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Electoral bond disclosures: Mapping the changing dynamics of donations

Donations have become less spread out than before

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Sachin P MampattaAnoushka Sawhney Mumbai/New Delhi

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The political preferences of the biggest electoral bond donors show subtle shifts over the years.

The share of multiple smaller recipients has come down in all of them, shows a Business Standard analysis of the top three donors each year, based on numbers collated by tracker myneta.info.
 
Key individual parties have cornered a larger share, with some favouring regional and others national players.
 
The largest donor through electoral bonds for which data is available is Future Gaming and Hotel Services. It donated to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), All India Trinamool Congress and the YSR Congress in

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