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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

Avg. Expenditure Declared by Candidates (Lok Sabha Elections 2024)

Legal Provisions
l As per section 10A of RP Act 1951: Disquali cation for failure to lodge l Section 78 of RP act 1951: Lodging of account with District Election
account for election expenses: a person who failed to lodge an account of Officer: within 30 days from the date of election of the returned candidate,
election expenses within time and manner required and has no good reason contesting candidates should lodge with the DEO 'true copy' of election
or justi cation for the failure shall be disquali ed for a period of three years. expenses kept by him / his election agent.
l Section 77 of RP act 1951: Account of Election Expenses and maximum l Section 29C of RP Act 1951 provides for details of contributions in
thereof: Candidate / Election Agent shall keep a separate and correct excess of Rs. 20,000/- received by political parties needed to be submitted
account of election expenditure incurred / authorized between date of to Election Commission of India.
nomination and declaration of results.

T42.1 Top 50 PCs with highest expenditure
Avg Avg Avg Avg
PC PC
State/UTs PC Name Total Exp. Per Exp. Per State/UTs PC Name Total Exp. Per Exp. Per
No. No.
Elector Voter Elector Voter
Punjab 9 Faridkot ₹ 4,19,94,722.00 ₹ 26.34 ₹ 41.40 Bihar 18 Siwan ₹ 2,69,29,610.00 ₹ 14.20 ₹ 26.98
Punjab 6 Anandpur Sahib ₹ 3,77,05,704.00 ₹ 21.77 ₹ 35.01 Tamil Nadu 25 Perambalur ₹ 2,68,30,314.00 ₹ 18.55 ₹ 23.76
Punjab 12 Sangrur ₹ 3,72,72,683.00 ₹ 23.94 ₹ 36.92 Maharashtra 5 Buldhana ₹ 2,67,50,105.00 ₹ 15.01 ₹ 24.11
Punjab 11 Bathinda ₹ 3,68,29,924.00 ₹ 22.31 ₹ 31.99 Kerala 12 Ernakulam ₹ 2,67,44,256.00 ₹ 20.20 ₹ 29.37
Punjab 13 Patiala ₹ 3,54,57,510.00 ₹ 19.63 ₹ 30.79 Kerala 15 Alappuzha ₹ 2,66,74,755.00 ₹ 19.05 ₹ 25.20
Tamil Nadu 20 Coimbatore ₹ 3,48,74,137.00 ₹ 16.56 ₹ 25.40 Bihar 39 Nawada ₹ 2,65,71,225.00 ₹ 13.25 ₹ 30.55
Maharashtra 7 Amravati ₹ 3,40,93,114.00 ₹ 18.57 ₹ 29.05 Tamil Nadu 10 Dharmapuri ₹ 2,65,24,924.00 ₹ 17.39 ₹ 21.26
Punjab 7 Ludhiana ₹ 3,39,21,472.00 ₹ 19.29 ₹ 32.03 Tamil Nadu 18 Tiruppur ₹ 2,64,97,818.00 ₹ 16.47 ₹ 23.19
Maharashtra 19 Aurangabad ₹ 3,36,80,370.00 ₹ 16.35 ₹ 25.86 Punjab 8 Fatehgarh Sahib ₹ 2,64,67,720.00 ₹ 17.05 ₹ 27.17
Haryana 4 Hisar ₹ 3,19,89,279.00 ₹ 17.86 ₹ 27.25 Tamil Nadu 29 Nagapattinam ₹ 2,60,89,263.00 ₹ 19.40 ₹ 26.81
Punjab 5 Hoshiarpur ₹ 3,17,06,918.00 ₹ 19.79 ₹ 33.43 Kerala 13 Idukki ₹ 2,56,49,009.00 ₹ 20.52 ₹ 30.51
Jammu and Kashmir 3 Anantnag-Rajouri ₹ 3,14,17,050.00 ₹ 17.11 ₹ 30.62 Telangana 9 Hyderabad ₹ 2,55,97,570.00 ₹ 11.55 ₹ 23.69
Punjab 1 Gurdaspur ₹ 3,11,70,203.00 ₹ 19.42 ₹ 28.92 Kerala 4 Wayanad ₹ 2,52,97,008.00 ₹ 17.30 ₹ 23.32
Maharashtra 11 Bhandara Gondiya ₹ 3,10,89,316.00 ₹ 17.01 ₹ 25.17 Maharashtra 17 Parbhani ₹ 2,52,16,949.00 ₹ 11.88 ₹ 18.94
Jammu and Kashmir 2 Srinagar ₹ 3,04,99,217.00 ₹ 17.45 ₹ 45.17 Tamil Nadu 31 Sivaganga ₹ 2,51,70,375.23 ₹ 15.41 ₹ 23.89
Punjab 4 Jalandhar ₹ 3,02,07,030.00 ₹ 18.26 ₹ 30.54 Telangana 11 Mahbubnagar ₹ 2,50,19,441.00 ₹ 14.87 ₹ 20.41
Punjab 2 Amritsar ₹ 2,93,47,989.00 ₹ 18.21 ₹ 32.41 Kerala 17 Pathanamthitta ₹ 2,46,21,645.00 ₹ 17.22 ₹ 26.78
Kerala 20 Thiruvananthapuram ₹ 2,87,46,183.00 ₹ 20.09 ₹ 29.85 Uttar Pradesh 48 Banda ₹ 2,45,67,648.00 ₹ 14.06 ₹ 23.53
Tamil Nadu 21 Pollachi ₹ 2,82,75,378.00 ₹ 17.70 ₹ 25.11 Tamil Nadu 35 Ramanathapuram ₹ 2,45,06,731.00 ₹ 15.15 ₹ 22.08
Punjab 10 Firozpur ₹ 2,80,69,900.00 ₹ 16.81 ₹ 24.95 Telangana 12 Nagarkurnool ₹ 2,43,28,991.00 ₹ 14.00 ₹ 19.95
Kerala 11 Chalakudy ₹ 2,80,06,861.00 ₹ 21.37 ₹ 29.44 Kerala 19 Attingal ₹ 2,42,95,819.00 ₹ 17.39 ₹ 24.66
Tamil Nadu 36 Thoothukkudi ₹ 2,77,64,502.00 ₹ 19.04 ₹ 28.37 Kerala 8 Palakkad ₹ 2,42,18,336.00 ₹ 17.32 ₹ 23.38
Maharashtra 48 Hatkanangale ₹ 2,76,46,642.00 ₹ 15.24 ₹ 21.33 Assam 2 Dhubri ₹ 2,42,01,480.00 ₹ 9.10 ₹ 9.86
Tamil Nadu 37 Tenkasi ₹ 2,73,88,406.00 ₹ 17.95 ₹ 26.36 Tamil Nadu 23 Karur ₹ 2,39,53,445.00 ₹ 16.75 ₹ 21.16
Tamil Nadu 19 Nilgiris ₹ 2,73,33,825.00 ₹ 19.14 ₹ 26.83 Maharashtra 21 Nashik ₹ 2,39,20,032.00 ₹ 11.78 ₹ 19.33

Maximum Expenditure Limit for Candidates in a
Fact
Parliamentary Constituency (PC) / Assembly Constituency (AC)
l Maximum Expenditure Limit for Candidates: Election Sl. PC (Rs.) AC (Rs.)
expenditure permitted to Candidates were subject to No. Name of the States / UTs
ceiling levels. The maximum limit of election expenses has 1 Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, 95.00 Lacs 40.00 Lacs
been revised in year 2022 considering the increase in the Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
number of electors, cost in ation index and virtual Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand,
campaigns. The latest Maximum Expenditure Limit for
Candidates in a Parliamentary Constituency and Assembly Jharkhand, Telangana, Delhi** and Jammu & Kashmir**
Constituency prescribed under Rule 90 of the Conduct of 2 Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura 95.00 Lacs 28.00 Lacs
Elections Rules, 1961 amended by M/o Law & Justice vide 3 Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar 75.00 Lacs 28.00 Lacs
its Noti cation No. SO72(E), dated 6th January, 2022 is as Islands*, Chandigarh*, Dadra & Nagar Haveli * and Daman
shown in the table alongside. & Diu*, Lakshadweep*, Puducherry** and Ladakh*
**Both PC and AC *Only PC

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