Press Release: 6 National Parties (BJP, INC, CPI(M), AAP, BSP and NPEP) have declared a total income of Rs 7960.099 cr, collected from all over India. BJP has shown the highest income amongst the National Parties, an income of Rs 6769.1498 cr during FY 2024-25. This forms 85.039% of the total income of 6 National Parties during FY 2024-25.

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Press Release

Date: 5th March, 2026

Analysis of Income & Expenditure of National Political Parties for FY 2024-25

For detailed reports in English and Hindi, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/Analysis-of-income-and-expenditure-of-National-Parties-FY-2024-25

Executive Summary

Political parties have multiple sources of funding and thus accountability and transparency should be an important aspect of their functioning. It is essential to have comprehensive and transparent accounting methods and systems which should reveal the true financial position of the parties.

The Election Commission of India (ECI), in its letter dated 19th November,’14 addressed to the Presidents/General Secretaries of all political parties, stated that it was mandatory for the parties to submit details of their audited reports to the Commission. This report analyses the total income and expenditure incurred, all over India, by all National Parties during FY 2024-25, as declared by the parties in their annual audit report submitted to the ECI.

The National Parties include Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian National Congress (INC), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and National People’s Party (NPEP).

Status of submission of audited reports by the National Parties, FY 2024-25

The due date for submission of annual audited accounts for the parties was 31st October,’2025.
Only NPEP, AAP and BSP submitted their audit reports on time while INC, CPI(M) and BJP and submitted after a delay of 18 days and 56 days, respectively.

Total Income and Expenditure of National Political Parties for FY 2024-25

The BJP declared a total income of Rs 6769.1498 cr during FY 2024–25 and spent 55.76% of it, amounting to Rs 3774.582 cr. The INC’s total income was Rs 918.2865 cr, while its expenditure for the year was Rs 1111.9496 cr, which is 21.09% (Rs 193.6631 cr) more than its total income.
CPI(M) reported a total income of Rs 172.603 cr during the year, whereas its total expenditure amounted to Rs 173.8649 cr, resulting in a deficit of Rs 1.2619 cr (0.73%) over its income.
BSP’s total income was Rs 58.5887 cr, while its expenditure for the year was Rs 106.3081 cr. The party's expenditure for that year exceeds its total income by Rs 47.7194 cr (81.45%).
AAP reported a total income of Rs 39.2813 cr, while its total expenditure for the year stood at Rs 36.4639 cr, which means the party spent only 92.83% of its total income.

Total Income of National Parties for FY 2024-25

The total Income of the National Parties has been compiled from the income from various sources pan India, as submitted in their annual audit reports.
6 National Parties (BJP, INC, CPI(M), AAP, BSP and NPEP) have declared a total income of Rs 7960.099 cr, collected from all over India.
BJP has shown the highest income amongst the National Parties, an income of Rs 6769.1498 cr during FY 2024-25. This forms 85.039% of the total income of 6 National Parties during FY 2024-25.
INC declared the second highest income of Rs 918.2865 cr which forms 11.536% of the total income of the 6 National Parties.

Comparison of total income of National Political Parties between FY 2023-24 & FY 2024-25

Between FY 2023-24 and 2024-25, the income of BJP increased by 55.95% (Rs 2428.6768 cr), while CPI(M) registered a marginal rise of 2.96% (Rs 4.967 cr).
During the same period, the income of INC declined by 25.05% (Rs 306.8325 cr), and BSP decreased by 9.56% (Rs 6.1911 cr).
The income of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) witnessed a significant growth of 73.20% (Rs 16.6013 cr).

Top 3 sources of income of National Parties for FY 2024-25

National Parties have declared donations/contributions as one of their 3 main sources of income.
National Parties that received highest income from donations/contributions include BJP – Rs 6124.8583 cr, INC – Rs 522.13 cr, CPI(M) – Rs 84.1775 cr, AAP – Rs 39.224 cr, and NPEP – Rs 2.1404 cr.
Collection by Issuing Coupons of Rs 350.12 cr declared by INC form 38.12% of its total income during FY 2024-25.

Top 3 items of expenditure of National Parties for FY 2024-25

The maximum expenditure for BJP has been towards Election/General Propaganda which amounted to Rs 3335.368 cr followed by expenses towards Administrative Costs, Rs 323.05 cr.
The maximum expenditure for INC has been towards Election Expenditure which amounted to Rs 896.225 cr followed by expenses towards Administrative & General Expenses Rs 159.684 cr.
CPI(M) spent the maximum of Rs 78.116 cr on Administrative & General Expenses followed by expenditure of Rs 51.036 cr on Employee Cost.

All sources of income declared by National Parties, FY 2024-25

In FY 2024-25, national parties declared a total income of Rs 7960.099 cr, of which 85.08% (Rs 6772.53 cr) came from donations/contributions and 14.92% (Rs 1187.569 cr) from other sources.
BJP derived 90.48% of its total income from donations amounting to Rs 6124.8583 cr, while AAP received 99.85% (Rs 39.224 cr) and NPEP received 97.74% (Rs 2.1404 cr) of their total income through contributions.
In contrast, BSP reported 100% of its income (Rs 58.5887 cr) from other sources with no donations, whereas INC received 56.86% (Rs 522.13 cr) from donations and 43.14% (Rs 396.1565 cr) from other sources, and CPI(M) received 48.77% (Rs 84.1775 cr) from donations and 51.23% (Rs 88.4255 cr) from other sources.

Observations of ADR

INC, CPI(M) and BJP parties submitted their audit reports after a delay of 18 days to 56 days.
The most common and popular items of expenditure for National parties for FY 2024-25 are election expenses and administrative/general expenses.
In FY 2024-25, national parties declared a total income of Rs 7960.099 cr, of which 85.08% (Rs 6772.53 cr) came from donations/contributions.
During FY 2034-25, out of the 6 National parties, only 2 Parties (INC - Rs 350.1215 cr and CPI(M) - Rs 10.41 cr) declared receiving a total income of Rs 360.532 cr from Sale of Coupons.

Recommendations of ADR

The Supreme Court gave a judgment on September 13, 2013 declaring that no part of a candidate’s affidavit should be left blank. Along the same lines, we recommend that the Election Commission India impose rules that no part of the Form 24A submitted by political parties providing details of donations above Rs 20,000 should be left blank.
Full details of all donors should be made available for public scrutiny under the RTI. Some countries where this is done include Bhutan, Nepal, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Bulgaria, the US and Japan. In none of these countries is it possible for 70% of the source of funds to be unknown.
According to the Finance Act, 2017, Section 13A of the IT Act was amended to state that tax exemption will be given to registered political parties “Provided also that such political party furnishes a return of income for the previous year in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (4B) of section 139 on or before the due date under that section.” Thus, any party which does not submit its IT returns on or before the due date, their income should not be tax-exempt and defaulting parties should be derecognized.
Those parties not following the ICAI guidelines for auditing of reports should be scrutinized by the IT department.
All political parties must provide all information on their finances under the Right to Information Act. This will only strengthen political parties, elections and democracy.