As it has become clearer over the four days of November that Delhi will see fresh polls, donations to the AAP have seen a sharp increase. Data maintained by the party’s website show that the average daily donation from Nov 1 to 4, was more than Rs 1 lakh. In October, the average donation per day was less than a quarter at Rs 24,377.



By 10 pm on Tuesday, hours after it was announced that the Delhi Assembly would be dissolved, collections rose to Rs 2.77 lakh. The last time donations were this high was on July 21 when the party collected Rs 3.17 lakh.

“First indication of a new election came on November 1. On that day itself, we collected over Rs 1 lakh, for the first time in a few months. As the days pass, money flow will only increase. This shows the people of Delhi still believe in the AAP,” a senior leader said.

The AAP has been heavily dependent on individual donors from across the country.

A senior party leader said, “A lack of funds was one of the reasons the party chose not to contest in Haryana and Maharashtra. It was an indicator that we were not very popular in those areas and needed further organisational strengthening. That is evidently not the case in Delhi.”

Over the next few weeks, the party will launch several campaigns, both online and door-to-door, soliciting contributions from people across India. In December 2013, the party had set a expenditure budget for around Rs 20 crore for the election campaign. And once it had achieved the target, people were asked to stop contributing. “We have not decided what the budget will be this year, but the principle will be the same,” a senior leader said.

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