Press Release: Goa analysis of newly elected MLAs 2017 and Ministers

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Goa Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 40 newly elected MLAs in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections.

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Final Party Positions in 2017 Goa Assembly Elections

Party Name	Total Seats
Indian National Congress	17
Bhartiya Janta Party	13
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	3
Goa Forward Party	3
Independent	3
Nationalist Congress Party	1
All Parties	40

Criminal background

· MLAs with criminal cases:Out of the 40 MLAs analysed, 9(23%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 40 MLAs analyzed for Goa 2012 Assembly Elections, 12 (30%) had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· MLAs with serious criminal cases:6(15%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder etc. Out of 40 MLAs analysed during Goa Assembly elections in 2012, 3 (7.5%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· Party wise MLAs with criminal cases:4(24%)out of 17 MLAs from INC, 2(15%) out of 13 MLAs from BJP, 1 (33%) out of 3 MLAs from Goa Forward Party , 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from NCP and 1 (33%) out 3 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: 2(12%)out of 17 MLAs from INC, 1(8%) out of 13 MLAs from BJP, 1 (33%) out of 3 MLAs from Goa Forward Party , 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from NCP and 1 (33%) out 3 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Financial background

· Share of wealth among MLAs : The share of wealth amongst the newly elected MLAs in Goa assembly elections 2017 as follows:

Value of assets	Number of MLAs	Percentage of MLAs
Rs.5 cr and above	27	68%
Rs.2 crores to 5 crores	8	20%
Rs.1 crore to Rs. 2 crores	5	12%

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	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Michael Vincent Lobo	NORTH GOA	CALANGUTE	BJP	17,30,51,558	37,29,30,000	54,59,81,558 54 Crore+	Y
2	Pratapsingh R Rane	NORTH GOA	PORIEM	INC	5,14,15,805	44,86,00,858	50,00,16,663 50 Crore+	Y
3	Jennifer Monserrate	NORTH GOA	TALEIGAO	INC	9,70,73,930	21,10,44,550	30,81,18,480 30 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

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

· Crorepati MLAs: All the 40(100%) newly elected MLAs analysed, are crorepatis. Out of 40 MLAs analysed during Goa 2012 assembly elections, 37(93%) MLAs were crorepatis.

· Average assets:The average of assets per MLA who won in the Goa 2017 assembly elections is Rs.10.90 crores whereas the average asset for each candidate who contested in the 2017 assembly elections was Rs 4.75 crores.In 2012, the average assets per MLA analyzed was Rs 7.28 crores .

· Party wise average assets:Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 17 INC MLAs analysed is Rs 12.17 crores, 13 BJP MLAs have average assets of Rs 11.53 crores, 3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak MLAs have average assets of Rs 9.35 crores and 3 Goa Forward Party MLAs have average assets worth of Rs 8.55 crores.

· MLAs with high liabilities: 15 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	NORTH GOA	VALPOI	INC	21,31,05,484 21 Crore+	11,29,94,840 11 Crore+
2	Michael Vincent Lobo	NORTH GOA	CALANGUTE	BJP	54,59,81,558 54 Crore+	10,09,71,703 10 Crore+
3	Nilesh Cabral	SOUTH GOA	CURCHOREM	BJP	19,95,57,261 19 Crore+	8,81,37,280 8 Crore+

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

MLAs who have not declared PAN details: All 40 MLAs have declared their PAN details.

· MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 MLAswho have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party	Constituency	District	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by winner	Total income shown by winner in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by winner in ITR (Rs)
1	Michael Vincent Lobo	BJP	CALANGUTE	NORTH GOA	54,59,81,558 54 Crore+	2016-2017	3,25,27,303 3 Crore+	1,63,23,004 1 Crore+
2	Rohan Khaunte	IND	PROVORIM	NORTH GOA	9,34,03,413 9 Crore+	2015-2016	1,70,43,238 1 Crore+	1,51,21,619 1 Crore+
3	Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane	INC	VALPOI	NORTH GOA	21,31,05,484 21 Crore+	2016-2017	1,16,00,371 1 Crore+	69,47,870 69 Lacs+

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*: All 40 MLAs analyzed have declared income tax details.

Comparative analysis of assets of re-elected MLAs

· Number of re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the assembly elections of 2017 is 18.

· Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2012: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2012 was Rs. Rs 10.54 crores

· Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2017:The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2017 is Rs 16.09 crores

· Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2012 to 2017: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 5.54 crores i.e. by 53%.

Comparative analysis of party wise average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2012 and 2017

S.No.	Party in Goa 2017	Total Number of Winners	Average Assets in Goa 2017(in Rs)	Average Assets in Goa 2012(in Rs)	Average Asset Increase/decrease(in Rs)	Average % Increase/decrease in Asset
1.	BJP	9	14,18,04,838 14 Crore+	8,42,67,291 8 Crore+	5,75,37,547 5 Crore+	68%
2.	INC	6	21,23,70,887 21 Crore+	12,88,98,304 12 Crore+	8,34,72,583 8 Crore+	65%
3.	Independent	1	9,34,03,413 9 Crore+	5,87,89,835 5 Crore+	3,46,13,578 3 Crore+	59%
4.	Goa Forward Party	1	14,75,55,994 14 Crore+	25,21,14,818 25 Crore+	-10,45,58,824	-41%
5.	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	1	10,58,74,487 10 Crore+	5,58,50,317 5 Crore+	5,00,24,170 5 Crore+	90%
GRAND TOTAL		18	16,09,61,264.22 16 Crore+	10,54,75,023.16 10 Crore+	5,54,86,241.05 5 Crore+	53%

Table: comparative analysis of party wise average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2012 and 2017

Other background details

· Education Details of MLAs: 18 (45%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass while 17 (43%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

· Age details of MLAs: None of the MLAs have declared their age to be below 40 years.18 (45%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 40 and 50 years while 22 (55%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. In the 2012 Goa Assembly Elections, 24 (60%) MLAs had declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 16 (40%) MLAs had declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. Average age of MLAs in 2017 is 52.8 years whereas average age of MLAs in 2012 was 48.7 years.