Analysis of Criminal details of Candidates contesting in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012

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Executive Summary 

 Himachal Pradesh Election Watch (HPEW) has analyzed affidavits of 445 candidates out of 459

candidates who are contesting Himachal Pradesh 2012 Assembly Elections.

 Out of these  445 candidates analyzed for the Himachal Pradesh  Assembly Elections,  69 

candidates or 16 % declared criminal cases against them. In 2007 assembly elections for the 

whole of Himachal Pradesh, 18% candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves. 

 Amongst major parties, every party has given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal 

cases. INC has 16 out of 68 (24 %), BJP has 7 out of 67 (10%) ,BSP has 8 out of 62 (13 %), HLP has 

6 out of 32 (19 %), AITC has 2 out of 26 (8%), CPM has 10 out of 16 (63%)and IND candidates 

have9 out of 98 (9 %) candidates with declared criminal cases.

 Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of these 69 candidates with declared criminal 

cases, 30 have declared serious criminal cases like  murder,  attempt to murder, kidnapping, 

robbery, extortion etc. CPM has 5, INC has 5, BJP has 4, HLP has 1 and BSP has 5 such candidates.

 Candidates against whom charges have been framed: Out of these 69 candidates with 

declared criminal cases, charges have been framed against 41 candidates  with cases of 

kidnapping, theft, dacoity etc.  

 Candidates with  Heinous & Violent Crime Cases:The following candidates have declared 

serious  criminal cases  of murder, kidnapping and theft against them: 1)Tikender Panwar (of 

CPM from Shimla constituency) has declared two charges of murder and attempt to murder 2) 

Kushal Bhardwaj (of CPM from Jogindernagar constituency) has declared one charge of attempt 

to murder 3)Ramesh Chand (of BJP contesting from Jawalamukhi) has declared 1 charge related 

to kidnapping 4)Ramesh Dutt (SSH) from Fatehpur constituency has declared one charge relating 

to theft 5) Rattan Chand (CPI) contesting from Chamba too has declared one charge relating to 

theft amongst other charges. 

 Candidates with cases under Prevention of Corruption Act: 6 Candidates have declared 

that they have cases registered against them under the “Prevention of Corruption Act”, namely 

Virbhadra Singh (INC) from Shimla Rural constituency, Anirudh Singh (INC) contesting from 

Kasumpti, Harish (INC) from Shimla constituency, Suresh Chandel (BJP) from Bilaspur 

constituency, Rajiv Bindal (BJP) from Nahan constituency and Daulat Ram (HLP) contesting from 

Bilaspur constituency. 

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