Press Release: West Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Sitting MLAs

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Press Release

Date: March 16, 2026

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 291 out of 294 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 3 seats are vacant. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2021 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter. It may be noted that there may be some changes in the number of criminal cases pending as on date, against some MLAs.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/West-Bengal-Assembly-Election-2021-Sitting-MLAs-Report

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 291 sitting MLAs analysed, 136 (47%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 109 (37%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 8 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 29 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 22 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 22 Sitting MLAs 1 MLA has declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 92 (41%) out of 223 MLAs from AITC, 42 (66%) out of 64 MLAs from BJP, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha and 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Janata Unnayan Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 75 (34%) out of 223 MLAs from AITC, 32 (50%) out of 64 MLAs from BJP, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha and 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Janata Unnayan Party have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of sitting MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati Sitting MLAs: Out of 291 sitting MLAs analysed , 152 (52%) are crorepatis.

Total assets of Sitting MLAs: The total assets of 291 sitting MLAs are Rs. 821.50 Crores.

Party wise crorepati Sitting MLAs: 128 (57%) out of 223 MLAs from AITC, 21 (33%) out of 64 MLAs from BJP, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha, 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from Janata Unnayan Party and 1 (100%) Independent MLA have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Sitting MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.2.82 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 223 AITC MLAs analysed is Rs.3.27crores, 64 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.1.07 crores, 1 Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha MLA analysed is Rs.18.23 crores, 1 Janata Unnayan Party MLA analysed is Rs.3.07 crores, 1 Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party MLA analysed is Rs.22.12 lakhs and 1 Independent MLA has assets of Rs.1.15 crores.

Highest assets Sitting MLAs:The top three Sitting MLAs with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Jakir Hossain	Murshidabad	Jangipur	AITC	49,28,52,795	17,94,37,575	67,22,90,370 67 Crore+	Y
2	Ahmed Javed Khan	South 24 Parganas	Kasba	AITC	27,05,23,926	5,27,78,000	32,33,01,926 32 Crore+	Y
3	Vivek Gupta	Kolkata North	Jorasanko	AITC	23,13,86,606	8,85,56,454	31,99,43,060 31 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest declared assets

Lowest assets Sitting MLAs: The details of three Sitting MLAs 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	Nirmal Kumar Dhara	Bankura	Indus (SC)	BJP	1,700	0	1,700 1 Thou+	Y
2	Pundarikakshya Saha	Nadia	Nabadwip	AITC	30,423	0	30,423 30 Thou+	Y
3	Chandana Bauri	Bankura	Saltora (SC)	BJP	62,296	0	62,296 62 Thou+	N

Table: Three Sitting MLAs with lowest declared assets

Sitting MLAs with highest liabilities: 165 Sitting MLAs have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 Sitting MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ahmed Javed Khan	South 24 Parganas	Kasba	AITC	32,33,01,926 32 Crore+	41,51,01,490 41 Crore+	Y
2	Ruden Sada Lepcha	Kalimpong	Kalimpong	Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha	18,23,64,367 18 Crore+	12,10,37,237 12 Crore+	Y
3	Ratna Chatterjee	South 24 Parganas	Behala Purba	AITC	12,81,38,795 12 Crore+	6,66,30,530 6 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest liabilities

Sitting MLAs with highest income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 Sitting MLAs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	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 sitting MLAs	Total income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Rs)
1	Jakir Hossain	AITC	Jangipur	Murshidabad	67,22,90,370 67 Crore+	Business	Business	2019-2020	11,64,24,730 11 Crore+	9,75,06,240 9 Crore+
2	Krishna Kalyani	AITC	Raiganj: Bye Election On 10-07-2024	Uttar Dinajpur	12,09,61,600 12 Crore+	Directors & Partners Salary, Share of Profit from Partnership Firm, Share Trading, Interest Income	Salary, Trading, Commission, Share Trading & Interest Income	2022-2023	3,30,61,810 3 Crore+	2,76,91,820 2 Crore+
3	Firhad Hakim	AITC	Kolkata Port	Kolkata South	13,34,24,256 13 Crore+	Business, Bank Interest, Salary from Govt. of WB & Other	Business, Bank Interest	2019-2020	1,98,41,870 1 Crore+	65,87,620 65 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 Sitting MLAs with highest income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Sitting MLAs: 104(36%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th and 12^thstandard while 182 (63%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There are 3 MLAs who are Diploma holders. 1 MLA is just literate and 1 MLA is Illiterate.

Age details of Sitting MLAs: 124 (43%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 167 (57%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years.