Top 10 Donors To Political Parties In India Revealed — Check Full List

In the financial year 2023-24, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received the lion’s share of political donations, collecting over Rs 2,243 crore from 8,358 contributions, according to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). 

This amount is more than six times the combined donations declared by the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), National People’s Party (NPEP), and CPI(M).

The Congress followed with Rs 281.48 crore from 1,994 donations. The data, compiled from submissions to the Election Commission, covers only those donations above Rs 20,000 made to national political parties.

1. Prudent Electoral Trust

• Total Donations: Rs 880 crore

• To BJP: Rs 723.6 crore (32.25% of BJP’s total funds)

• To Congress: Rs 156.4 crore (55.56% of Congress’s total funds)

• This trust remains the single largest donor to national political parties.

2. Triumph Electoral Trust

• Donated Rs 127.5 crore exclusively to BJP.

3. ITC Infotech India Ltd

• Donated Rs 80 crore (beneficiary party not specified in the report but part of the top donors list).

4. Acme Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd.

• Contributed Rs 51 crore (party-wise split not disclosed).

5. Derive Investments

• Donated Rs 50 crore to BJP and Rs 3.2 crore to Congress.

6. Rungta Sons Private Limited

• Gave Rs 50 crore (beneficiary party not mentioned).

7. Bharat Biotech International Ltd

• Donated Rs 50 crore (party not specified).

8. Dinesh Chandra R. Agarwal Infracon Pvt. Ltd.

• Gave Rs 30 crore to BJP.

9. Dilip Buildcon Ltd.

• Contributed Rs 29 crore (party details not mentioned).

10. Macrotech Developers Ltd.

• Donated Rs 27 crore.

The ADR report shows that corporate and business sectors accounted for a dominant share of political donations – Rs 2,262.5 crore through 3,755 contributions – forming 88.9% of the total donations to national parties.

The BJP attracted the majority of these corporate donations, receiving Rs 2,064.58 crore from 3,478 business-related contributions. The party also received Rs 169.13 crore from 4,628 individual donors.

Congress secured Rs 190.3 crore from corporates and Rs 90.9 crore from 1,882 individuals.

With Rs 2,064.5 crore from corporate donors alone, the BJP received more than nine times the total corporate donations reported by all other national parties combined in FY 23-24.