Donations made to six political parties based in Gujarat were more than those made to national parties, except the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the financial year 2023-’24, BBC News Hindi reported on Friday.The six parties categorised as registered unrecognised political parties were the Aam Janmat Party, Bharatiya National Janata Dal, Garib Kalyan Party, New India United Party, Satyawadi Rakshak Party and the Swatantrata Abhivyakti Party.The six parties received donations of Rs 1,700 crore during the fiscal year 2023-’24, BBC reported citing data from the Election Commission and the Association for Democratic Reforms poll watchdog.Five parties recognised as national parties at the time – the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the National People’s Party – had received donations of Rs 1,480 crore.The Aam Janmat Party had received Rs 620 crore in donations in the fiscal year, more than double of the Congress’ Rs 281 crore, BBC reported.The financial year included the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections held in April and May that year.While the five national parties had fielded 893 candidates in the 2024 general election, the six Gujarat-based parties had fielded 15 candidates.Of the six registered unrecognised parties, four were based in one area of Ahmedabad, Naroda.In August 2025, Dainik Bhaskar had reported that 10 “anonymous parties” in Gujarat had received Rs 4,300 crore as funds between 2019-’20 and 2023-’24, even though they rarely contested polls.This period encompassed the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 and 2024, and the 2022 Assembly elections in the state. The 10 parties had fielded only 43 candidates in the polls, who garnered only 54,069 votes in total, the newspaper reported.The 10 parties included five of the six registered unrecognised parties the BBC reported about on Friday.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had at the time urged the Election Commission to respond to the report, asking how these parties received thousands of crores of rupees and where the money went.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.