Lok Sabha Elections To Be Costly Affair In Terms Of Expenditure!

India is not just a growing soft power but also a big democratic nation. India is dubbed as the biggest democracy in the world and it is no wonder that the elections are getting the attention of the world. As an example of this, the international media is also covering the elections and related issues.

The Lok Sabha elections are underway and the first phase of elections has concluded already. Now an interesting thing has come out on the cost of the elections. A firm said that the Lok Sabha elections will go down as the costliest polls in the world.

Centre for Media Studies (CMS) which has been tracing the elections for over three decades said that the estimated cost for the Lok Sabha elections is Rs 1.35 lakh crore. The amount which is seen as the estimated cost is quite high. There was a big jump in the estimated cost compared to the previous elections.

CMS said that as much as Rs 60,000 cr were spent in 2029 polls and the same increased by over two folds for the 2024 polls. The costs include all the costs that come from various corners and parties.

The firm said that the estimated costs include the money which was spent by Election Commission, parties, government, candidates and other organisations. It is said that the estimation was changed after the electoral bonds issue came to light due to the push of money through the bonds.

As a crackdown on the estimation costs, the first said that on average Rs 1400 would be spent on a single voter which is more than the US. There are as many as 96.6 cr voters in the country and the money which might be spent on the elections on various aspects would be Rs 1.35 lakh crore. Earlier it was predicted that the estimated costs would be Rs 1.2 lakh crore which was later changed to Rs 1.35 lakh crore.