Press Release: Punjab Analysis of newly elected MLAs 2017

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Punjab Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 117 newly elected MLAs in the Punjab 2017 Assembly Elections.

Final Party Positions in 2017 Punjab Assembly Elections

Party	Total Seats Won
Bharatiya Janata Party	3
Indian National Congress	77
Aam Aadmi Party	20
Shiromani Akali Dal	15
Lok Insaaf Party	2
Total	117

Criminal background

· MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 117 MLAs analysed, 16(14%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab Assembly elections in 2012, 19 (16%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· MLAs with serious criminal cases: 11(9%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery etc. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab Assembly elections in 2012, 5 (4%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2012 and 2017

· MLAs with cases related to murder and attempt to murder: 3 MLAs have declared cases related to murder and attempt to murder. Out of the total 3, 2 MLAs are from INC and 1 is from Lok Insaaf Party.

· MLAs with cases related to crimes against women: 1 MLA has declared cases related to crimes against women. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria of INC from Raja Sansi constituency.

· Party wise MLAs with criminal cases: 9 (12%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 4 (20%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs Lok Insaaf Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: 7 (9%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 1 (5%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs Lok Insaaf Party have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Financial background

· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst MLAs contesting in Punjab assembly elections 2017 as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	No of MLAs	% of MLAs
5 crores and above	59	50%
1 crores to 5 crores	36	31%
25 lakhs to 1 crores	14	12%
less than 25 lakhs	8	7%

Table: Share of wealth amongst MLAs

· 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	Rana Gurjit Singh	KAPURTHALA	KAPURTHALA	INC	1,09,25,25,000	60,64,35,000	1,69,89,60,000 169 Crore+	Y
2	Sukhbir Singh Badal	FAZILKA	JALALABAD	SAD	43,35,33,204	58,72,28,318	1,02,07,61,522 102 Crore+	Y
3	Sukhpal Singh	KAPURTHALA	BHOLATH	AAP	1,02,32,582	65,80,00,000	66,82,32,582 66 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

· Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 117 newly elected MLAs, 95 (81%) are crorepatis. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab 2012 assembly elections, 103 (88%) MLAs were crorepatis.

· Low asset MLAs: 3 MLAs in Punjab with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rupinder Kaur Ruby	BATHINDA	BATHINDA RURAL (SC)	AAP	1,74,831	0	1,74,831 1 Lacs+	N
2	Kulwant Singh Pandori	SANGRUR	MEHAL KALAN (SC)	AAP	2,70,448	0	2,70,448 2 Lacs+	Y
3	Pirmal Singh Dhaula	BARNALA	BHADAUR (SC)	AAP	3,02,457	0	3,02,457 3 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

· Party wise crorepati MLAs: 67 (87%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 15 (100%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD, 8 (40%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 3 (100%) out of 3 MLAs from BJP and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from Lok Insaaf Party have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

· Average assets: The average of assets per MLA who won in the Punjab 2017 assembly elections is Rs. 11.78 crores whereas the average asset for each candidate who contested in the 2017 assembly elections was Rs. 3.49 crores. In 2012, the average assets per 117 MLAs analyzed was Rs. 10.10 crores.

Figure: Comparative analysis of average assets of MLAs and contesting candidates in 2012 & 2017

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 77 INC MLAs analysed is Rs 12.43 crores, 20 AAP MLAs have average assets of Rs 8.33 crores, 15 SAD MLAs have average assets worth Rs. 14.54 crores, 3 BJP MLAs have average assets worth Rs. 5.20 crores and 2 Lok Insaaf Party MLAs have average assets of Rs. 10.14 crores

· MLAs with high liabilities: The top three MLAs with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rana Gurjit Singh	KAPURTHALA	KAPURTHALA	INC	1,09,25,25,000 109 Crore+	60,64,35,000 60 Crore+	1,69,89,60,000 169 Crore+	81,71,22,000 81 Crore+	0	Y
2	Sukhbir Singh Badal	FAZILKA	JALALABAD	SAD	43,35,33,204 43 Crore+	58,72,28,318 58 Crore+	1,02,07,61,522 102 Crore+	# 39,86,61,119 39 Crore+	6,69,000 6 Lacs+	Y
3	Aman Arora	SANGRUR	SUNAM	AAP	16,68,99,000 16 Crore+	49,19,62,000 49 Crore+	65,88,61,000 65 Crore+	15,48,84,000 15 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

# Disputed liabilities

· MLAs who have not declared PAN details: 2 (2%) MLAs have not declared PAN details. They are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Santokh Singh	AMRITSAR	BABA BAKALA (SC)	INC	18,87,024	18,00,000	36,87,024 36 Lacs+	N
2	Rupinder Kaur Ruby	BATHINDA	BATHINDA RURAL (SC)	AAP	1,74,831	0	1,74,831 1 Lacs+	N

Table: MLAs who have not declared PAN details

· MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*: 6 MLAs have declared total annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. The top three MLAs with high declared total annual income are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by MLA	Total income shown by MLA in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs)
1	Navjot Singh Sidhu	INC	AMRITSAR EAST	AMRITSAR	45,90,98,908 45 Crore+	2015-2016	9,90,99,930 9 Crore+	9,66,28,470 9 Crore+
2	Aman Arora	AAP	SUNAM	SANGRUR	65,88,61,000 65 Crore+	2015-2016	4,23,91,349 4 Crore+	1,52,33,276 1 Crore+
3	Rana Gurjit Singh	INC	KAPURTHALA	KAPURTHALA	1,69,89,60,000 169 Crore+	2015-2016	2,98,06,967 2 Crore+	2,93,67,212 2 Crore+

Table: MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

· MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 10 (9%) MLAs out of 117 analyzed have not declared income tax details.

* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

· Crorepati MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 3 MLAs with assets worth more than Rs 1 crore have not declared their income tax details. They are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Jagdev Singh	BATHINDA	MAUR	AAP	0	27,81,630	4,00,00,000	4,27,81,630 4 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Sukhjit Singh	MOGA	DHARAMKOT	INC	0	1,04,55,268	3,08,65,000	4,13,20,268 4 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Darshan Singh Brar	MOGA	BHAGHA PURANA TEHSIL	INC	0	25,75,424^*	1,00,00,000^*	1,25,75,424 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed

Table: Top three MLAs with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

^* 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

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Return

Other background details

· Education Details of MLAs: 45 (38%) MLAs have declared their education qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 70 (60%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

· Age details of MLAs: 51 (44%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 65 (56%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 1 MLA is above 80 years of age.