In West Bengal, the party declared ₹217.16 crore for general campaigning and ₹69.83 crore for candidates and related costs. The Congress reported ₹42.08 crore in the state, while the CPI(M) declared ₹8.23 crore. The Trinamool Congress’s expenditure statement was not yet public when the figures were reported.
Across the five contests, Congress reported total spending of ₹248.55 crore. Its West Bengal figure was only part of that sum: the party reported ₹105.34 crore in Kerala, compared with ₹82.67 crore for the BJP. The CPI(M)’s Kerala unit reported ₹28.60 crore.
The filings offer an early view of how the parties funded campaigns across the states. They record declared expenses, not the full cost of election activity by every political actor; the report notes that the Trinamool Congress filing had not been released.