Parliament Elections 2024: Expensive Indian Parliament Elections.. Do you know how much it will cost? | Telugu News

Parliament Elections 2024: India is the largest democratic country in the world. The general election held in our country is considered as a festival of democracy. Thousands of crores of rupees will be spent in various forms in this campaign. According to experts, the cost of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is expected to reach Rs.1.35 lakh crore, the highest in the world. According to the Open Secrets organization of superpower America, it has exceeded the expenditure of 2020 US elections (Rs. 1.2 lakh crores). It is said that the total number of voters in that country is 06.6 crore. In India, 600 thousand crores were spent on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It is noteworthy that this time the cost will be more than double.

Observation for 35 years..

Center for Media Studies (CMS), a voluntary organization, has been closely monitoring Indian election spending for 35 years. Chairman of the organization Bhaskar Rao predicted that the 2024 elections will incur huge expenses in this scheme. It is explained that this comprehensive expenditure includes all election-related expenses incurred by the Election Commission, governments, candidates, various organizations and political parties.

Three or four months ago.

CMS has estimated that the election expenditure will be Rs 1.2 lakh crore first. However, on the basis of disclosure of details of electoral bonds and calculation of all election-related expenses, we have estimated that this cost will increase to Rs.1.35 lakh crore. The CMS chief explained that the expenses incurred from three to four months before the announcement of election dates will be included. Apart from election bonds, money will continue to flow in various ways.

The actual cost is much higher.

The actual cost is much higher.
According to the CMS estimate, the campaign expenses of the parties and candidates before the elections, public meetings, transportation, bargaining of leaders including workers and influencers at the field level are a part of this. Out of the total estimates, the cost incurred by the Election Commission for the conduct of elections is only 10 to 15 percent. 30 percent of the election expenditure is campaign expenditure through various media. Bhaskara Rao said that the actual expenditure during this 45-day campaign would be more than the expenditure seen.

45 percent belongs to that party..

Parties and candidates explore various ways to avoid falling under the expenditure limits imposed by the Election Commission of India. It is estimated that Rs.60 thousand crores were spent in the 2019 elections.. 45 percent of this was spent by BJP. The CMS chief said that it is likely to increase massively in the current elections. He said that the role of digital platforms in the campaign has increased. Bhaskara Rao has explained in his recently written book 'Next Big Game Changer of Elections' that faith is increasing in money rather than ideology.