New Delhi, May 27 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent Rs.57.65 crore on electioneering in Delhi polls 2025, according to the expenditure report filed by the saffron party with the Election Commission of India. This is about 40 per cent more than Rs.41.06 crore that the party party spent on Delhi elections five years ago in 2020.

With 48 of the 70 seats, the BJP returned to power in Delhi after 27 years ending the ten-year-rule of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the elections held in February this year. The AAP finished second with 22 seats while the Congress drew blank for the third straight election in the national capital.

The saffron party spent Rs.18.5 crore on 68 candidates - including Rs.25 lakh to each of them ...