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- The BJP spent Rs 287 crore in the West Bengal assembly elections out of a total of Rs 529 crore across five states.
- Election expenditure reports show the Congress spent Rs 249 crore across all five states, while the CPM spent Rs 39 crore.
- The BJP secured 207 seats in West Bengal, whereas the Congress won two seats and the CPM won one.
- These expenditure filings provide insight into the financial scale of recent state election campaigns.
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