New Delhi, April 8 -- Five national parties of India, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, received donations of Rs.2262.5 crore from as many as 3755 contributors in the 2023-24 financial year.

According to an analysis by the election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), this is about 89 per cent of the total donations received by these parties through individual donors in FY 2023-24.

There are six national parties in India. Apart from the Congress party, the other national parties are the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), the National People's Party (NPEP), the Communist Party of India M) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The ADR analysed donations of Rs.20,000 or more in 2023-24, as mentioned in reports sub...