The BJP received ₹6,074.015 crore from 5,522 donations in FY25. File picture
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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.
Among other parties, the AAP received ₹27.044 crore — a 244% increase — the NPEP got ₹1.943 crore, an increase of 1,313%, the report said.
Corporate donations dominated political funding, accounting for ₹6128.787 crore, or 92.18% of the total contributions, across 3,244 donations. Individual donors contributed ₹505.66 crore through 7,900 donations, making up 7.61% of the total.
The BJP received ₹5,717.167 crore from 2,794 corporate donations, more than 13 times the combined contributions received by all other national parties, which stood at ₹411.62 crore. It also received ₹345.94 crore from 2,627 individual donors.
The Congress received ₹383.86 crore through 112 corporate donations and ₹132.39 crore from 2,357 individual contributors during the fiscal year.
Among the top donors, Prudent Electoral Trust donated a total of ₹2413.465 crore to the BJP, the Congress and the AAP combined. Of this, ₹2180.7119 crore went to the BJP (35.90% of total funds received by party), ₹216.335 crore to the Congress (41.81% of total funds received by party) and ₹16.4178 crore to the AAP (43.08% of total funds received by party).
Progressive Electoral Trust donated ₹834.97 crore through two donations, AB General Electoral Trust donated ₹621 crore through 16 donations, and New Democratic Electoral Trust donated ₹155 crore through seven donations to the BJP and the Congress.
Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd donated ₹100 crore through three donations, and Rungta Sons Private Limited donated ₹95 crore through four donations to the BJP in 2024-25.
Published – March 26, 2026 05:36 pm IST
