Jamaat-e-Islami's income has slumped 18 per cent in the year of the 13th general election, with the party's expenditure outstripping its earnings.
According to its audit report submitted to the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday, Jamaat earned Tk 236.8 million in the 2025 calendar year against expenditure of Tk 239.2 million, leaving spending around Tk 2.36 million greater than income.
The party had posted income of Tk 289.7 million in 2024, the year of the July Uprising, with expenditure standing at Tk 237.3 million.
A delegation led by Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair handed the report to EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed.
Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar signed off on the audit.
The report also laid bare the party's overall financial health.
Jamaat held Tk 157.3 million in its coffers at the start of last year; after accounting for income and expenditure, it now holds Tk 75.1 million in cash, alongside Tk 79.8 million in bank deposits.
The party secured registration after it became mandatory for political parties in 2008, and went on to contest in the ninth parliamentary polls.
Jamaat’s registration was suspended following a High Court ruling in 2013, and formally scrapped by the Election Commission in October 2018.
The party regained its registration through an Appellate Division ruling in October 2024, months after the Awami League government was toppled in the July Uprising.
Having restored its footing in the political arena after over a decade in limbo, it began filing its income and expenditure accounts for previous years to meet legal requirements.
Jamaat sat out the 10th to 12th general elections, but stormed back to emerge as parliament's main Opposition party after clinching 68 seats in the February election.
Under the Representation of the People Order (RPO), parties registered with the EC must submit audited accounts of the previous calendar year's finances by Jul 31 each year.
The commission currently has 59 registered political parties on its books.