As per the Supreme Court’s directives, the State Bank of India (SBI) submitted electoral bond data to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 12, 2024. Today, the ECI has posted this data on its website, sourced directly from SBI, at the following URL: Electoral Bonds Data
SBI has provided two sets of data:
1. Information on bond purchasers, including their names, purchase dates, and bond denominations.
2. Details of political parties, including names, encashment dates, and bond denominations.
Establishing precise connections between donors and political parties is highly challenging.
Top contributors to electoral bonds:
1. Future Gaming And Hotel Services (Lottery Martin) – ₹1,368 crore
2. Megha Engineering And Infrastructure Ltd – ₹980 crore
Contributors to political parties via electoral bonds encompass Grasim Industries Limited, Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited, Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Muthoot Finance Limited, Pegasus Properties Private Limited, Vedanta Limited, Bajaj Finance Ltd, Bharti Airtel Limited.
Contributors to political parties through electoral bonds comprise Finolex Cables Ltd, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, Edelweiss Housing Finance Ltd, GHCL Ltd, Jindal Poly Films Limited, ITC Limited, Vedanta Limited.
In 2019, Grasim donated more than 20 crore rupees through Electoral Bonds.
Gujarat Fluorochemicals made a donation exceeding 10 crore rupees.
Sun Pharma’s contribution via Electoral Bonds surpassed 25 crore rupees in 2019.
Vedanta’s Electoral Bonds donation exceeded 40 crore rupees in 2019.
Qwik Supply Chain, backed by Reliance Industries, donated over 410 crore through Electoral Bonds.
Navayuga Engineering Company Limited, which was tasked with constructing the tunnel that collapsed in Uttarakhand last year, donated over 55 crore rupees via electoral bonds.
