Advertisement Budget: Amount Spent By BJP, Congress, AAP

1. ) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)


Amount Spend on the Platform:

Digital Platform (Google, YouTube, Facebook ): 30 Crore Per Year

Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat: 4.5 Crore

2013-2014: 308 Crore

2014-2015: 424.85 crore in print publicity, Rs 448.97 crore on electronic media and Rs 79.72 crore on outdoor publicity, totaling to Rs 953.54 crore.

2015-2016: 510.69 crore on print media, Rs 541.99 crore on electronic media and Rs 118.43 crore on outdoor publicity, or a total of Rs 1,171.11 crore.

2016-2017: Rs 463.38 crore, but for the electronic medium it increased over the previous year to Rs 613.78 crore, and rose to Rs 185.99 crore on outdoor publicity, totaling to Rs 1,263.15 crore.

2017-2018: There was a sharp drop in spending on electronic media over the previous year to Rs 475.13 crore and a significant drop in outdoor publicity expenses to Rs 147.10 crore.

Between April-December 2017 (nine-month period): The government spent Rs 333.23 crore on the print medium alone, with the total figure of last fiscal (April 2017-March 2018) coming to Rs 955.46 crore.

On Google: The total number of advertisements are 14,837.

On Facebook: The total number 2,649 advertisements worth Rs 4.3 crore.

Total Amount Spent: 4,343.26 crore on advertisements and publicity through different media, according to a RTI

2019 General Elections: 27,000 crore

 

2.) Indian National Congress (INC)


Digital Platform (Google, YouTube, Facebook (1.3 Crore)): 2.7 Crore Per Year

Total Amount Spend: Print media + Electronic Media and Outdoor Publicity total of Rs 1000 Crore Approx.

 

3. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam


On Google: 4 Crore

Total Amount Spend: Print media + Electronic Media and Outdoor Publicity total of Rs 600 Crore.

 

4. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP):


Total Amount Spend: Print media + Electronic Media and Outdoor Publicity total of Rs 500 Crore Approx.