Press Release: Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: March 4, 2023

Dear Friends,

Nagaland Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 60 winning candidates in the Nagaland 2023 Assembly Elections.

For the complete English and Hindi reports, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-winning-8

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 60 winning candidates analysed in 2023, 2(3%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Nagaland Assembly elections in 2018, 2(3%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 1 (2%) winner candidate has declared serious criminal cases against himself. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Nagaland Assembly elections in 2018, 2 (3%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2018 vs Winning candidate 2023

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 1(4%) out of 25 winning candidates analysed from NDPP and 1 (8%) out of 12 winning candidates analysed from BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 1(8%) out of 12 winning candidates from BJP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases

Financial Background

Crorepati Winning candidates: Out of the 60 winning candidates analysed, 52 (87%) are crorepatis. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Nagaland assembly elections 2018, 45 (75%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2018 and Winning Candidates 2023

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 24 (96%) out of 25 from NDPP, 11 (92%) out of 12 from BJP, 6 (86%) out of 7 from NCP, 4 (80%) out of 5 from NPP and 3 (75%) out of 4 Independent winning candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates

Figure: Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per winning candidate in the Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 is Rs 9.14 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018 was Rs 5.16 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2018 vs 2023

Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 25 NDPP winning candidates is Rs 9.02 Crores, 12 BJP winning candidates is Rs 5.39 Crores, 7 NCP winning candidates is Rs 4.65 Crores, 5 NPP winning candidates is Rs 6.44 Crores and 4 Independent winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.74 Crores.

High asset winning candidates: The top three winning candidates with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Sukhato A Sema	Pughoboto	Pughoboto (ST)	Lok Janshakti Party(Ram Vilas)	11,30,34,670	1,48,85,96,820	1,60,16,31,490 160 Crore+	Y
2	Neiphiu Rio	Kohima	Northern Angami-II (ST)	NDPP	15,99,07,855	30,96,00,000	46,95,07,855 46 Crore+	Y
3	Dr Tseilhoutuo Rhutso (Dr Ato)	Kohima	Kohima Town (ST)	NPP	43,33,638	21,74,00,000	22,17,33,638 22 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three winning candidates with highest declared assets

Low asset winning candidates: The details of three winning candidates with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Imtichoba	Tuensang	Tuensang Sadar-II (ST)	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	6,82,000	0	6,82,000 6 Lacs+	Y
2	Y. Lima Onen Chang	Tuensang	Noksen (ST)	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	7,36,000	0	7,36,000 7 Lacs+	Y
3	Y Mankhao Konyak	Mon	Mon Town (ST)	NCP	13,63,672	0	13,63,672 13 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 14 winning candidates have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 winning candidates are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr.Neisatuo Mero	Phek	Pfutsero (ST)	IND	2,53,41,405 2 Crore+	52,98,415 52 Lacs+	Y
2	Hekani Jakhalu	Dimapur	Dimapur-III (ST)	NDPP	5,58,78,769 5 Crore+	41,95,437 41 Lacs+	Y
3	Kropol Vitsu	Kohima	Southern Angami-II (ST)	BJP	3,35,31,621 3 Crore+	35,24,850 35 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three winning candidates with high liabilities

Winning candidates with high income as declared in ITR*: The table below shows 3 winning candidates who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by winning candidate	Total income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	H. Tovihoto Ayemi	BJP	Dimapur-I	Dimapur	9,27,98,830 9 Crore+	MLA, Advisor, Power, Government of Nagaland, Business	Business	2022-2023	91,66,238 91 Lacs+	54,32,320 54 Lacs+
2	T N Mannen	NDPP	Impur (ST)	Mokokchung	15,42,02,035 15 Crore+	Pension, House Rent	Monthly Pension, House Rent	2021-2022	73,63,760 73 Lacs+	28,77,800 28 Lacs+
3	Dr.Kekhrielhoulie Yhome	NDPP	Northern Angami-I (ST)	Kohima	14,12,68,343 14 Crore+	Salary / Miscellaneous	Salary	2021-2022	61,45,236 61 Lacs+	27,31,159 27 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 winning candidates with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

* As per section 10 (26) of IT Act 1961, a member of ST residing in a specific area of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura or Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir is exempt from paying IT.

Other Background Details

Education Details of winning candidates: 16 (27%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass, while 41 (68%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 2 winning candidates are Diploma holders and 1 winner candidate is Illiterate.

Age details of winning candidates: 23 (38%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 36 (60%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years and 1 winner candidate has declared his age 86 years.

Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 60 winning candidates analysed, 2 (3%) winning candidates are women. Out of 60 MLAs, there were no women MLAs in the Nagaland 2018 Assembly Elections.