India Votes - 2009: Crores and crores of expenditure

The following statement shows the total expenditure incurred in the revision of electoral rolls and the conducting of Elections to the Lok Sabha, since the First General Elections held in 1952
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Year of Elections and Total Amount (in Rs.) (Provisional)
1952 10,45,00,000
1957 5,90,00,000
1962 7,32,00,000
1967 10,79,69,000
1971 11,60,87,450
1977 23,03,68,000
1980 54,77,39,000
1984 81,51,34,000
1989 1,54,22,00,000
1991 359,10,24,679
1996 597,34,41,000
1998 666,22,16,000*
1999 880,00,00,000**
2004 1300,00,00,000***

* Including the demand of election expenditure incurred on Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra
**Approximate figures
*** Provisional