Press Release: Puducherry 2016 Assembly Elections (Analysis of Criminal, Financial and Other Details of Candidates)

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Puducherry Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 343 out of the 344 candidates who are contesting in the Puducherry Assembly Elections to be held on 16th May 2016. Please find below a detailed analysis:

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 343 candidates, 68 (20%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 30 (9%) 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: 1 candidate namely R.K.R.Anantharaman of INC from Manavely constituency has declared 1 charge related to Murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 5 candidates have declared charges related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 1 candidate namely P. Mathiazhagan of CPI from constituency Nendungadu has declared 1 charge related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (Indian Penal Code Section-354).

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 6 (29%) out of 21 candidates from INC, 8 (27%) out of 30 candidates from BJP, 6 (20%) out of 30 candidates from AIADMK, 8 (27%) out of 30 candidates fielded by All India N.R. Congress, 6 (25%) out of 24 candidates from PMK, 3 (12%) out of 26 from Naam Tamilar Katchi and 11 (12%) out of 96 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 4 (19%) out of 21 candidates from INC, 1 (3%) out of 30 candidates from BJP, 2 (7%) out of 30 candidates from AIADMK, 4 (13%) out of 30 candidates fielded by All India N.R. Congress, 5 (21%) out of 24 candidates from PMK, 1 (4%) out of 26 from Naam Tamilar Katchi and 4 (4%) out of 96 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: 9 constituencies in the Puducherry assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.The list is given below. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

S.No.	Constituency	Number of Candidates Analyzed	Number of Candidates with Criminal Cases
1	KARAIKAL SOUTH	10	7
2	NERAVY T.R. PATTINAM	11	6
3	LAWSPET	13	4
4	MANAVELY	11	4
5	THATTANCHAVADY	9	4
6	KADIRGAMAM	10	3
7	THIRUBHUVANAI	11	3
8	OZHUKARAI	17	3
9	THIRUNALLAR	11	3

Table: Red Alert Constituencies

Financial Background

· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the Puducherry Assembly Elections is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No of candidates	% of candidates
1 crore and above	96	28%
40 lakhs to 1 crore	43	13%
5 lakhs to 40 lakhs	77	22%
less than 5 lakhs	127	37%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates*: The 3 richest candidates contesting in the Puducherry Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Ashok Anand	THATTANCHAVADY	All India N.R. Congress	13,66,28,838	1,11,17,32,763	1,24,83,61,601 124 Crore+
2	Dr.M.A.S.Subramanian,	ARIANKUPPAM	AIADMK	18,80,69,593	20,64,00,000	39,44,69,593 39 Crore+
3	V.C. Ezhumalai Alias Kasilingam	KALAPET	AIADMK	1,37,70,252	36,92,51,798	38,30,22,050 38 Crore+

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 343 candidates, 96 (28%) are crorepatis.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 18 (86%) out of 21 candidates from INC, 8 (27%) out of 30 candidates from BJP, 18 (60%) out of 30 candidates from AIADMK, 21 (70%) out of 30 candidates fielded by All India N.R. Congress, 5 (21%) out of 24 candidates from PMK and 16 (17%) out of 96 Independent candidates have declared assets worth Rs 1 Crore and above in their affidavits.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Puducherry Assembly Elections is Rs 2.49 Crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 21 INC candidates is Rs 8.71 Crores, 30 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.18 Crores, 30 AIADMK candidates have average assets worth Rs 5.60 Crores, 30 All India N.R. Congress candidates have average assets worth Rs 9.73 Crores, 24 PMK candidates have average assets worth Rs 63.54 Lakhs, average assets of 26 Naam Tamilar Katchi candidates is Rs 6.20 Lakhs, 9 DMK candidates have average assets of Rs 9.39 Crores and 96 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 63.20 Lakhs.

· Zero asset candidate: 3 candidates have declared Zero assets in their self sworn affidavits. The list is given below:

S.No.	Name	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	S. Masco	VILLIANUR	IND	0	0	0
2	David Souresh De Remy	VILLIANUR	Naam Tamilar Katchi	0	0	0
3	Ramesh. R	LAWSPET	IND	0	0	0

Table: Zero Asset Candidates

· Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	S.Radhakrishnan	KADIRGAMAM	PMK	500^*	0	500 5 Hund+
2	Purushothaman Alias Ramachandiran	MANNADIPET	BSP	900	0	900 9 Hund+
3	P. Sivakumar	KAMARAJ NAGAR	Naam Tamilar Katchi	1,000^*	0	1,000 1 Thou+

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	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Ashok Anand	THATTANCHAVADY	All India N.R. Congress	1,24,83,61,601 124 Crore+	48,88,51,822 48 Crore+
2	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan	KALAPET	INC	1,32,43,000 1 Crore+	11,77,67,441 11 Crore+
3	G. Nehru Alias Kuppusamy	ORLEAMPETH	All India N.R. Congress	35,68,20,966 35 Crore+	10,60,40,422 10 Crore+

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 94 (27%) candidates out of the 343 analyzed 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 50 Lakhs. Names of these candidates are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	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	A. Johnkumar	INC	NELLITHOPE	9,71,55,097 9 Crore+	28,13,54,228 28 Crore+	37,85,09,325 37 Crore+	2014-2015	1,80,95,240 1 Crore+	1,74,07,182 1 Crore+
2	Dr.M.A.S.Subramanian,	AIADMK	ARIANKUPPAM	18,80,69,593 18 Crore+	20,64,00,000 20 Crore+	39,44,69,593 39 Crore+	2014-2015	1,45,05,336 1 Crore+	1,39,09,107 1 Crore+
3	S.V. Sugumaran	All India N.R. Congress	MANGALAM	2,97,24,338 2 Crore+	9,56,39,855 9 Crore+	12,53,64,193 12 Crore+	2014-2015	75,09,570 75 Lacs+	57,30,390 57 Lacs+
4	V E. Vaithilingam	INC	KAMARAJ NAGAR	3,86,48,048 3 Crore+	5,18,34,000 5 Crore+	9,04,82,048 9 Crore+	2014-2015	53,51,337 53 Lacs+	14,36,961 14 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*: 204 (59%) out of 343 candidates analyzed 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*: 14 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 Crore have not declared Income Tax details. Their names are given below:

S.No.	Name	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	N. Viswanathan	KALAPET	All India N.R. Congress	0	16,80,644	14,26,88,000^*	14,43,68,644 14 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	P. Kannan	RAJ BHAVAN	AIADMK	2360960	71,35,815	11,74,25,000	12,45,60,815 12 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	R.Somasundaram	KADIRGAMAM	BJP	0	26,01,801	8,16,50,000	8,42,51,801 8 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
4	Malladi Udayalakshmi	YANAM	IND	604327	62,07,861	2,03,00,000	2,65,07,861 2 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
5	K. Lakshminarayanan	RAJ BHAVAN	INC	0	17,62,000	2,05,00,000	2,22,62,000 2 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
6	K.Devamani	THIRUNALLAR	PMK	0	28,51,500	1,85,35,000^*	2,13,86,500 2 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
7	Venkatesan	MANNADIPET	PMK	0	24,14,000	1,59,00,000	1,83,14,000 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
8	Venugopal P	BAHOUR	PMK	0	2,50,000	1,75,00,000	1,77,50,000 1 Crore+	N	ITR not filed
9	N. Mohan Alias Veeraiyan	NELLITHOPE	CPI	0	13,71,640	1,30,00,000	1,43,71,640 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
10	T. Vikraman	MANAVELY	BJP	0	11,39,752	1,15,70,000	1,27,09,752 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
11	Komala S	THIRUBHUVANAI	IND	0	8,50,000	1,11,00,000	1,19,50,000 1 Crore+	N	ITR not filed
12	Sai J Alias A. K. Saravanankumar	OUSSUDU	BJP	0	41,18,560	72,00,000	1,13,18,560 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
13	E.J. Ramachandrran	VILLIANUR	IND	0	2,78,168	1,00,00,000	1,02,78,168 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
14	S.Cassinadin	THATTANCHAVADY	AIADMK	0	11,72,009	90,00,000	1,01,72,009 1 Crore+	N	ITR not filed

Table: 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: 189 (55%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 111 (32%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 8 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates and 8 other candidates have declared themselves to be illiterate.

· Age details of candidates: 221 (64%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 122 (36%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

· Gender details of candidates: 22 (6%) women candidates are contesting in the Puducherry assembly election this year.