Dear Friends,
The National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 928 out of 943 candidates, who are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 4.
There are 15 candidates who have not been analyzed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report.
For the complete report, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/lok-sabha-elections-2019-phase-4-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and
· Candidates with Criminal Cases: 210(23%) out of 928 candidates analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.
· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 158(17%) out of 928 candidates analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
· Candidates with Declared Convicted Cases: 12 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.
· Candidates with cases related to Murder: 5 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section -302) against themselves.
Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 24 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves.
· Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 4 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping such kidnapping for ransom, etc. (IPC Section-364A), kidnapping (IPC Section-363), Kidnapping or abducting with an intent secretly and wrongfully confine person (IPC Section-365) etc, against themselves.
· Candidates with cases related to Crime Against Women: 21 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women such as assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354), husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A) etc., against themselves.
· Candidates with cases related to Hate Speech: 16 candidates have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves.
· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 25(44%) out of 57 candidates from BJP, 18(32%) out of 57 candidates from INC, 11(20%) out of 54 candidates from BSP, 12(57%) out of 21 candidates analysed from SHS, and 60(17%) out of 345 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 20(35%) out of 57 candidates from BJP, 9(16%) out of 57 candidates from INC, 10(19%) out of 54 candidates from BSP, 9(43%) out of 21 candidates analysed from SHS, and 45(13%) out of 345 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
· Red Alert Constituencies*: 37 out of 71 constituencies are red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those constituencies where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Financial Background
· Crorepati Candidates: There are 306(33%) candidates who have assets worth Rs. 1 crore and more.
· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among the major parties 50(88%)out of 57 candidates from INC, 50(88%) out of 57 candidates from BJP, 20(37%)out of 54 candidates from BSP, 13(62%) out of 21 candidates from SHS and 8(80%) out of 10 candidates from SP have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
· Average assets: The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 4 election is Rs. 4.53 crores.
· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 57 BJP candidates is Rs. 13.63 crores, 57 INC candidates is Rs 29.03 crores, 54 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.69 crores, and 21 SHS candidates have average assets of Rs 17.85 crores
- High asset candidates: The details of the top 3 candidates with the highest assets are given below :
S.No.
|
Name
|
State
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
CHHINDWARA
|
INC
|
6,18,41,72,757
|
41,77,74,000
|
6,60,19,46,757
660 Crore+ |
Y
| |
2
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
MUMBAI SOUTH CENTRAL
|
Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi
|
4,37,62,003
|
1,20,68,62,305
|
1,25,06,24,308
125 Crore+ |
Y
| |
3
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
JHANSI
|
BJP
|
36,98,60,113
|
87,32,00,000
|
1,24,30,60,113
124 Crore+ |
Y
|
Table: Top 3 high asset candidates
- Zero Assets Candidates: There are 3 candidates who have declared zero assets. The details of these candidates are given below :
S.No.
|
Name
|
State
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
NASHIK
|
IND
|
0
|
Y
| |
2
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
THANE
|
IND
|
0
|
Y
| |
3
|
RAJASTHAN
|
TONK SAWAI MADHOPUR
|
IND
|
0
|
Y
|
Table: Candidates with zero assets
- Low asset candidates: The details of three candidates with lowest assets( excluding zero assets candidates) are as follows:
S.No.
|
Name
|
State
|
Constituency
|
Party
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
RAJASTHAN
|
JHALAWAR BARAN
|
IND
|
500*
|
0
|
500
5 Hund+ |
N
| |
2
|
RAJASTHAN
|
CHITTORGARH
|
IND
|
786*
|
0
|
786
7 Hund+ |
Y
| |
3
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
MUMBAI NORTH EAST
|
IND
|
1,100
|
0
|
1,100
1 Thou+ |
Y
|
Table: Candidates with low assets
* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same
· Candidates with high liabilities: There are 459 candidates who have declared liabilities. The details of top 3 candidates with high liabilities are given below:
S.No.
|
Name
|
State
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets(Rs)
|
Liabilities (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
ODISHA
|
BALASORE
|
INC
|
1,04,20,05,000
104 Crore+ |
1,07,95,82,000
107 Crore+ |
Y
| |
2
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
DHULE
|
INC
|
42,09,66,036
42 Crore+ |
58,57,84,500
58 Crore+ |
Y
| |
3
|
RAJASTHAN
|
AJMER
|
INC
|
85,39,98,231
85 Crore+ |
30,60,12,685
30 Crore+ |
Y
|
Table: top 3 candidates with high liabilities
- Undeclared PAN: 70 (8%) candidates have not given PAN details.
- Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: There are 18 candidates who have declared their annual total income** to be more than Rs. 1 crore. The details of top 3 candidates with the highest annual income are given below:
S.No.
|
Name
|
Party Name
|
Constituency
|
State
|
Total Asset (Rs)
|
Self Source of Income
|
Spouse's Source of Income
|
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
|
Total income shown by candidate in ITR in the last financial year (Self+Spouse+
Dependent) (Rs)
|
Self income shown by candidate in ITR in the last financial year (Rs)
|
1
|
INC
|
MUMBAI NORTH CENTRAL
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
96,20,96,603 96 Crore+
|
Business, Income from other source, Capital gains, House Property
|
Income from other source, capital gains, business profession, salary
|
2017-2018
|
13,82,85,680 13 Crore+
|
13,13,35,440 13 Crore+
| |
2
|
INC
|
JABALPUR
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
66,91,18,888 66 Crore+
|
Leagal Services
|
Rental
|
2017-2018
|
11,58,83,659 11 Crore+
|
11,25,46,240 11 Crore+
| |
3
|
BJP
|
KENDRAPARA
|
ODISHA
|
57,44,15,842 57 Crore+
|
Emoluments Remuneration & Allowances Rental Income, Interest Income, Capital Gains, Dividend & Income From Other Sources.
|
Emoluments Remuneration & Allowances, Interest Income, Capital Gain, Consultancy, Dividend & Income From Other Sources
|
2017-2018
|
10,50,80,380 10 Crore+
|
9,54,64,880 9 Crore+
|
Table: Top 3 Candidates with highest income declared in ITR
- Education details of candidates: 404(44%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th and 12th, while 454 (49%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 34 candidates have declared to be just literate and 9 candidates are illiterate.
- Age details of candidates: 287(31%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 489 (53%) candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 148(16%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years. 1 candidate has declared his age to be above 80 years. 3 candidates have not given their age.
- Gender details of candidates: 96(10%) female candidates are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 4 elections.
S.No
|
Lok Sabha Election Phase
|
Total Number of Candidates
|
Total Number of Candidates Analysed
|
Candidates with Declared Criminal Cases
|
Percentage of Candidates with Declared Criminal Cases
|
Candidates with Declared Serious Criminal Cases
|
Percentage of Candidates with Declared Serious Criminal Cases
|
Crorepati Candidates
|
Percentage of Crorepati Candidates
|
Average Assets (Rs. In crores)
|
Women Candidates
|
Percentage of Women Candidate s
|
1
|
Phase 1
|
1279
|
1266
|
213
|
17%
|
146
|
12%
|
401
|
32%
|
6.63
|
89
|
7%
|
2
|
Phase 2
|
1644
|
1590
|
251
|
16%
|
167
|
11%
|
423
|
27%
|
3.9
|
120
|
8%
|
3
|
Phase 3
|
1612
|
1594
|
340
|
21%
|
230
|
14%
|
392
|
25%
|
2.95
|
143
|
9%
|
4
|
Phase 4
|
943
|
928
|
210
|
23%
|
158
|
17%
|
305
|
33%
|
4.53
|
96
|
10%
|
Total
|
5478
|
5378
|
1014
|
19%
|
701
|
13%
|
1522
|
28%
|
4.39
|
448
|
8%
| |
Table: Summary up to Lok Sabha Phase 4
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