Press Release: Tamil Nadu 2016 Assembly Election (Analysis of Criminal, Financial and Other Details of Candidates)

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Press Release

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A total of 3776 candidates are in the fray in the Tamil Nadu 2016 Elections to be held on 16th May 2016. 1107 of these candidates are from major parties. Tamil Nadu Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 997 out of the 1107 candidates contesting from major parties. 110 of these candidates could not be analyzed due to unclear affidavits.

The table below gives the list of major parties whose candidates have been analyzed :

S.No.	Name of Party Analyzed
1	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
2	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK)
3	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
4	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
5	Indian National Congress (INC)
6	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
7	Communist Party of India (CPI)
8	Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)
9	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
10	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
11	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katch

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 997 candidates analyzed, 283 (28%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 157 (16%) 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: 5 candidates have declared charges related to Murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 30 candidates have declared charges related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 8 candidates have declared cases related to Crimes against Women.

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 10 (27%) out of 37 candidates from INC, 26 (15%) out of 176 candidates from BJP, 47 (22%) out of 217 candidates from AIADMK, 68 (40%) out of 170 candidates fielded by DMK, 66 (31%) out of 211 candidates from PMK, 41 (42%) out of 98 from DMDK and 8 (47%) out of 17 CPI(M) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 8 (22%) out of 37 candidates from INC, 15 (9%) out of 176 candidates from BJP, 26 (12%) out of 217 candidates from AIADMK, 41 (24%) out of 170 candidates fielded by DMK, 36 (17%) out of 211 candidates from PMK, 18 (18%) out of 98 from DMDK and 3 (18%) out of 17 CPI(M) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: 28 constituencies in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections have 3 or more candidates from major parties 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 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	No of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
1 crore and above	553	55%
50 lakhs to 1 crore	153	15%
5 lakhs to 50 lakhs	245	25%
less than 5 lakhs	46	5%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates*: The 3 richest candidates from the 997 major party candidates analysed in the Tamil Nadu 2016 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Vasanthakumar. H	TIRUNELVELI	NANGUNERI	INC	1,56,81,55,917	1,80,45,30,790	3,37,26,86,707 337 Crore+
2	Mohan M.K.	CHENNAI	ANNA NAGAR	DMK	2,92,43,716	1,68,04,87,300	1,70,97,31,016 170 Crore+
3	Jayalalithaa J	CHENNAI	DR.RADHAKRISHNAN NAGAR	AIADMK	41,63,55,396	72,09,83,190	1,13,73,38,586 113 Crore+

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 997 candidates analysed, 553 (56%) are crorepatis.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 32 (87%) out of 37 candidates from INC, 64 (36%) out of 176 candidates from BJP, 156 (72%) out of 217 candidates from AIADMK, 133 (78%) out of 170 candidates fielded by DMK, 72 (34%) out of 211 candidates from PMK and 57 (58%) out of 98 DMDK candidates have declared assets worth Rs 1 Crore and above in their affidavits.

· Average assets: The average of assets of the 997 major party candidates analyzed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections is Rs 4.35 Crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 37 INC candidates is Rs 16.88 Crores, 176 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs 2.08 Crores, 217 AIADMK candidates have average assets worth Rs 4.83 Crores, 170 DMK candidates have average assets worth Rs 8.19 Crores, 211 PMK candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.56 Crore, average assets of 98 DMDK candidates is Rs 2.80 Crores, 23 MDMK candidates have average assets of Rs 4.27 Crores and 14 Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) candidates have average assets of Rs. 9.58 Crores.

· Zero asset candidate: 2 candidates have declared Zero assets in their self sworn affidavits. The list is given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Karuppan V.	THIRUVANNAMALAI	CHENGAM	BJP	0	0	0
2	Dhandapani S	VILLUPURAM	TIRUKKOYILUR	BJP	0	0	0

Table: Zero Asset Candidates

· 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)
1	Mohan. A	SALEM	VEERAPANDI	CPI	6,500	0	6,500 6 Thou+
2	Murugesan.P	COIMBATORE	VALPARAI	BJP	40,000	0	40,000 40 Thou+
3	Veeralakshmi C	KANCHEEPURAM	PALLAVARAM	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	41,000	0	41,000 41 Thou+

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	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Vasanthakumar. H	TIRUNELVELI	NANGUNERI	INC	3,37,26,86,707 337 Crore+	1,21,99,04,171 121 Crore+
2	Elango. N	NAMAKKAL	NAMAKKAL	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	44,39,70,559 44 Crore+	20,22,48,076 20 Crore+
3	A.M.Munirathinam	VELLORE	SHOLINGUR	INC	10,30,86,880 10 Crore+	19,68,65,608 19 Crore+

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 114 (11%) candidates out of the 997 analyzed have not declared their PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 6 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 2 Crores. Names of these candidates 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 candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Vasanthakumar. H	INC	NANGUNERI	TIRUNELVELI	3,37,26,86,707 337 Crore+	2014-2015	22,65,71,880 22 Crore+	22,64,74,750 22 Crore+
2	Varalakshmi.M	DMK	CHENGALPATTU	KANCHEEPURAM	29,85,77,955 29 Crore+	2014-2015	4,52,82,486 4 Crore+	3,36,000 3 Lacs+
3	Vijaya Baskar C	AIADMK	VIRALIMALAI	PUDUKKOTTAI	9,08,77,330 9 Crore+	2015-2016	3,64,59,140 3 Crore+	3,12,34,680 3 Crore+
4	Veeramani.K.C.	AIADMK	JOLARPET	VELLORE	27,67,41,617 27 Crore+	2015-2016	3,32,24,000 3 Crore+	2,61,00,000 2 Crore+
5	Chidambaram Pl.A	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	THIRUMAYAM	PUDUKKOTTAI	42,34,03,703 42 Crore+	2015-2016	2,62,03,622 2 Crore+	1,75,36,654 1 Crore+
6	Karunani d hi. M	DMK	THIRUVARUR	THIRUVARUR	62,99,35,576 62 Crore+	2014-2015	2,47,59,710 2 Crore+	1,21,41,930 1 Crore+

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*: 284 (28%) out of the 997 major party 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*: 4 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 11 Crores have not declared Income Tax details. Their names are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Muthuvenkateshwaran K G	TIRUPPUR	KANGAYAM	DMDK	0	17,43,11,932 17 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Rajasekar R	CUDDALORE	NEYVELI	AIADMK	0	12,02,51,405 12 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Rajendran R	CUDDALORE	KURINJIPADI	AIADMK	0	11,86,53,072 11 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
4	Baskara Sethupathy.A	MADURAI	USILAMPATTI	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	11,73,88,210 11 Crore+	Y	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: 454 (46%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 488 (49%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 6 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates and 6 other candidates have declared themselves to be illiterate.

· Age details of candidates: 537 (54%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 458 (46%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 2 candidates have declared they are more than 80 years old.