The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent ₹57.65 crore on electioneering in Delhi polls 2025, according to the expenditure report filed by the saffron party with the Election Commission of India. This is about 40 per cent more than ₹41.06 crore that the party party spent on Delhi elections five years ago in 2020.
With 48 of the 70 seats, the BJP returned to power in Delhi after 27 years ending the ten-year-rule of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the elections held in February this year. The AAP finished second with 22 seats while the Congress drew blank for the third straight election in the national capital.
The saffron party spent ₹18.5 crore on 68 candidates — including ₹25 lakh to each of them – according to the election expenditure report available on the ECI website. The party had earlier submitted part expenditure report. However, the complete details were made available on the ECI website on 26 May, Monday.
The AAP spent ₹14.5 crore on campaigning during the Delhi Assembly elections while the Congress party spent ₹46.18 crore, according to the expenditure reports filed by the two parties earlier.
A candidate can spend up to ₹40 lakh for campaigning during assembly elections,and a party can spend as much for a seat. The expenditure by the parties doesn’t reflect the money spent by candidates during elections.
All parties have to sumit election expenditure details before the Election Commission of India.
₹39.14 cr on General Progapaganda
The BJP party spent ₹39.14 crore on ‘general party propaganda,’ according to the expenditure report. Of this, ₹29 crore was spent on media advertising.
While ₹1.18 crore went to DB Corp, which publishes Danik Bhaskar, ₹11.8 lakh to Bharat Prakashan, which publishes Organiser and Panchjanya, the mouthpiece of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), widely regarded as political mentor of the BJP.
About ₹9.44 lakh were spent on publicity in Aadhyaasi Media, and Kovai Media, which publish OpIndia, Swarajya respectively. Another ₹1.18 crore was paid to One97 Communications, which owns Paytm, a digital and financial services technology company, according to the expenditure report .
The BJP spent ₹39.14 crore on ‘general party propaganda’.
The BJP’s Delhi unit began the 2025 Delhi Assembly Election with a balance of ₹89.92 crore and received an additional ₹93.42 lakh during the election period and ended the polls with a balance of ₹91.1 crore, as per the report.
The BJP’s Delhi state unit spent more than ₹25 crore in advertisements.
This is about 40 percent more than the ₹41.06 crore that the party spent on Delhi elections five years ago.
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