Association For Democratic Reforms

Funnel of funding transparency: Here're donations made by corporate houses

The ADR said 16 of the 23 electoral trusts submitted details of their contribution for 2020-21 (FY21) to the Election Commission of India

Unknown sources contributed Rs 15,077 cr to parties from 2005-21: ADR

The national parties have collected more than Rs 15,077.97 crore from unknown sources between 2004-05 and 2020-21, an analysis by the poll rights body -- Association for Democratic Reforms, showed. The total income of national and regional parties from unknown sources for 2020-21 stands at Rs 690.67 crore. ADR considered eight national parties and 27 regional parties for this analysis. The national parties comprised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Community Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and National People's Party (NPEP). The regional parties included AAP, AGP, AIADMK, AIFB, AIMIM, AIUDF, BJD, CPI(ML)(L), DMDK, DMK, GFP, JDS, JDU, JMM, KC-M, MNS, NDPP, NPF, PMK, RLD, SAD, SDF, Shivsena, SKM, TDP, TRS and YSR-Congress. The analysis conducted on the basis of the parties' Income Tax Returns (ITR) and donations statements

72% Bihar ministers have declared criminal cases against them: ADR

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tops the list of the political parties having maximum number of ministers with criminal charges against them.

Goa polls winners won by average of 41% of total votes polled: ADR

ADR and Goa Election Watch analysed the vote share for all the 40 constituencies in the Goa Assembly Elections, 2022

Story in numbers: BJP gets highest corporate donation in 2019-20

National parties received the maximum corporate donations of Rs 921.95 cr in the FY 2019-20 (during which the 17th Lok Sabha elections were held), followed by Rs 881.26 cr in the FY 2018-19

BJP received highest corporate donations of Rs 720 crore in 2019-20: ADR

The report said Prudent Electoral Trust was the top donor to the BJP and the Congress in 2019-20. The Trust donated 38 times in a single year to the two parties each, amounting to a total of Rs 247.75

44% newly sworn-in Goa ministers have criminal cases against them: ADR

According to the ADR report, serious criminals cases meant those offences which carry punishment of five years or more

BS Number Wise: In Indian elections, the rich win the vote

Politicians own wealth that the people whose support they seek will take decades to earn

SP has maximum candidates with criminal record in fifth phase: ADR

As per the analysis data released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), nearly 42 out of 59 candidates of SP have a criminal record

UP third phase election: SP fields 52 crorepati candidates, BJP 48

The UP Election Watch and the ADR said they have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 623 candidates out of 627 who are contesting the polls on February 20

UP Assembly elections: 25% candidates in second phase have criminal cases

According to an analysis released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) which has analysed affidavits of 584 out of 586 candidates, nearly 147 have criminal cases

Uttarakhand elections: 17% candidates have criminal record, says ADR

The Supreme Court had specifically instructed political parties to give reasons for such selection and why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected as candidates

All parties fielded candidates with criminal history in UP: ADR

Those having serious criminal cases against them include 17 from SP, 15 from RLD, 22 from BJP, 11 from Congress, 16 from BSP and five from AAP

At Rs 4,847.78 cr, BJP has highest assets among top 7 parties: ADR analysis

The total assets declared by seven national and 44 regional parties during FY 2019-2020 amounted to Rs 6,988.57 crore and Rs 2,129.38 crore respectively

National parties collected Rs 3,370 cr from unknown sources in 2019-20: ADR

National parties collected Rs 3,377.41 crore from unknown sources in the 2019-20 financial year, which was 70.98% of the total income of these parties, according to Association for Democratic Reforms

Electoral bonds worth Rs 3,429.56 crore redeemed by parties in 2019-20: ADR

Electoral bonds worth Rs 3,429.56 crore were redeemed by parties in 2019-20, and 87.29 per cent of this was received by four national parties the BJP, Congress, TMC and the NCP, poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. In a new report, the ADR said the BJP declared a total income of Rs 3,623.28 crore during the financial year 2019-20, but spent only 45.57 per cent (Rs 1,651.022 crore) of it. The Congress' total income in 2019-20 was Rs 682.21 crore. The party spent Rs 998.158 crore, which exceeds its income for that year by 46.31 per cent, it said. The TMC declared a total income of Rs 143.676 crore during FY 2019-20, and spent Rs 107.277 crore (74.67 per cent), the ADR report added. "As per the data shared by SBI in response to ADR's RTI application, electoral bonds worth Rs 3,429.5586 crore were redeemed by parties in FY 2019-20. Of this, 87.29 per cent was received by four national parties BJP, INC, AITC & NCP," it said. "The total amount of electoral

45% of MLAs who switched parties between 2016 and 2020 joined BJP: Report

As many as 170 MLAs deserted the Congress during the elections held between 2016 and 2020, while only 18 BJP legislators switched parties to contest the polls

Bihar elections 2020: 502 candidates face criminal charges in phase 2

A report by Association of Democratic Reforms revealed that the RJD has fielded the maximum number of tainted candidates in the second phase of elections

Bihar elections: RJD has maximum number of tainted legislators, says ADR

A report by Association of Democratic Reforms revealed that the RJD has the maximum number of tainted leaders followed by Congress while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has the least.

Of 9 Maharashtra MLCs elected, 8 have average assets worth Rs 28.9 cr

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all the nine winners. Of the nine, eight are crorepatis