Press Release : Presidential Election, 2022 - Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, and Gender details of MPs/MLAs Voters

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Press Release

Date: July 12, 2022

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analyzed 4759 out 4809 affidavits of all sitting MPs & MLAs. It includes 768 out of 776 affidavits of MPs and 3991 out of 4033 MLAs from all the states of India. They collectively form the Electoral College, who will be voting for the Presidential Election on 18^th July, 2022 to elect the new President of India. Based on the number of votes these 4759 MPs/MLAs can cast, ADR and NEW have analysed 1074364 out of 1086431 votes.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/presidential-election-2022-analysis-criminal-background-financial-and-gender-details-mpsmlas

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Composition of Electoral College for Presidential Election

Background details of Presidential candidates

Background details available as per the affidavits submitted for last election contested by the 2 presidential candidates are as follows:

S.No.	Elections	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Gender	Total Assets (Rs.)	Liabilities (Rs.)	Number of Criminal Cases	Serious IPC Counts	Education	PAN Given
1	Odisha Legislative Assembly Election 2014	Rairangpur	Droupadi Murmu	BJP	F	2,08,80,000 2 Crore+	14,00,000 14 Lacs+	3	0	Graduate	Y
2	Lok Sabha Election 2009 - Jharkhand	Hazaribagh	Yashwant Sinha	BJP	M	3,65,76,217 3 Crore+	0	1	0	Post Graduate	Y

S.No.

Elections

Constituency

Candidate

Party

Gender

Total Assets (Rs.)

Liabilities (Rs.)

Number of

Criminal Cases

Serious IPC

Counts

Education

PAN

Given

Odisha Legislative

Assembly Election 2014

Rairangpur

Droupadi Murmu

BJP

2,08,80,000

2 Crore+

14,00,000

14 Lacs+

Graduate

Lok Sabha

Election 2009 - Jharkhand

Hazaribagh

Yashwant Sinha

BJP

3,65,76,217

3 Crore+

Post Graduate

Table: Background details of Presidential candidates

Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

S.No	Elected from House/ Assembly	Total MPs/MLAs in the House/ Assembly	No. of votes which each elected member is entitled to cast	Total No. of votes	Total MPs/MLAs Analysed	Total votes of Analysed members
1	Lok sabha	543	700	380100	542	379400
2	Rajya Sabha	233	700	163100	226	158200
3	Andhra Pradesh	175	159	27825	174	27666
4	Arunachal Pradesh	60	8	480	60	480
5	Assam	126	116	14616	126	14616
6	Bihar	243	173	42039	241	41693
7	Chhattisgarh	90	129	11610	90	11610
8	Goa	40	20	800	40	800
9	Gujarat	182	147	26754	172	25284
10	Haryana	90	112	10080	90	10080
11	Himachal Pradesh	68	51	3468	67	3417
12	Jharkhand	81	176	14256	80	14080
13	Karnataka	224	131	29344	216	28296
14	Kerala	140	152	21280	136	20672
15	Madhya Pradesh	230	131	30130	230	30130
16	Maharashtra	288	175	50400	284	49700
17	Manipur	60	18	1080	60	1080
18	Meghalaya	60	17	1020	60	1020
19	Mizoram	40	8	320	40	320
20	Nagaland	60	9	540	60	540
21	NCT of Delhi	70	58	4060	70	4060
22	Odisha	147	149	21903	146	21754
23	Puducherry	30	16	480	30	480
24	Punjab	117	116	13572	117	13572
25	Rajasthan	200	129	25800	200	25800
26	Sikkim	32	7	224	32	224
27	Tamil Nadu	234	176	41184	224	39424
28	Telangana	119	132	15708	119	15708
29	Tripura	60	26	1560	60	1560
30	Uttarakhand	70	64	4480	70	4480
31	Uttar Pradesh	403	208	83824	403	83824
32	West Bengal	294	151	44394	294	44394
Total		4809	-	1086431	4759	1074364

Table: Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

Votes of MPs/MLAs Who Have Declared Criminal Cases

MPs/ MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 4759 MPs/MLAs analysed, 2030(43%) members have declared criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections. 236 (44%) out of 542 Lok Sabha MPs, 71(31%) out of 226 Rajya Sabha MPs and 1723(43%) out of 3991 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MPs/ MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 4759 MPs/MLAs analysed, 1316(28%) members have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections. 157 (29%) out of 542 Lok Sabha MPs, 37(16%) out of 226 Rajya Sabha MPs and 1122(28%) out of 3991 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Tainted Votes: Based on the number of votes that these tainted MPs/MLAs are entitled to cast, a total of 472477 votes (44%) out of 1074364 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Votes of MPs/MLAs Based on Financial Details

Crorepati MPs/MLAs: 3843 (81%) out of 4759 MPs/ MLAs analysed are crorepatis as per their self-sworn affidavits submitted to the ECI at the time of nomination for contesting elections. 477 (88%) out of 542 Lok Sabha MPs, 197(87%) out of 226 Rajya Sabha MPs and 3161(79%) out of 3991 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed are crorepatis.

Crorepati Votes: Based on the number of votes these crorepatis MPs/MLAs are entitled to cast, a total of 84% or 904289 out of 1074364 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who are crorepatis.

Women Representation

Out of the total 4759 MPs/MLAs who are entitled to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election, only 477(10%) are women.

Based on the number of votes the MPs/MLAs are entitled to vote, 130304 (13%) out of 1074364 are women votes.

Among MPs, Lok Sabha has 56700 (15%) votes out of 379400 from 81 women MPs and Rajya Sabha has 21700 (14%) out of 158200 votes analysed from 31 women MPs.

Among State assemblies, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum amount of women votes with 9776 votes out of 83824(47 out of 403 MLAs) followed by West Bengal with 6191 votes out of 44394 (41 out of 294 MLAs) and Bihar with 4498 votes out of 41693(26 out of 241 MLAs).