Political parties spend crores and billions of rupees during elections in the country. Apart from this, pictures of crores of rupees in cash being seized in every election also emerge. In simple language, money is spent like water in any state or Lok Sabha elections. But today we are going to tell you the figures of the last five elections. Hearing this figure you will say that the entire economy of a small country will be this much. Know what the data says.
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Lok Sabha elections are going to be held in the country in the next few months. During election campaign, all the parties spend a lot of money on publicity. According to the information, about 8 billion dollars i.e. 55 thousand crore rupees were spent in the last Lok Sabha elections. This election had destroyed all the records of countries around the world in terms of expenditure.
According to the information, like the last Lok Sabha elections, this time too India’s elections are going to be the most expensive in the world. If we add the one-time expenditure for elections from Gram Panchayat to Lok Sabha, it crosses Rs 10 lakh crore. Let us tell you that even after combining the budgets of many big states, this amount is not available. According to the Center for Media Studies, if all the elections are held in a week, then Rs 3 to 5 lakh crore can be saved. According to the report, Rs 1.20 lakh crore is expected to be spent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In this also the biggest part is the campaign campaign of the candidates.
Highest expenditure on assembly elections
Let us tell you that there are 4,500 assembly seats across the country. The cost of conducting their elections once is Rs 3 lakh crore. There are a total of 500 seats in the Municipal Corporation. One lakh crore rupees are spent on their elections. Apart from this, about Rs 4.30 lakh crore is spent on elections for 650 Zilla Parishad seats, 7,000 Mandal seats and 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayat seats.
Spending limit up to Rs 70 lakh
Lok Sabha Elections A candidate can spend between Rs 50 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. However, sometimes it depends on which state the candidate is contesting from. In all other states except Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and Sikkim (spending limit Rs 54 lakh), a candidate can spend a maximum of Rs 70 lakh on campaigning. This limit is 70 lakh for Delhi and 54 lakh for other union territories. Whereas the maximum expenditure limit for assembly elections is between Rs 20 lakh to Rs 28 lakh.
Statistics of last five elections
The expenditure on elections is increasing every day. In the last 2019 elections, this expenditure had reached Rs 550 billion. A comparison of the last five elections shows that these expenses have increased more than five times. Let us tell you that in 1999, about Rs 100 crore was spent. Whereas Rs 141 crore was spent in 2004, Rs 200 crore in 2009 and Rs 300 crore in 2014.
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