the party to the Election Commission.

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  Nitin Gadkari, Vijay Rupani In BJP's List Of Star Campaigners In Gujarat

  The status of a star campaigner is a given to crowd-pullers of parties whose expenditures on the campaign trail do not add up to the cap set by the Election Commission for candidates.

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  BJP Spent Most In 2014 Maharashtra, Haryana Elections: Report

  Maharashtra Polls 2014: The BJP had spent over 60 per cent of the total expenditure by all political parties, on publicity, travel, miscellaneous expenses and lumpsum amount to the candidates in the 2014 Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls, according to a report the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

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  India's Bitterly-Fought Poll Becomes World's Most Expensive: Report

  Spending by political parties and candidates to woo 900 million voters in the just concluded polls cost them nearly 600 billion rupees ($8.7 billion), more than double of 2014 polls, according to the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies.

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  Lok sabha Elections: Political Parties' Expenditure On Online Ads May Double This Election

  Online advertising expenditure by political parties is likely to double to Rs 400-500 crore this Lok Sabha election compared to 2014, riding on the growing smartphone penetration and cheaper Internet packs, experts said.

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  Party Doesn't Subscribe To Sam Pitroda's Nyay Scheme Remarks: Congress

  The Congress on Thursday distanced itself from the remarks of party leader Sam Pitroda that the middle class should bear part of the cost of the party's flagship Nyay scheme, and said money will be generated by cutting down government expenditure

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  BJP Spent More Than Rs 122 Crore For Karnataka Poll Campaigning Last Year

  The Bharatiya Janata Party has spent more than Rs 122 crore to contest assembly elections in Karnataka and another Rs 14 crore in three Northeast states, according to expenditure details submitted by the party to the Election Commission.

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  Poll Body Working On Proposal To Cap Election Expenses Of Parties

  The Election Commission of India is working on a reform proposal aimed at pushing for a cap on election-related expenses by political parties in the country.

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  BJP Richest National Party, With Rs 1,034 Crore Declared Income: Report

  With declared income of over Rs 1,000 crore, BJP is the richest among the seven national political parties in India, says a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a Delhi-based think tank.

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  National Parties Collected Over Rs 200 Crore During 2016 Assembly Polls: Survey

  National political parties had collected Rs 287.89 crore during the five assembly elections in 2016 but the expenditure incurred was only Rs 188.12 crore, according to an analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

• Sonia Gandhi in Gujarat: Will she take on Narendra Modi?

  Sonia Gandhi will campaign in Narendra Modi's Gujarat today amid much political heat generated by the latter's dare that the Congress-led UPA government must detail expenditure on her foreign travel. While many sharp words are exchanged between Mr Modi's party the BJP and the Congress on the issue, a Right To Information activist has added a twist ...

• Full Transcript: Your Call with Sukhbir Singh Badal

  Speaking to NDTV about the poll expenditure, Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal said the current limit set by the Election Commission is unrealistic and that "no party fights elections within the set limit."