Elections have a financial aspect to them. It's perhaps as risky as the bets made in stock markets. While parties pour money into poll campaigns, the returns at the ballot box are subject to voter sentiment. In one such recent bet in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to have gained big. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the balance sheet shows that the BJP spent the most money overall, but barely scratched into its massive reserves.
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The Congress, on the other hand, spent a smaller amount but put a much larger share of its limited funds at stake. Despite spending 28% of its reserves, it won just six seats.
Nearly four months after the election results were declared, political parties have submitted their expenditure statements to the Election Commission of India.
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