Press release: Avg assets of Karnataka MLAs rose from Rs 10.05 cr in 2008 to Rs 34.59 cr in 2018; assets of re-elected MLAs (2013 to 2018) increased by 90%

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Press Release 16th May 2018

Dear Friends,

Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 221 out of 222 newly elected MLAs in the Karnataka 2018 Assembly Elections. One BJP MLA namely Mr. Harshvardhan B from Nanjangud constituency has not been analysed as his affidavit was poorly scanned. The elections in two constituencies namely Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar have not been held.

For the complete report, please visit: https://adrindia.org/content/karnataka-assembly-elections-2018-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-0

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

· MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 221 MLAs analysed, 77(35%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka Assembly elections in 2013, 74 (34%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· MLAs with serious criminal cases:54(24%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping etc. Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka Assembly elections in 2013, 39 (17%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves

Figure: Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2008, 2013 and 2018

· MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307).

· MLAs with declared cases related to Hate Speech: 6 MLAs have declared cases related to Hate Speech such as promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A); deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs (IPC Section-295A) etc.

· Party wise MLAs with criminal cases:42(41%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 23 (30%) out of 78 MLAs from INC and 11 (30%) out of 37 MLAs from JD(S) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: 29(28%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 17 (22%) out of 78 MLAs from INC and 8 (22%) out of 37 MLAs from JD(S) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party-wise percentage of MLAs with declared criminal cases

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 221 newly elected MLAs, 215 (97%) are crorepatis. Out of 218 MLAs analysed during Karnataka 2013 assembly elections, 203 (93%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparison of crorepati MLAs: 2008, 2013 and 2018

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 1 out of 103 MLAs analysed from BJP,11(14%) out of 78 MLAs from INC, 3(8%) out of 37 MLAs from JD(S) and 1(100%) MLA from Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party have declared assets valued more than Rs 100 crore.

Figure: Party-wise Comparison of Crorepati MLAs in 2013 and 2018

Figure: Share of Wealth among MLAs

· Average assets: The average assets per MLA in the Karnataka 2018 assembly elections is Rs. 34.59 crores. In 2013, the average assets of 218 MLAs analysed was Rs 23.54 crores.

· High asset MLAs:The top three MLAs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	N Nagaraju (M.T.B)	BANGALORE RURAL	HOSAKOTE	INC	4,37,15,64,043	5,78,64,65,309	10,15,80,29,352 1015 Crore+		Y
2	D K Shivakumar	RAMANAGARAM	KANAKAPURA	INC	1,01,31,90,097	7,38,69,76,948	8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+		Y
3	Suresh B S	B.B.M.P(NORTH)	HEBBAL	INC	15,85,60,600	4,00,94,10,276	4,16,79,70,876 416 Crore+		Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

· Low asset MLAs: The details of three MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	S A Ramadas	MYSORE	KRISHNARAJA	BJP	35,69,351	4,00,000	39,69,351 39 Lacs+	Y
2	A S Ravindra	MANDYA	SHRIRANGAPATTANA	JD(S)	51,60,000	17,35,000	68,95,000 68 Lacs+	Y
3	N Mahesh	CHAMARAJNAGAR	KOLLEGAL	BSP	5,66,426	70,00,000	75,66,426 75 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

· MLAs with high liabilities: 122(55%) MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)
1	D K Shivakumar	RAMANAGARAM	KANAKAPURA	INC	8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+	# 2,28,27,02,677 228 Crore+	5,80,12,561 5 Crore+
2	H.D.Kumara Swamy*	RAMANAGARAM	RAMANAGARAM	JD(S)	1,67,14,08,437 167 Crore+	1,04,93,92,330 104 Crore+	0
3	M. Krishnappa	B.B.M.P(SOUTH)	VIJAYANAGAR	INC	2,36,17,92,635 236 Crore+	66,45,59,508 66 Crore+	0

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

# disputed liabilities

*H.D Kumara Swamy has also won from Channapatna constituency

OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS

· Education Details of MLAs: 80 (36%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 135 (61%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There is 1 MLA who has declared himself as just literate while there is 1 MLA who has not given his educational qualification in his affidavit.

· Age details of MLAs:16 (7%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years while 138 (62%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. There are 64(29%) MLAs who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years while 3 MLAs have declared their age to be above 80 years.

Gender details of MLAs: Out of 221 MLAs, 7 (3%) MLAs are women. In 2013, out of 218 MLAs, 5 (2%) MLAs were women.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASSETS OF RE-ELECTED MLA

Number of re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the assembly elections of 2018 is 94.
Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013 was Rs 28.07 crores
Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018 is Rs 53.40 crores.
Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2013 to 2018: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 25.33 crores i.e. by 90%.