Press Release: Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 : Consolidated Analysis report (Phase 1 to 5) of Criminal and Financial background details of contesting candidates

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Jharkhand Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 1216 candidates who are contesting in the Jharkhand 2019 Assembly Elections from Phase 1 to 5.

For the complete report, please go to https://adrindia.org/content/jharkhand-assembly-elections-2019-phase-1-5-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education

Summary and Highlights

Phase Wise Summary of Candidates

Phase	No. of contesting candidates	No. of Constituencies	No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases	% of Candidates with Criminal Cases	No. of Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases	% of Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases	No. of Crorepati Candidates	% of Crorepati Candidates	Average Assets (Rs. In crores )	Date of Poll (2019)
1	189	13	44	23%	26	14%	59	31%	1.85	30^th November 2019
2	260	20	67	26%	44	17%	46	18%	0.71	7^th December 2019
3	309	17	91	29%	62	20%	77	25%	1.24	12^th December 2019
4	221	15	75	34%	48	22%	60	27%	1.25	16^th December 2019
5	237	16	58	24%	42	18%	51	22%	1.31	20^th December 2019
Total	1216	81	335	28%	222	18%	293	24%	1.24	-

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 1216 candidates analysed in 2019, 335 (28%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 1136 candidates analysed during Jharkhand Assembly elections in 2014, 330(29%) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 222 (18%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

· Candidates with declared convicted cases: 10 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to murder: 13 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

· Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 52 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

· Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 24 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 24 candidates, 5 candidates have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

· Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 10 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping.

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 35 (44%) out of 79 candidates from BJP, 34 (42%) out of 81 candidates from JVM(P), 25 (47%) out of 53 candidates from AJSU Party, 19(44%) out of 43 candidates fielded by JMM, 16(52%) out of 31 candidates fielded by INC and 71 (19%) out of 368 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 23 (29%) out of 79 candidates from BJP, 21 (26%) out of 81 candidates from JVM(P), 14 (26%) out of 53 candidates from AJSU Party, 14(33%) out of 43 candidates fielded by JMM, 13(42%) out of 31 candidates fielded by INC and 49 (13%) out of 368 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: 60 out of 81 constituencies (74%) are red alert in the Jharkhand assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. 62 out of 81 constituencies (77%) in the Jharkhand assembly elections 2014 had 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

Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 1216 candidates analysed, 293 (24%) are crorepatis. Out of 1136 candidates analysed during Jharkhand 2014 assembly elections, 197 (17%) candidates were crorepatis.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 50 (63%) out of 79 fielded by BJP, 33 (41%) out of 81 candidates from JVM(P), 31 (72%) out of 43 candidates from JMM, 26 (49%) out of 53 candidates from AJSU, 17 (55%) out of 31 candidates fielded by INC, and 40 (11%) out of 368 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2019 is Rs 1.24 Crore. The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2014 was Rs 74.09 lakhs.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 31 INC candidates is Rs 5.67 Crores, 79 BJP candidates is Rs 2.93 Crores, 53 AJSU Party candidates have average assets of Rs 2.77 Crores, 43 JMM candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.69 Crores, 81 JVM(P) candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.79 crore and 368 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 55.02 Lakhs.

· High asset candidates*: The details of top 3 candidates with high assets contesting in the Jharkhand 2019 Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Krishna Nand Tripathi	Palamu	Daltonganj	INC	67,69,510	52,85,75,000	53,53,44,510 53 Crore+	Y
2	Birendra Pradhan	Dumka	Jarmundi	LJP	7,59,14,669	29,95,00,000	37,54,14,669 37 Crore+	Y
3	Aquil Akhtar	Pakur	Pakur	AJSU Party	2,91,11,027	33,62,15,900	36,53,26,927 36 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Zero asset candidate: There is one candidate namely Basant Kumar Anand (Bahujan Mukti Party) from Deoghar constituency has declared zero assets.

· Low asset candidates: The details of the top 3 lowest assets candidates (excluding the zero assets candidate) are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Madhav Chandra Kunkal	West Singhbhum	Majhgaon (ST)	IND	2,000	0	2,000 2 Thou+	Y
2	Abdullah Ajhar Ansari	Ranchi	Hatia	IUML	4,500^*	0	4,500 4 Thou+	Y
3	Pushpa Sinku	West Singhbhum	Chaibasa (ST)	IND	7,000	0	7,000 7 Thou+	Y

Table: top 3 candidates with lowest assets

* on assets, the value indicates that the candidate has 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: The details of the top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sanjay Prasad Yadav	Godda	Godda	RJD	14,68,16,227 14 Crore+	9,67,77,994 9 Crore+	0	Y
2	Upendra Kumar Sharma	Giridih	Giridih	LJP	23,18,45,986 23 Crore+	9,35,00,000 9 Crore+	0	Y
3	Manish Jaiswal	Hazaribagh	Hazaribagh	BJP	27,04,55,104 27 Crore+	# 5,38,11,296 5 Crore+	8,77,88,561 8 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

#Disputed liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 119 (10%) out of 1216 candidates analysed have not declared their PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: The details of the top 3 candidates who have declared the highest income in their affidavits are given below:

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 candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Lois Marandi	BJP	DUMKA (ST)	DUMKA	9,06,39,021 9 Crore+	Social Service & Business	Agriculture	2018-2019	2,99,65,845 2 Crore+	2,63,74,868 2 Crore+
2	Naresh Prasad Singh	IND	BISHRAMPUR	PALAMU	14,27,98,000 14 Crore+	Contractor	Business	2018-2019	2,70,05,110 2 Crore+	2,47,64,130 2 Crore+
3	Sudesh Kumar Mahto	AJSU Party	SILLI	RANCHI	18,57,73,000 18 Crore+	Pension, Business Income and Lease Rent etc.	Business Income	2018-2019	2,68,24,870 2 Crore+	1,53,60,370 1 Crore+

Table: Top three Candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 607 (50%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 528 (43%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 67 candidates have declared themselves to be just literate and 4 candidates are Illiterates. 10 candidates are Diploma Holder.

· Age details of candidates: 900 (74%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 303 (25%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 12 candidates have not declared their age in the affidavit and 1 candidate declared his age below 25 years.

· Gender details of candidates: Out of the 1216 candidates analyzed, only 128 (11%) women are contesting in the Jharkhand 2019 Assembly Election. In 2014, 110(10%) women candidates contested the elections.