Election Commission makes public new electoral bonds data
Election Commission releases new data on electoral bonds purchased and redeemed by political parties.
The Election Commission released new data regarding electoral bonds purchased by individuals and redeemed by political parties on its website on Sunday.
The poll body last week disclosed electoral bonds data received from the State Bank of India for the period after April 2019.
The Election Commission had previously submitted data on electoral bonds purchased in a sealed cover to the Supreme Court on April 12, 2019. The newly released data is likely of electoral bonds purchased before April 2019.
ALSO READ- Electoral bonds: BRS 4th largest recipient, DMK got ₹509 crore from Santiago Martin's firm
Political parties complied with the Supreme Court's interim order from April 12, 2019, submitting electoral bond data in sealed covers, said the poll panel.
Following the Supreme Court's directive from March 15, 2024, the Court's registry returned physical copies and a digitised record on a pen drive in a sealed cover. The Election Commission has now uploaded this digitised data onto its website for public access, it said in the statement.
Key takeaways from ECI electoral bonds data
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) encashed electoral bonds amounting to ₹6,986.5 crore, with the highest sum of ₹2,555 crore received in the financial year 2019-20.
• Congress redeemed a total of ₹1,334.35 crore through electoral bonds.
• The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) encashed electoral bonds worth ₹944.5 crore, the YSR Congress ₹442.8 crore, and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ₹181.35 crore.
This is developing news. Please get back to check for updates.
