2009 Election : A $3 bn Celebration

India’s National Election Spreads $3 Billion Around – NYTimes.com
Candidates and parties spent $3 billion on everything, including transportation, advertising, celebrity endorsements and cash bribes over the course of the campaign, according to economists and political analysts. In comparison, the last United States presidential campaign cost an estimated $2.4 billion.
The campaign, which will wrap up Saturday [...]