Press Release: Presidential Elections 2017 Analysis of MPs and MLAs

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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analyzed 4852 out 4896 affidavits. It includes 774 out of 776 affidavits of MPs and 4078 out of 4120 MLAs from all the states of India. They collectively form the Electoral College, who will be voting for the Presidential Elections on 17th July, 2017 to elect the new President of India. Based on the number of votes these 4852 MPs/MLAs can cast, NEW and ADR have analysed 1091472 out of 1098903 votes.

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​Figure 1: Composition of Electoral College for Presidential Elections

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Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

 

S.No

Elected from House/ Assembly

Total MPs/MLAs in the House/ Assembly

Total MPs/MLAs Analysed

No. of  votes which each elected member is entitled to cast 

Total No. of votes 

Total votes of Analysed members

1

Lok sabha

543

543

708

384444

384444

2

Rajya Sabha

233

231

708

164964

163548

3

Andhra Pradesh

175

174

159

27825

27666

4

Arunachal Pradesh

60

60

8

480

480

5

Assam

126

125

116

14616

14500

6

Bihar

243

243

173

42039

42039

7

Chhattisgarh

90

90

129

11610

11610

8

Goa

40

40

20

800

800

9

Gujarat

182

174

147

26754

25578

10

Haryana

90

90

112

10080

10080

11

Himachal Pradesh

68

64

51

3468

3264

12

Jammu & Kashmir

87

87

72

6264

6264

13

Jharkhand

81

80

176

14256

14080

14

Karnataka

224

215

131

29344

28165

15

Kerala

140

140

152

21280

21280

16

Madhya Pradesh

230

230

131

30130

30130

17

Maharashtra

288

283

175

50400

49525

18

Manipur

60

60

18

1080

1080

19

Meghalaya

60

60

17

1020

1020

20

Mizoram

40

40

8

320

320

21

Nagaland

60

60

9

540

540

22

NCT of Delhi

70

69

58

4060

4002

23

Odisha

147

147

149

21903

21903

24

Puducherry

30

30

16

480

480

25

Punjab

117

117

116

13572

13572

26

Rajasthan

200

199

129

25800

25671

27

Sikkim

32

32

7

224

224

28

Tamil Nadu

234

225

176

41184

39600

29

Telangana

119

119

132

15708

15708

30

Tripura

60

60

26

1560

1560

31

Uttarakhand

70

70

64

4480

4480

32

Uttar Pradesh

403

402

208

83824

83616

33

West Bengal

294

293

151

44394

44243

Total

4896

4852

 -

1098903

1091472

Table 1: Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

 

Votes of MPs/MLAs Who Have Declared Criminal Cases

 

MPs/ MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 4852 MPs/MLAs analysed, 1581(33%) members have declared criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections.   184 (34%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 44(19%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs and 1353(33%) out of 4078 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MPs/ MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 4852 MPs/MLAs analysed, 993(20%) members have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections.   117 (22%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 16(7%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs and 860(21%) out of 4078 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Votes by MPs/MLAs who have declared criminal cases:  Based on the number of votes that MPs / MLAs who have declared criminal cases, are entitled to cast, a total of 367393 votes (34%) out of 1091472 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Votes of MPs/MLAs Based on Financial Details

 

Crorepati MPs/MLAs:    3460 (71%) out of 4852 MPs/ MLAs analysed are crorepatis as per their self-sworn affidavits submitted to the ECI at the time of nomination for contesting elections.  445(82%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 194 (84%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs, 2721(68%) out of 4078 MLAs from all State / UT assemblies are crorepatis.

Votes by crorepati MPs/MLAs: Based on the number of votes these crorepatis MPs/MLAs are entitled to cast, a total of 75% or 818703 out of 1091472 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who are crorepatis. Amongst state assemblies, Karnataka has the maximum number of votes by crorepati MPs/MLAs with 30400(93%) out of 32680 votes analysed.

Women Representation

 

·         Out of the total 4852 MPs/MLAs who are entitled to vote in the upcoming Presidential Elections, only 451(9%) are women.

·         Based on the number of votes the MPs/MLAs are entitled to vote, 109708 (10%) out of 1091472 are women votes.

·         Among MPs, Lok Sabha has 46020 (12%) votes out of 384444 from 65 women MPs and Rajya Sabha has 16284(10%) out of 163548 votes analysed from 23 women MPs.

·         All State / UT assemblies combined have 51383(9%) votes out of 543480 votes from 363 women MLAs.

Among State assemblies, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum amount of women votes with 8320 votes out of 83616(40 out of 402 MLAs) followed by West Bengal  with 6191 votes out of 44243 (41 out of 293 MLAs) and Madhya Pradesh with 4192 votes out of 30130(32 out of 230 MLAs). 

​For the complete report please visit: https://adrindia.org/ 

Thanks and Regards
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Analysis_of_MPs_and_MLAs_voting_for_Presidential_Elections_2017.pdf
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