Bjp got maximum corporate donations
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), in its report specified that various sectors of business houses donated maximum to bhartiya janta party .analysis of last year shows that Out of 5 National parties, BJP received the maximum donations of Rs. 720.407 cr from 2025 corporate donors followed by INC which received a total contribution of Rs.133.04 cr from 154 corporate donors, and NCP with Rs. 57.086 cr from 36 corporate donors.
During FY 2019-20, the voluntary contributions above Rs. 20,000 from corporate/business houses of INC, NCP and BJP are 96%, 95% and 92% respectively.
CPI declared no income from corporate donations for FY 2019-20.
Year-wise corporate donations to National Parties
National parties have received the maximum corporate donations of Rs 921.95 cr in the FY 2019-20 (during which the 17th Lok Sabha elections were held), followed by Rs 881.26 cr in the FY 2018-19 and Rs 573.18 cr in the FY 2014-15 (during which the 16th Lok Sabha elections were held).
Corporate donations received in FY 2019-20 constituted 24.62% of the total corporate donations received between FY 2012-13 and 2019-20.
Between FY 2012-13 and 2019-20, donations from corporates to National parties increased by 1024%, with a drop in the percentage of corporate donations in FY 2015-16.
Donations from corporates to National parties increased by 109% between FY 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Top corporate donors to National Parties
Prudent Electoral Trust was the top donor to two of the National parties namely BJP and INC in the FY 2019-20. The Trust donated 38 times in a single year to the two parties each, amounting to a total of Rs 247.75 cr.
BJP declared receiving Rs 216.75 cr and INC was the recipient of Rs 31.00 cr from Prudent Electoral Trust.
B.G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. was the top donor to NCP in FY 2019-20.