Press Release:West Bengal Assembly Elections Phase 5 (Analysis of Criminal, Financial & Other Background details of Candidates)

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West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 349 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 5 of West Bengal Assembly Elections to be held on 30^th, April 2016.

Criminal Background

· Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 349 candidates, 67 (19%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with serious criminal cases: 52 (15%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, theft, crimes against women etc.

· Candidates with cases related to Murder: 4 candidates have declared charges related to Murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 9 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 12 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

· Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 10 (19%) out of 53 candidates from BJP, 17 (32%) out of 53 candidates from AITC, 14 (45%) out of 31 candidates from CPI(M), 6 (19%) out of 31 candidates of SUCI(C), 7 (50%) out of 14 candidates fielded by INC, and 9 (11%) out of 83 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases: 7 (13%) out of 53 candidates from BJP, 15 (28%) out of 53 candidates from AITC, 9 (29%) out of 31 candidates from CPI(M), 5 (16%) out of 31 candidates of SUCI(C), 4 (29%) out of 14 candidates fielded by INC, and 8 (10%) out of 83 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert constituencies*: 6 constituencies namely Kolkata Port, Kasba, Jangipara, Kakdwip, Raidighi and Singur in Phase 5 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 Phase 5 of assembly elections in West Bengal is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
5 crores and above	11	3%
1 crores to 5 crores	32	9%
25 lakhs to 1 crores	91	26%
less than 25 lakhs	215	62%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates*: The 3 richest candidates contesting in Phase 5 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN GIven
1	Khalid Ebadullah	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	MAGRAHAT PASCHIM	INC	3,64,36,378	15,52,50,000	19,16,86,378 19 Crore+	Y
2	Javed Ahmed Khan	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	KASBA	AITC	14,02,03,869	3,27,78,000	17,29,81,869 17 Crore+	Y
3	Jiban Kumar Sen	KOLKATA SOUTH	BALLYGUNGE	BJP	2,22,71,000	14,50,25,000	16,72,96,000 16 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Party wise crorepati candidates: 43 or (12%) candidates of the 349 contesting candidates in Phase 5 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. 23 (43%) out of 53 candidates from AITC, 9 (17%) out of 53 candidates from the BJP, 3 (21%) out of 14 candidates from the INC, 6 (19%) out of 31 candidates from the CPI(M) and 2 (2%) out of 83 Independent candidates are crorepatis.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 5 of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 70.78 Lakhs.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 53 BJP candidates is Rs 78.24 Lakhs, 53 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 2.20 crores, 31 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth Rs 11.45 Lakhs, 14 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.22 crore, average assets of 31 CPI(M) candidates is Rs 54.08 Lakhs, 26 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 14.79 Lakhs and 83 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 30.22 Lakhs.

· Zero asset candidates: 2 candidates contesting in Phase 5 of the West Bengal 2016 Assembly Elections have declared Zero assets. They are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Wajul Haque Khan	KOLKATA SOUTH	BALLYGUNGE	IUML	0	0	0	Y
2	Kashinath Murmu	HOOGHLY	SAPTAGRAM	JMM	0	0	0	Y

Table: Candidates with Zero assets

· Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows (these names exclude candidates who have declared zero assets) :

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Deb Kanta Sikdar	HOOGHLY	CHUNCHURA	IND	200^*	0	200 2 Hund+	Y
2	Gautam Mondal	HOOGHLY	BALAGARH (SC)	CPI(ML)(L)	600	0	600 6 Hund+	Y
3	Sukumar Mandi	HOOGHLY	HARIPAL	Jharkhand Disom Party	700	0	700 7 Hund+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

^* on assets value->Candidates who have 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	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Javed Ahmed Khan	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	KASBA	AITC	14,02,03,869 14 Crore+	3,27,78,000 3 Crore+	17,29,81,869 17 Crore+	30,19,85,861 30 Crore+	Y
2	Dr. Dipankar Sarkar	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	TOLLYGUNJ	IND	11,04,04,191 11 Crore+	4,38,00,000 4 Crore+	15,42,04,191 15 Crore+	2,71,16,400 2 Crore+	Y
3	Khalid Ebadullah	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	MAGRAHAT PASCHIM	INC	3,64,36,378 3 Crore+	15,52,50,000 15 Crore+	19,16,86,378 19 Crore+	1,46,11,213 1 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 59 (17%) out of the 349 candidates analysed 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 50 Lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	Districtrict Name	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	Firhad Hakim	AITC	KOLKATA PORT	KOLKATA SOUTH	5,97,63,174 5 Crore+	2014-2015	86,67,890 86 Lacs+	38,92,390 38 Lacs+
2	Sovan Chatterjee	AITC	BEHALA PURBA	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	6,72,59,912 6 Crore+	2013-2014	56,71,052 56 Lacs+	26,35,040 26 Lacs+
3	Dr. Dipankar Sarkar	IND	TOLLYGUNJ	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	15,42,04,191 15 Crore+	2013-2014	55,69,200 55 Lacs+	53,40,870 53 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*: 181 (52%) out of 349 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*: 11 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 50 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	Abdur Razzak Molla	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	BHANGAR	AITC	0	25,00,035	88,50,000	1,13,50,035 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Subash Chandra Halder	HOOGHLY	BALAGARH (SC)	BJP	0	6,12,196	1,01,50,000^*	1,07,62,196 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Rina Roy	SOUTH 24 PARGANAS	BEHALA PURBA	BSP	510000	33,62,000	60,00,000	93,62,000 93 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: 143 (41%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 125 (36%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or graduate professional. 60 (17%) candidates have declared themselves to be postgraduates while 8 (2%) candidates have declared they are Doctorates and 7 (2%) candidates have declared they are just literate.

· Age details of candidates: 181 (52%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 164 (47%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 4 (1%) candidates have declared they are more than 80 years old.