Google Ad Transparency data shows the BJP spent around ₹19 cr in 2023.This included advertisements during assembly elections and also on ads highlighting the achievement of the Modi government through the year. These are Youtube ads .
This year’s Lok Sabha elections will raise spending exponentially. The BJP spent ₹17 cr on Google Ads in the 2019 LS election.
The spent last year was primarily for assembly elections. For the high-stakes Karnataka assembly polls, the party spent ₹7.2 cr on Google ads. The elections went against the party.
In Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, the BJP spent 7.71 cr on Google Ads.
The KCR-led BRS stood second with an ad spend of ₹12.1 cr for Telangana assembly elections. The Congress spent Rs 4.59 crores on Google Ads and almost all of it was spent during the Karnataka election.In MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, Congress spent a paltry sum on Google Ads.