There has been a big decline in the donations received by Congress in the financial year 2025-26. The party has received a total of Rs 130.69 crore in donations of more than Rs 20 thousand. this amount Rs 517.39 crore received in the last financial year 2024-25 It is about 75 percent less than . This is the biggest annual decline in Congress donations in the last decade.
This information has come to light from the analysis of Congress’s contribution report submitted to the Election Commission. According to the report, the party had received Rs 517.39 crore in donations of more than Rs 20,000 in 2024-25. At the same time, in 2025-26 this amount reduced to Rs 130.69 crore. This means that in one year the party received less donations of about Rs 386.70 crore.
Less donations received from Prudent Trust
A major reason for the decline in donations to Congress is the reduction in the amount received from the Prudent Electoral Trust. This trust had given Rs 216.34 crore to Congress in 2024-25. But its contribution dropped to only Rs 25 crore in 2025-26. That means the amount received from the trust has decreased by about 88 percent.
Prudent Electoral Trust is recorded as the only electoral trust in the party’s latest contribution report. Additionally, Star Cement donated Rs 5 crore to the Congress. Whereas, Sajjan Bhajanka contributed Rs 4 crore and Prem Kumar Bhajanka contributed Rs 2 crore.
Biggest decline since 2015-16
If we look at the figures of the last 12 financial years, a bigger decline in Congress’s donations was recorded in 2015-16. At that time, the donations received by the party had declined by about 86 percent from Rs 141.46 crore in the previous financial year. However, there was a steady increase in Congress’s donations in recent years. In the financial year 2023-24, the party had received Rs 281.48 crore. After this, during the Lok Sabha elections in 2024-25, this amount increased to Rs 517.39 crore. But there was a huge reduction in it in 2025-26.
BJP had received 12 times more donations than Congress.
Congress is far behind BJP in terms of donations. In the financial year 2024-25, BJP had received Rs 6,074.02 crore in donations of more than Rs 20 thousand. This amount was about 12 times more than the donations received by Congress. However, BJP’s donation data for the financial year 2025-26 is not available yet. The Election Commission has not yet made public the contribution report of BJP. In the data of last 12 financial years, every time BJP has received more donations than Congress.
Electoral bond amount separate
Donations received from electoral bonds have not been included in these figures. When the Electoral Bond Scheme was in force, details of the amount received from it were given separately. If the amount received from electoral bonds is also included, the total donation received by Congress in 2025-26 was the lowest after 2020-21. It is also important to note here that the contribution report does not take into account the entire income of the party. The total income of Congress also includes small donations, membership fees, sale of coupons and interest on bank deposits.
The audit report of Congress for the financial year 2025-26 has not yet been made public. In such a situation, the complete picture of the party’s total income and expenditure is yet to be revealed. In the financial year 2024-25, Congress had earned Rs 350.12 crore only through coupons.
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