Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other Details of Candidates - Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Assembly Elections, 2021

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Press Release

1st April, 2021

Dear Friends,

The National Election Watch and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 6318 out of 6792 candidates who contested in the Union Territory of Puducherry and 4 states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal till Phase III. 474 candidates were not analysed due to unclear affidavits available on the ECI website at the time of making this report.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/assam-kerala-puducherry-tamil-nadu-and-west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-analysis-criminal

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal cases: Out of 6318 candidates analysed, 1157 (18%) have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Candidates with serious criminal cases: 632 (10 %) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

State-wise candidates with self-declared criminal cases

Figure: State-wise 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	Assam	941	138	15%	109	12%
2	Kerala	928	355	38%	167	18%
3	Puducherry	323	54	17%	28	9%
4	Tamil Nadu	3559	466	13%	207	6%
5	West Bengal till Phase III	567	144	25%	121	21%
Total		6318	1157	18%	632	10%

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
Independent	2807	214	8%	127	5%
BJP	319	163	51%	108	34%
BSP	259	12	5%	10	4%
INC	239	132	55%	82	34%
AIADMK	197	50	25%	21	11%
DMK	191	143	75%	55	29%
CPI(M)	126	77	61%	39	31%
AITC	107	29	27%	23	21%
DMDK	86	20	23%	10	12%
CPI	35	14	40%	3	9%
AGP	29	4	14%	4	14%
Pattali Makkal Katchi	23	10	43%	5	22%
NCP	16	3	19%	2	13%
All India N.R. Congress	16	3	19%	1	6%
Others	1868	283	15%	142	8%
Total	6318	1157	18%	632	10%

Table: Party wise candidates with criminal cases

State Wise Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 191(31%) out of 621 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 Constituencies	Number of Red Alert Constituencies	Percentage of Red Alert Constituencies
1	Assam	126	13	10%
2	Kerala	140	75	54%
3	Puducherry	30	8	27%
4	Tamil Nadu	234	74	32%
5	West Bengal till Phase III	91	21	23%
Total		621	191	31%

Table: State Wise Red Alert Constituencies

Financial Background

Crorepati Candidates: Out of 6318 candidates analysed, 1317(21%) 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	Assam	941	264	28%
2	Kerala	928	249	27%
3	Puducherry	323	74	23%
4	Tamil Nadu	3559	652	18%
5	West Bengal till Phase III	567	78	14%
Total		6318	1317	21%

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
DMK	191	164	86%
AIADMK	197	168	85%
All India N.R. Congress	16	13	81%
AGP	29	22	76%
INC	239	149	62%
Pattali Makkal Katchi	23	14	61%
BJP	319	139	44%
AITC	107	39	36%
CPI(M)	126	37	29%
NCP	16	4	25%
CPI	35	8	23%
DMDK	86	19	22%
BSP	259	3	1%
Independent	2807	193	7%
Others	1868	345	18%
Total	6318	1317	21%

Table: Party wise Crorepati candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting is Rs 1.70 Crores.

Figure: State Wise Average Assets of Candidates

S.No.	State	Total number of Candidates Analysed	Average Assets (Rs)
1	Assam	941	Rs 2,10,15,360 2 Crore+
2	Kerala	928	Rs 1,69,05,883 1 Crore+
3	Puducherry	323	Rs 2,14,32,508 2 Crore+
4	Tamil Nadu	3559	Rs 1,72,93,219 1 Crore+
5	West Bengal till Phase III	567	Rs 71,09,702 71 Lacs+
Total		6318	Rs 1,70,88,411 1 Crore+

Table: State Wise Average Assets Candidates

Income Tax Details

Candidates who have not filed ITR: Out of 6318 candidates analysed, 646(10%) candidates have not filed ITR.

S.No	State	Total Candidates Analysed	Candidates who have not filed ITR	Percentage of Candidates who have not filed ITR
1	Assam	941	11	1%
2	Kerala	928	153	16%
3	Puducherry	323	25	8%
4	Tamil Nadu	3559	423	12%
5	West Bengal till Phase III	567	34	6%
Total		6318	646	10%

Table: Candidates who have not filed ITR

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

Other Background Details

Overall Educational Details: 3106(49%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th to 12^th pass, while 2724(43%) candidates are graduates or have higher degrees.90 candidates have declared themselves as just literates and 120 candidates are illiterate.

Overall Age Details: 4163 (66%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years whereas 2146(34%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 80 years. 8 candidates have declared their age to be above 80 years while 1 candidate has declared his age to be below 25 years.