Congress donations above ₹20,000 fall nearly 75 per cent to ₹130.69 crore, its biggest drop in a decade

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Congress donations above ₹20,000 fall nearly 75 per cent to ₹130.69 crore, its biggest drop in a decade

8 November 2026

The Election Commission of India (ECI) holds the contribution reports that parties file for donations above ₹20,000. An analysis of the Congress's filings shows such donations came to ₹130.69 crore in 2025-26, nearly 75 per cent less than the ₹517.39 crore of 2024-25, the year of the Lok Sabha elections. This is the steepest annual fall in a decade; the last steeper one was about 86 per cent in 2015-16. These figures leave out electoral bonds, which were reported separately. Donations through the Prudent Electoral Trust fell from ₹216.34 crore to ₹25 crore. The BJP's filing for 2024-25 showed ₹6,074.02 crore, but its 2025-26 report has not yet been made public by the Commission.

Congress donations 2025-26: ₹130.69 crore Congress donations 2024-25: ₹517.39 crore BJP donations 2024-25: ₹6,074.02 crore Disclosure threshold: Above ₹20,000

Why it matters for exams: Political funding transparency: who files contribution reports, the ₹20,000 disclosure threshold, and electoral trusts versus the struck-down electoral bonds.

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8 November 2026 Source: The Hindu

In plain words

Electoral trust A non-profit set up to receive voluntary contributions and pass them to parties — Prudent was the only electoral trust listed in Congress's latest report.