Election commission publishes Electoral bonds details: On the orders of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has made public the information received from SBI on electoral bonds. The Commission uploaded the data of election donations received from SBI on its website on Thursday. The Supreme Court had asked the Election Commission to make this information public by March 15. The Supreme Court had canceled the electoral bond scheme of the central government, calling it unconstitutional.
The Election Commission has uploaded the data released by SBI in two parts. According to the Commission data, the buyers of electoral bonds include Grasim Industries, Megha Engineering, Piramal Enterprises, Torrent Power, Bharti Airtel, DLF Commercial Developers, Vedanta Limited, Apollo Tyres, Lakshmi Mittal, Edelweiss, PVR, Keventer, Sula Wine, Welspun, And Sun Pharma.
Which parties encashed electoral bonds?
According to Election Commission data, the parties that have encashed electoral bonds include BJP, Congress, AIADMK, BRS, Shiv Sena, TDP, YSR Congress, DMK, JDS, NCP, TMC, JDU, RJD, AAP and SP.
Top 20 donors of political parties
According to the Election Commission, the top 20 donors, including Future Gaming, Megha Engineering and Quixplychain Private Limited, purchased bonds worth Rs 5,420.30 crore, 44.59% of the total electoral bonds between April 2019 and January 2024.
| company | Electoral Bond (in Rs) |
| Future Gaming & Hotel Service Pvt Ltd | 1,368 crores |
| Megha Engineering & Infrastructure Limited | 966 crores |
| Quick Supply Chain Private Limited | 410 crores |
| Vedanta Limited | 400 million |
| Haldia Energy Limited | 377 crores |
| Bharti Group | 247 crores |
| Essel Mining and Industry Limited | 224 crores |
| Western UP Power Transmission Company Limited | 220 crores |
| Keventer Food Park Infra Limited | 195 crores |
| Medanlal Limited | 185 crores |
| Bharatiya Airtel Limited | 183 crores |
| Yashoda Super Specialty Hospital | 162 crores |
| Utkal Alumina International Limited | 135.3 crores |
| DLF Commercial Developer Limited | 130 crores |
| MKJ Enterprises Limited | 128.35 crores |
| Jindal Steel and Power Limited | 123 crores |
| BG Shirke Construction Technology Pvt Ltd | 117 crores |
| Dhariwal Infrastructure Limited | 115 crores |
| Chennai Green Woods Private Limited | 105 crores |
| rare carbon | 105 crores |
| Rungta Sons Private Limited | 100 crores |
See here the complete list of those who bought electoral bonds