Press Release: Consolidated candidates' report on Criminal Background, Financial and other Details of candidates of Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana Assembly Elections, 2023

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28 November, 2023

Dear Friends,

The National Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8051 out of 8054 candidates who contested in the 5 states assembly elections of Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana. 3 candidates from Chhattisgarh were not analysed due to unclear affidavits available on the ECI website at the time of making this report.

Out of 8051 candidates analysed, 2117 are from National parties, 537 are from State parties, 2051 are from registered unrecognized parties and 3346 candidates are contesting independently.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-candidates-35

State	Total Contesting Candidates	Total Number of Analysed Candidates
Mizoram	174	174
Chhattisgarh	1181	1178
Madhya Pradesh	2534	2534
Rajasthan	1875	1875
Telangana	2290	2290
Total	8054	8051

Table: State Wise Contesting Candidates Detail

Summary and Highlights

Party	Total Contesting Candidates	Total Number of Analysed Candidates	Candidates with declared Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared criminal cases	Candidates with declared serious criminal cases	% of candidates with declared serious criminal cases	No. of Crorepatis	Percentage of Crorepati Candidates
National Parties	2117	2117	656	31%	404	19%	1372	65%
State Parties	537	537	154	29%	100	19%	277	52%
Registered Unrecognized Party	2053	2051	252	12%	184	9%	243	12%
Independent	3347	3346	390	12%	271	8%	479	14%
Total	8054	8051	1452	18%	959	12%	2371	29%

Table: Party Category Wise Details

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal cases: Out of 8051 candidates analysed, 1452 (18%) have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Candidates with serious criminal cases: 959 (12 %) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Candidates with declared cases related to murder: 22 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302, 303) against themselves.

Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 82 candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women: 107 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women. Out of 107 candidates 5 candidates have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

The directions of the Supreme Court have had no effect on the political parties in selection of candidates in the 5 States Assembly Elections 2023 as they have again followed their old practice of giving tickets to candidates with criminal cases. All major parties contesting in the 5 States assembly elections 2023 have given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases against themselves, as follows:
(a) Mizoram 3 % to 10 %
(b) Chhattisgarh 5 % to 30 %
(c) Madhya Pradesh 12 % to 53 %
(d) Rajasthan 6 % to 72 %
(e) Telangana 24 % to 72 %

The Supreme Court in its directions dated 13th February, 2020 had specifically instructed political parties to give reasons for such selection and why other individuals without criminal antecedents could not be selected as candidates. As per these mandatory guidelines, the reasons for such selection have to be with reference to qualifications, achievements and merit of the candidate concerned and not only based on the winnability factor. During the recent 4 State Assembly elections held in 2023, it was observed that political parties gave unfounded and baseless reasons like popularity of the person, does good social work, cases are politically motivated etc. These are not sound and cogent reasons for fielding candidates with tainted backgrounds. This data clearly shows that political parties have no interest in reforming the electoral system and our democracy will continue to suffer at the hands of lawbreakers who become lawmakers.

State wise candidates with self-declared criminal cases

Figure: State wise Percentage of candidates with criminal cases

S.No.	State	Total Number of Candidates Analysed	Number of Candidates with Declared Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared criminal cases	Number of Candidates with Declared Serious Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared serious criminal cases
1	Mizoram	174	7	4%	7	4%
2	Chhattisgarh	1178	126	11%	72	6%
3	Madhya Pradesh	2534	472	19%	291	11%
4	Rajasthan	1875	326	17%	236	13%
5	Telangana	2290	521	23%	353	15%
Total		8051	1452	18%	959	12%

Table: State wise candidates with criminal cases

Party wise candidates with self-declared criminal cases

Figure: Party wise Percentage of candidates with criminal cases

Party Name	Total number of candidates analyzed	Candidates with declared Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared criminal cases	Candidates with declared serious criminal cases	% of candidates with declared serious criminal cases
INC	677	268	40%	162	24%
BJP	654	224	34%	129	20%
Independent	3346	390	12%	271	8%
BSP	532	77	14%	54	10%
BRS	119	57	48%	34	29%
AAP	210	60	29%	40	19%
MNF	40	1	3%	1	3%
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	78	28	36%	24	31%
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)	77	14	18%	6	8%
SP	98	24	24%	16	16%
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	137	33	24%	25	18%
All India Forward Bloc	48	12	25%	8	17%
Gondvana Gantantra Party	75	15	20%	11	15%
CPI(M)	44	27	61%	19	43%
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	23	9	39%	6	26%
CPI	31	4	13%	3	10%
Janasena Party	8	3	38%	2	25%
Other Parties	1854	206	11%	148	8%
Total	8051	1452	18%	959	12%

Table: Party wise candidates with criminal cases

State wise number of candidates with declared cases related to

Murder, attempt to murder and crime against women

S.No.	State	No of Candidates with declared cases related to murder	No of Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder	No of Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women
1	Mizoram	0	0	0
2	Chhattisgarh	1	4	2
3	Madhya Pradesh	10	17	24
4	Rajasthan	4	34	36
5	Telangana	7	27	45
Total		22	82	107

Table: State wise number of candidates with declared cases related to murder, attempt to murder and crime against women

Figure: State wise number of candidates with declared cases related to murder, attempt to murder and crime against women

State Wise Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 241(35%) out of 679 constituencies having 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

S. No	State	Number of Constituency	Number of Red Alert Constituencies	Percentage of Red Alert Constituencies
1	Mizoram	40	0	0%
2	Chhattisgarh	90	21	23%
3	Madhya Pradesh	230	79	34%
4	Rajasthan	200	45	23%
5	Telangana	119	96	81%
Total		679	241	35%

Table: State Wise Red Alert Constituencies

Financial Background

Crorepati Candidates: Out of 8051 candidates analysed, 2371(29%) are crorepati.

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

S.No.	State	Total number of Candidates Analysed	Number of Crorepati Candidates	Percentage of Crorepati candidates
1	Mizoram	174	114	66%
2	Chhattisgarh	1178	299	25%
3	Madhya Pradesh	2534	727	29%
4	Rajasthan	1875	651	35%
5	Telangana	2290	580	25%
Total		8051	2371	29%

Table: State Wise Crorepati Candidates

Party wise Crorepati Candidates

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

Party Name	Total number of candidates analyzed	Number of Crorepati Candidates	Percentage of Crorepati candidates
INC	677	584	86%
BJP	654	549	84%
Independent	3346	479	14%
BSP	532	135	25%
BRS	119	114	96%
AAP	210	91	43%
MNF	40	36	90%
Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	78	36	46%
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)	77	28	36%
SP	98	26	27%
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)	137	19	14%
All India Forward Bloc	48	19	40%
Gondvana Gantantra Party	75	17	23%
CPI(M)	44	13	30%
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	23	12	52%
CPI	31	5	16%
Janasena Party	8	4	50%
Other Parties	1854	204	11%
Total	8051	2371	29%

Table: Party wise Crorepati candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting is Rs 3.36 Crores.

Figure: State Wise Average Assets of Candidates

S.No.	State	Total number of Candidates Analysed	Average Assets (Rs)
1	Mizoram	174	Rs 4,90,38,154 4 Crore+
2	Chhattisgarh	1178	Rs 1,87,26,097 1 Crore+
3	Madhya Pradesh	2534	Rs 2,89,96,316 2 Crore+
4	Rajasthan	1875	Rs 3,12,57,223 3 Crore+
5	Telangana	2290	Rs 4,71,10,884 4 Crore+
Total		8051	Rs 3,36,05,746 3 Crore+

Table: State Wise Average Assets Candidates

Other Background Details

Overall Educational Details: 3645(45%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th to 12^th pass, while 3794(47%) candidates are graduates or have higher degrees. 146 candidates are Diploma holders. 320 candidates have declared themselves to be just literate and 136 candidates are Illiterates. 10 candidates have not given their educational qualification.

Overall Age Details: 3101(39%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 3872 (48%) candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 1066(13%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and 12 candidates have declared they are more than 80 years old.