BJP got highest donations in 2024-25, over 10 times all other national parties combined: ADR
The Hindu
BJP received over ₹6,000 crore in donations for 2024-25, outpacing all other national parties combined by tenfold.
Donations to national parties surged by 161% in 2024-25 compared to the previous fiscal, with the ruling BJP accounting for the overwhelming majority, more than ten times the combined total received by all other national parties, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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The report, released on Thursday (March 26, 2026), said total donations above ₹20,000 declared by the national parties stood at ₹6,648.563 crore from 11,343 contributions in FY25. Of this, the BJP alone received ₹6,074.015 crore from 5,522 donations, followed by the Congress with ₹517.394 crore from 2,501 donations.
The BJP's declared donations exceeded the combined total of the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the National People's Party (NPEP) for the same period by more than tenfold, the report pointed out.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), meanwhile, declared that it did not receive any donations above ₹20,000, as it has been doing so for the last 19 years.
Overall donations to national parties rose by ₹4,104.285 crore in 2024-25 as compared to 2023-24. The BJP's collections alone jumped 171% from ₹2,243.947 crore in the previous fiscal. Donations to the Congress increased by 84%, from ₹281.48 crore in 2023-24 to ₹517.394 crore in 2024-25.
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