BJP gets 82% of Rs 3,811 crore electoral trust funds; Congress under 8%

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