BJP election expenditure: “Crillion flights! BJP spent ‘so much’ for election campaign in 2025, reading the figure will shock you

• BJP’s record expenditure for 18th Lok Sabha
• Two and a half times increase compared to 2019
• A huge 54 percent increase in BJP’s income; 6700 crore mark crossed

BJP Election Expenditure: In the past few years, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been seen campaigning heavily in elections across the country. Along with every major dailies in the country, huge BJP campaign advertisements were also seen across TV channels. Even in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections held in 2024, only BJP was discussed everywhere. In all this, according to the audit report submitted by the Bharatiya Janata Patra to the Election Commission, according to the audit report submitted to the Election Commission, the election expenditure of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been steadily increasing. An important news has come out in this regard.

According to the BJP’s annual audit report submitted to the Election Commission, the BJP’s electoral and general campaign expenditure during the 2024-25 elections to the 18th Lok Sabha and eight state assemblies was Rs 3,335.36 crore. This amount is nearly two and a half times the Rs 1,352.92 crore spent during the 2019-20 elections to the 17th Lok Sabha and seven state assemblies.

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The BJP submitted the report to the Election Commission on December 27, 2025, and the Election Commission published it this week. According to this annual report, election expenditure was ₹3,774.58 crore, 88 per cent of the party’s total expenditure. In this, BJP spent the most on electronic media.

According to the report, about 68 per cent of BJP’s total election/general campaign expenditure, i.e. ₹2,257.05 crore, was spent on advertising and publicity. Of this, electronic media accounted for the highest share of ₹1,124.96 crore, followed by advertising at ₹897.42 crore. The party spent ₹583.08 crore on air/helicopter travel. The report also mentions that the party has given financial assistance of ₹312.90 crore to the candidates.

During the last Lok Sabha elections, the BJP’s election expenditure rose from ₹792.39 crore in 2018-2019 to ₹1,352.92 crore in 2019-2020. The Election Commission announced the 2024 elections on March 16, so campaigning began in the 2023-2024 financial year itself. A total of 44 days of voting were held from April 19 to June 1, 2024. In the pre-election year, 2023-24, Rs 1,754.06 crore was spent on election and general campaigning.

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Congress spent so much on elections

At the same time, the total expenditure in the two years preceding the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha and the eight Vidhan Sabhas (election year and pre-election year) was Rs 5,089.42 crore, which is double the total expenditure of Rs 2,145.31 crore in the two years preceding the formation of the 17th Lok Sabha and the seven Vidhan Sabhas (election year and pre-election year).

Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh in 2019-20 and 2024-25. Apart from these seven states, elections will also be held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2024-25. On the other hand, according to the annual report submitted to the Election Commission last year, the Congress spent Rs 896.22 crore to contest the 2024-2025 elections, which is higher than the Rs 619.67 crore spent in 2023-2024.

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A huge 54 percent increase in BJP’s income; 6700 crore mark crossed

BJP’s income has seen a huge increase in the financial year 2024-2025, reaching Rs 6,769.14 crore. In 2023-2024, this income was Rs 4,340.47 crore. The report shows that even after the Supreme Court canceled the Electoral Bonds scheme, the income graph of the party has continued to rise. Major sources of income A major share of the total income of the party comes from the following sources: Voluntary donations: Rs 6,124.85 crore (majority of the total income). Income.Comparison of economic status

Statistics Details 2023-2024 2024-2025 Growth (Percentage)
Total Income ₹4,340.47 crore ₹6,769.14 crore 55.9%
Donations received ₹ 3,967.14 crore ₹ 6,124.85 crore 54% balance
Cash ₹7,113.90 crore ₹9,996.12 crore 40.5%