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New Delhi: BJP has received a massive Rs 3,142.65 crore or 82.45% of the Rs 3,811.34 crore distributed by nine electoral trusts in 2024-25, according to contribution reports filed by the trust to the Election Commission.
So far, 13 out of 19 electoral trusts have submitted the reports in which four have said that they have neither received nor distributed any fund to parties in the fiscal.
Electoral Trust is set up by companies with the sole objective to distribute the contributions received by it from other Companies and individuals to the political parties. An electoral trust is mandated to distribute at least 95% of contributions to parties it received in a fiscal
Electoral trusts and donations in 2024-25
In 2024-25
Received: Rs 3,811.34 crore
Donated: Rs 3,811.34 crore
BJP received: Rs 3,142.65 crore / 82.45% (of total Rs 3,811.34 crore collected by Electoral Trust)
-- Rs 2,180.71 crore from Prudent Electoral Trust out of Rs 2,668.49 crore
-- Rs Rs 757.62 crore from Progressive Electoral Trust out of Rs 915 crore
Congress received: Rs 298.76 crore / 7.83%
-- Rs 77.34 crore from Progressive Electoral Trust
-- Rs 21.63 crore from Prudent Electoral Trust
Others
Trinamool Congress: 102 crore
YSR Congress: Rs 98 crore
TDP: Rs 44 crore
BRS: Rs 10 crore
BJD: Rs 15 crore
DMK: Rs 10 crore
Electoral Trusts: Received from Donors / Distributed to Parties
Prudent Electoral Trust: Rs 2668.49 crore / Rs 2668.46 crore
Progressive: Rs 915 crore / Rs 914.97 crore
New Democratic Electoral Trust: Rs 160 crore / Rs 160 crore
Harmony Electoral Trust: Rs 35.55 crore / Rs 35.66 crore
Triumph Electoral Trust: Rs 25 crore / Rs 25 crore
Samaj Electoral Trust Association: Rs 6 crore / Rs 6 crore
Janpragati Electoral Trust: Rs 1.02 crore / Rs 1 crore
Jankalyan Electoral Trust: Rs 20 lakh / Rs 19 lakh
Einzigartig Electoral Trust: Rs 8 lakh / Rs 7.75 lakh