Press Release: West Bengal Assembly Elections (Phase 1a & 1b)

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West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 296 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 1(a) and Phase 1(b) of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held in April, 2016.

 Highlights (Phase 1a):

Criminal Background

·  

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 133 candidates, 21 (16%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 17 (13%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Shyam Sundar Pandey of CPI(M) from Salboni constituency has declared 2 charges related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder. Chunibala Hansda, of Jharkhand Party (Naren) from Jhargram constituency has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder.

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 3 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Dhirendra Nath Rajak of AJSU Party from Purulia constituency, Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies and Goutam Kumar Mudi of the SUCI(C) from Ranibandh (ST) constituency.

·         Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related to robbery and dacoity namely Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 3 (17%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates from CPI(M), 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 2 (40%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 1 (6%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates from CPI(M), 2 (29%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 1 (20%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 2 constituencies namely Salboni and Purulia in Phase 1(a) of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background


·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the phase 1(a) of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)

No of candidates

Percentage of Candidates

5 cr and above

1

0.75%

2 crores to 5 crores

2

2%

50 lakhs to 2 crores

9

7%

10 lakhs to 50 lakhs

41

31%

less than 10 lakhs

80

60%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

 

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in  Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Samir Chakraborty

BANKURA

TALDANGRA

AITC

28,91,17,000

11,68,06,000

40,59,23,000
 40 Crore+

Y

2

Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo

PURULIA

PURULIA

AITC

1,17,43,929

1,06,78,709

2,24,22,638 
 2 Crore+

Y

3

Sukumar Hansda

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

JHARGRAM

AITC

1,13,45,460

1,03,00,000

2,16,45,460 
 2 Crore+

Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

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

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: Only 3 or (2.3%) candidates of the 133 contesting candidates in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. All three candidates are from the AITC.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 47.88 Lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 18 BJP candidates is Rs 16.59 Lakhs, 18 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 2.80 crores, 17 SUCI (C)  candidates have average assets worth of Rs 10.15 Lakhs, 5 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 16.55 Lakhs, 12 AJSU Party candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.77 Lakhs, average assets of 11 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 33.92 Lakhs, 5 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.80 Lakhs and 19 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 6.01 Lakhs.

·         Zero asset candidate: 1 candidate namely Pabitra Bauri of BSP from Para(SC) constituency has declared Zero assets in his self sworn affidavit.

·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets excluding the one with zero assets are as follows:

 

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Dipak Kumar

PURULIA

BALARAMPUR

SUCI(C)

500*

0

500 
 5 Hund+

N

2

Suniti Mudi

PURULIA

MANBAZAR (ST)

SUCI(C)

500

0

500 
 5 Hund+

N

3

Rajib Mudi

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

BINPUR (ST)

SUCI(C)

975

0

975 
 9 Hund+

Y

 Table: Candidates with declared lowest 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: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets(Rs)

Liabilities (Rs)

1

Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo

PURULIA

PURULIA

1,17,43,929 
 1 Crore+

1,06,78,709 
 1 Crore+

2,24,22,638 
 2 Crore+

71,32,481
 71 Lacs+

2

Rajesh Mahata

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

GOPIBALLAVPUR

3,25,978 
 3 Lacs+

30,00,000 
 30 Lacs+

33,25,978 
 33 Lacs+

18,11,000
 18 Lacs+

3

Shudhanshu Hansda

BANKURA

RAIPUR (ST)

78,200 
 78 Thou+

23,10,000 
 23 Lacs+

23,88,200 
 23 Lacs+

16,60,000
 16 Lacs+

 Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

 

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 40 (30%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.


·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 20 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.

Name

Party Name

Constituency

District

Movable Asset (Rs)

Immovable Asset (Rs)

Total Asset (Rs)

The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate

Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)

Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)

1

Samir Chakraborty

AITC

TALDANGRA

BANKURA

28,91,17,000

   28 Crore+

11,68,06,000 

 11 Crore+

40,59,23,000 

 40 Crore+

2014-2015

1,21,36,027  

1 Crore+

1,03,36,141

  1 Crore+

2

Sukumar Hansda

AITC

JHARGRAM

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

1,13,45,460   

1 Crore+

1,03,00,000

  1 Crore+

2,16,45,460 

 2 Crore+

2014-2015

23,35,287

  23 Lacs+

7,87,855 

 7 Lacs+

3

Dibyajyoti Prasad Singh Deo

AITC

PURULIA

PURULIA

1,17,43,929  

 1 Crore+

1,06,78,709 

 1 Crore+

2,24,22,638 

 2 Crore+

2015-2016

23,32,815

  23 Lacs+

11,42,990 

 11 Lacs+

 Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents


·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 95 (71%) out of 133 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

 

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 21 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Total Income (Rs)

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

Self Income

1

Pulin Bihari Baske

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

GOPIBALLAVPUR

CPI(M)

0

23,90,441

71,50,000

95,40,441 

95 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

2

Ipil Murmu

PURULIA

MANBAZAR (ST)

CPI(M)

356170

39,09,321

50,25,000

89,34,321

 89 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

3

Amiya Patra

BANKURA

TALDANGRA

CPI(M)

430170

45,55,055

14,00,000

59,55,055 

59 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

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

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details


·         Education details of candidates: 76 (57%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 53 (40%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.

·         Age details of candidates: 81 (61%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 52 (39%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

·         Gender details of candidates: 11 (8%) female candidates are contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal assembly election this year.


      Highlights (Phase 1b):

Criminal Background

· 

 

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 163 candidates, 37 (23%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 32 (20%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, theft, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidate with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Hemant Prabhakar of CPI(M) from Asansol Dakshin constituency has declared 1 charge related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 6 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 2 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Santosh Singh of BJP from Jamuria constituency and Amarnath Shaka of BJP from Onda constituency.

·         Candidate with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related to robbery and dacoity namely Sajal Das an Independent candidate contesting from Kulti constituency.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 12 (39%) out of 31 candidates from BJP, 10 (32%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 7 (37%) out of 19 candidates from CPI(M), 1 (50%) out of 2 candidates of JMM, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, and 4 (24%) out of 17 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  8 (26%) out of 31 candidates from BJP, 9 (29%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 7 (37%) out of 19 candidates from CPI (M), 1 (50%) out of 2 candidates of JMM, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, and 4 (24%) out of 17 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 4 constituencies namely Jamuria, Pandabeswar, Indus(SC) and Kulti in Phase 1(b) of West Bengal assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

 

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the phase 1(b) of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (in Rupees)

No of candidates

Percentage of Candidates

2 crores and above

7

4%

50 lakhs to 2 crores

29

18%

10 lakhs to 50 lakhs

57

35%

less than 10 lakhs

70

43%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

 

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in  Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Pradip Kr. Mazumder

BARDHAMAN

DURGAPUR PURBA

AITC

6,05,72,054

6,82,50,000

12,88,22,054
 12 Crore+

Y

2

Saumen Kumar Mahapatra

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

PINGLA

AITC

2,36,38,249

5,47,00,000*

7,83,38,249 
 7 Crore+

Y

3

Apurba Mukherjee

BARDHAMAN

DURGAPUR PASCHIM

AITC

1,16,62,436

3,36,09,670

4,52,72,106 
 4 Crore+

Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared 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

 

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: 20 or (12%) candidates of the 163 contesting candidates in Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. 11 (36%) out of 31 candidates from AITC, 4 (13%) out of 31 candidates from the BJP, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates from the INC and 1 (6%) out of 17 Independent candidates are crorepatis.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 48.81 Lakhs.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 31 BJP candidates is Rs 31.09 Lakhs, 31 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 1.51 crores, 23 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth Rs 13.11 Lakhs, 8 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 1 crore, average assets of 19 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 19.86 Lakhs, 8 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 66.58 Thousand and 17 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 19.05 Lakhs.


·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates 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

Tanushree Dalai

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

CHANDRAKONA (SC)

SUCI(C)

500

0

500 
 5 Hund+

N

2

Lalmohan Malla

BANKURA

BANKURA

BSP

500

0

500 
 5 Hund+

N

3

Sadhan Chattaraj

BANKURA

ONDA

BSP

500

0

500 
 5 Hund+

N

 Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

 


·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates 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)

PAN Given

1

Purnendu Chaudhuri

BARDHAMAN

PANDABESWAR

IND

90,01,165 
 90 Lacs+

60,00,000 
 60 Lacs+

1,50,01,165 
 1 Crore+

90,00,000*
 90 Lacs+

Y

2

Subhas Kumar Sarkar

BANKURA

BANKURA

BJP

1,22,26,510
 1 Crore+

15,49,100 
 15 Lacs+

1,37,75,610 
 1 Crore+

51,49,617 
 51 Lacs+

Y

3

Selima Khatun (Bibi)

PASCHIM MEDINIPUR

DEBRA

AITC

4,13,000 
 4 Lacs+

37,00,000 
 37 Lacs+

41,13,000 
 41 Lacs+

32,20,000*
 32 Lacs+

Y

 Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

* on liabilities 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


·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 31 (19%) out of the 163 candidates analysed candidates have not declared their PAN details.

 

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 4 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 25 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.

Name

Party Name

Constituency

Districtrict Name

Movable Asset (Rs)

Immovable Asset (Rs)

Total Asset (Rs)

The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate

Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)

Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)

1

Pradip Kr. Mazumder

AITC

DURGAPUR PURBA

BARDHAMAN

6,05,72,054

6 Crore+

6,82,50,000

6 Crore+

12,88,22,054

12 Crore+

2014-2015

5,03,08,842

5 Crore+

4,99,89,902

4 Crore+

2

Soham Chakraborty

AITC

BARJORA

BANKURA

2,01,20,733

2 Crore+

40,00,000

40 Lacs+

2,41,20,733

2 Crore+

2014-2015

98,72,109

98 Lacs+

98,72,109

98 Lacs+

3

Shyamaprasad Mukherjee

AITC

BISHNUPUR

BANKURA

85,60,130

85 Lacs+

27,25,000

27 Lacs+

1,12,85,130

1 Crore+

2014-2015

37,77,595

37 Lacs+

17,82,080

17 Lacs+

4

Purnendu Chaudhuri

IND

PANDABESWAR

BARDHAMAN

90,01,165

90 Lacs+

60,00,000

60 Lacs+

1,50,01,165

1 Crore+

2014-2015

27,65,310

27 Lacs+

25,14,199

25 Lacs+

Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 91 (56%) out of 163 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

 

·         Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 30 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below;

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Total Income (Rs)

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

Self Income

1

Santosh Debray

BARDHAMAN

DURGAPUR PURBA

CPI(M)

0

32,19,193

45,00,000

77,19,193 77 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

2

Shyama Charan Dutta

BARDHAMAN

ASANSOL UTTAR

Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha

0

17,45,514

55,00,000

72,45,514 72 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

3

Shipra Mukherjee

BARDHAMAN

BARBANI

CPI(M)

1151028

24,73,611

28,00,000

52,73,611 52 Lacs+

Y

ITR not filed

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

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

 

Other Background Details


·         Education details of candidates: 82 (50%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 76 (47%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.

·         Age details of candidates: 88 (54%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 74 (45%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 1 candidate has disclosed to be older than 80 years of age.

·         Gender details of candidates: 21 (13%) women candidates are contesting in Phase 1(b) of the West Bengal assembly election this year.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

·         Total candidates analysed: 296 candidates.

·         Candidates with declared criminal cases so far: 58 (20%) out of 296 candidates.

·         Candidates with declared serious criminal cases so far: 49 (17%) out of 296 candidates.

·         Crorepati Candidates: Out of 296 candidates, 23 (8%) are crorepatis.

Party-wise candidates with declared criminal cases -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Name

Total number of candidates analyzed

candidates with declared Criminal Cases

% of candidates with declared criminal cases

candidates with serious declared criminal cases

% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases

BJP

49

15

31 %

10

20 %

AITC

49

12

25 %

10

20 %

SUCI(C)

40

1

3 %

1

3 %

IND

36

6

17 %

6

17 %

CPI(M)

30

8

27 %

8

27 %

BSP

13

1

8 %

1

8 %

INC

13

5

39 %

4

31 %

AJSU PARTY

12

2

17 %

2

17 %

JMM

9

4

44 %

3

33 %

JHARKHAND DISOM PARTY

5

1

20 %

1

20 %

SHS

3

1

33 %

1

33 %

CPI

2

1

50 %

1

50 %

JHARKHAND PARTY (NAREN)

2

1

50 %

1

50 %

Others

33

0

0%

0

0%

Total

296

58

20%

49

17%

Table: Party wise candidates with criminal cases- Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Wise Crorepati Candidates -Phase 1(a) & 1(b)

Party Name

Number of Candidates Analyzed

Crorepatis

Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

AITC

49

14

29%

BJP

49

4

8%

INC

13

3

23%

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY (PRABODH CHANDRA)

1

1

100%

IND

36

1

3%

OTHER

148

0

05

Total

296

23

8%

Table: Party wise crorepati candidates-Phase 1(a) & 1(b)




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