Press Release: 25(7%) candidates contesting in Meghalaya Assembly Elections have declared criminal cases against themselves

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Feb 22, 2018, 2:40:18 AM2/22/18

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Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Meghalaya Election Watch Watch have analyzed the affidavits of candidates contesting in the Meghalaya Assembly Elections, 2018. For More Information please visit: https://adrindia.org/content/meghalaya-assembly-elections-2018-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender

Summary and Highlights

Meghalaya Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all (370) candidates for the Meghalaya 2018 Assembly Elections.

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 370 candidates analysed, 25(7%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 21 (6%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Nikman Ch.Marak, a GNC candidate contesting from Baghmara constituency has declared case related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302) against himself.

· Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 3 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307) against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to crime against women: 3 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women such as rape (IPC Section- 376); word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (IPC Section -509) and cohabitation caused by man deceitfully including a belief of lawful marriage (IPC Section 493).

Figure: Party Wise Candidates with Criminal Cases

Financial Background

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 370 candidates analysed, 152 (41%) are crorepatis.

Figure: Party Wise Crorepati Candidates

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Meghalaya Assembly Elections 2018 is Rs 3.54 crores.

· High asset candidates*: The top 3 candidates with highest assets contesting in the Meghalaya 2018 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ngaitlang Dhar	RI BHOI	UMROI	NPP	72,46,29,895	2,22,75,42,672	2,95,21,72,567 295 Crore+	Y
2	Metbah Lyngdoh	WEST KHASI HILLS	MAIRANG	United Democratic Party	43,76,76,288	43,49,79,500	87,26,55,788 87 Crore+	Y
3	Lamboklang Mylliem	RI BHOI	JIRANG	Peoples Democratic Front	10,98,25,925	38,28,14,000	49,26,39,925 49 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 151 (41%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 208(56%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There is 1 candidate who is literate.

· Age details of candidates: 244(66%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 126(34%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.