Press Release: Gujarat Assembly Elections Phase 1 Candidates

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Dear Friends,

The Gujarat Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 923 out of 977 candidates, who are contesting in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections to be held on 9^th December, 2017. There are 54 candidates who have not been analysed as the affidavits of these candidates were either badly scanned or the complete affidavits were not available on the ECI website.

For the Full Report, please click here: https://adrindia.org/content/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017-phase-1-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education

Summary and Highlights

S.No	Party	Number of Candidates not Analysed
1	INC	1
2	AAP	2
3	BSP	4
4	JD(U)	2
5	NCP	2
6	Independent	26
7	Other Parties	17
Total		54

Table: Party Wise Candidates who have not been analysed

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 923 candidates analyzed, 137 (15%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 78 (8%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

· Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 Bhartiya Tribal Party candidate namely Maheshbhai Chotubhai Vasava from Dediapada constituency has declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 8 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 2 candidates have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376) and 1 candidate has declared case related to word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (IPC Section-509).

· Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 3 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365).

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 22(25%) out of 89 candidates from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), 31 (36%) out of 86 candidates from Indian National Congress(INC), 11 (18%) out of 60 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), 4 (14%) out of 28 candidates from NCP, 2 (11%) out of 19 candidates from AAP, and 34 (8%) out of 416 Independent candidates analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 10(11%) out of 89 candidates from Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), 20 (23%) out of 86 candidates from Indian National Congress(INC), 8 (13%) out of 60 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), 3 (11%) out of 28 candidates from NCP, 1 (5%) out of 19 candidates from AAP, and 15 (4%) out of 416 Independent candidates analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 21(24%) out of 89 constituencies in the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections 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.

Financial Background

· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the first phase of assembly elections Gujarat is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs.)	Number of candidates	Percentage of Candidates
Rs.5 cr and above	65	7%
Rs.2 crores to 5 crores	60	7%
Rs. 50 lakhs to 2 crores	161	17%
Rs.10 lakhs to 50 lakhs	219	24%
less than Rs. 10 lakhs	418	45%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

· High asset candidates: The details of top 3 candidates with highest declared assets, contesting in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rajguru Indranilbhai Sanjaybhai	RAJKOT	RAJKOT WEST	INC	20,06,15,197	1,21,16,68,578	1,41,22,83,775 141 Crore+	Y
2	Saurabh Yashvantbhai Dalal Patel	BOTAD	BOTAD	BJP	67,87,85,869	55,91,00,000	1,23,78,85,869 123 Crore+	Y
3	Dhanjibhai Patel (Makson)	SURENDRANAGAR	WADHWAN	BJP	85,23,20,111	28,24,58,334	1,13,47,78,445 113 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 923 candidates, 198 (21%) are crorepatis.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among the major parties 76(85%) out of 89 candidates from BJP, 60(70%) out of 86 candidates from INC, 7 (25%) out of 28 candidates from NCP, 6(32%) out of 19 candidates from AAP, 2(3%) out of 60 candidates from BSP and 25 (6%) out of 416 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections is Rs 2.16 Crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 89 BJP candidates is Rs. 10.70 crores, 86 INC candidates is Rs 8.46 crores, 60 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 19.16 lakhs, 28 NCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.15 Crores, 19 AAP candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.68 crores, and 416 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 29.23 lakhs.

· Zero asset candidate: 2 candidates have declared zero assets in their self sworn affidavits. The details of these candidates are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Unadkat Prakashbhai Vallabhdas	PORBANDAR	PORBANDAR	IND	0	0	0	Y
2	Chauhan Rafik Husen	GIR SOMNATH	SOMNATH	IND	0	0	0	Y

Table: Candidates who have declared zero assets

· Low asset candidates: The details of three candidates with lowest assets (excluding candidates with zero asssets) are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1.	Dharmeshbhai Hasmukhbhai Upaddhyay	RAJKOT	RAJKOT WEST	IND	600	0	600 6 Hund+	Y
2	Rushikeshbhai Mansukhbhai Pandya	RAJKOT	GONDAL	Bharatiya Rashtravadi Paksha	2,000^*	0	2,000 2 Thou+	Y
3	Gosai Amitpari Nathupari	BHAVNAGAR	GARIADHAR	IND	2,000	0	2,000 2 Thou+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

^* On assets means candidates who have not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

· Candidates with high liabilities: 386(42%) out of 923 candidates have declared liabilities. The details of top three candidates with highest liabilities are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rajguru Indranilbhai Sanjaybhai	RAJKOT	RAJKOT WEST	INC	1,41,22,83,775 141 Crore+	45,46,77,532 45 Crore+	Y
2	Ambaliya Ravibhai Jamanadas	RAJKOT	JETPUR	INC	29,58,70,692 29 Crore+	29,89,18,942 29 Crore+	Y
3	Gopalbhai Pragjibhai Vastarpara	AMRELI	LATHI	BJP	55,26,01,842 55 Crore+	24,40,70,212 24 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 127 (14%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 8 candidates have declared total self- annual income of more than Rs 1 crore. The details of top 3 candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party	Constituency	District	Total Assets (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	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) (in Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (in Rs)
1	Dhanjibhai Patel (Makson)	BJP	WADHWAN	SURENDRANAGAR	3,90,51,313 3 Crore+	Farming & Business	Farming & Business	2016-2017	1,13,47,78,445 113 Crore+	3,94,36,236 3 Crore+
2	Pabubha Virambha Manek	BJP	DWARKA	DEVBHUMI DWARKA	2,69,89,503 2 Crore+	Business	Rent Income	2016-2017	88,42,28,456 88 Crore+	2,78,19,927 2 Crore+
3	Saurabh Yashvantbhai Dalal Patel	BJP	BOTAD	BOTAD	1,06,57,644 1 Crore+	Business	Salary, Interest, Dividend	2016-2017	1,23,78,85,869 123 Crore+	2,45,94,864 2 Crore+

Table: Top 3 candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

· Sources of Income: 76 (8%) out of 923 candidates have not declared their sources of income.

· Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 471(51%) out of 923 candidates 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*: 14 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The details of top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Bhaveshbhai Ramnikbhai Bhalara	RAJKOT	RAJKOT EAST	IND	4,80,000	8,52,50,876 8 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Devabhai Punjabhai Malam	JUNAGADH	KESHOD	BJP	0	5,23,45,606 5 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Jadeja Geetaba Jayrajsinh	RAJKOT	GONDAL	BJP	0	2,70,16,228 2 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed

Table: Top three 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: 580 (63%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^th, while 217 (23.5%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 76(8%) candidates have declared themselves to be just literates and 17 (2%) candidates are illiterate. There are 12 (1%) candidates who have not declared their educational qualification.

· Age details of candidates: 367(40%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 473 (51%) candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 82(9%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.