Electoral bonds data: BJP received Rs 6,060 crore, highest among all parties
The Hindu
BJP leads in electoral bond encashment, followed by TMC and Congress, as per Election Commission data.
The Bharatiya Janata Party encashed electoral bonds worth Rs 6060.5 crore - the highest among all parties - between April 12, 2019 and January 24, 2024. In the period, BJP’s share in the total bonds encashed was over 47.5%.
The All India Trinamool Congress received 1,609.50 crore (12.6%) via this route followed by the Congress Rs 1,421.9 crore (11.1%), the second and third biggest parties in terms of encashment in the period.
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The Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Biju Janata Dal and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are the other parties which encashed more than Rs 500 crore worth of electoral bonds in the period.
Also read: SBI’s Electoral Bond data: Full list of donors and recipient political parties
The information has been put up in public domain by the Election Commission of India (ECI) after The State Bank of India (SBI) had disclosed this information on March 12. The Supreme Court had directed the ECI to host this information on its website by March 15.