State Assembly Bye Elections September 2023: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other Details of Candidates
ADR India
Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 42 out of 43 Candidates from 7 Assembly Constituencies of 6 states Bye-elections to be held on 5th September, 2023. 1 Candidate from Puthuppally constituency of Kerala namely Luke Thomas is not analysed due to the unavailability of his clear and complete affidavits on the ECI website at the time of making this report.
State-wise Bye elections details
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S.No. |
Election Types |
State |
Constituency Name |
Total Seats |
Total Contesting Candidates |
Total Number of Candidates Analysed |
|
1 |
Assembly |
Jharkhand |
Dumri |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|
2 |
Kerala |
Puthuppally |
1 |
7 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
Tripura |
Boxanagar |
2 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
4 |
Dhanpur |
4 |
4 |
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|
5 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Ghosi |
1 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
6 |
Uttarakhand |
Bageshwar |
1 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
7 |
West Bengal |
Dhupguri |
1 |
7 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
7 |
43 |
42 |
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Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates
- Affidavits of 42 out of 43 candidates who are contesting in Assembly Bye-elections 2023 have been analyzed.
- There are 16(38%) candidates who have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of these, 11(26%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
- 10(24%) candidates are crorepatis.
- The average assets per candidate contesting in the Assembly bye election is Rs. 1.08 crore.
- There are 19 candidates who have declared liabilities.
- Out of 42 candidates, 5(12%) are women.
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Jharkhand Election Watch |
Tripura Election Watch |
Uttarakhand Election Watch |
West Bengal Election Watch |
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Mr. Sudhir Pal State Co-ordinator |
Dr. Biswendu Bhattacharjee State Co-ordinator |
Mr. Manoj Dhyani State Co-ordinator |
Mr. BP Maithani State Co-ordinator |
Dr. Ujjaini Halim State Co-ordinator |
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Uttar Pradesh Election Watch |
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Mr. Sanjay Singh |
Dr Lenin |
Mr. Anil Sharma |
Mr. Mahesh Anand |
Association for Democratic Reforms/ National Election Watch
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