Press Release: Bihar Assembly Election 2025: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: November 15, 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 243 winning candidates in the Bihar 2025 Assembly Elections.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/Winners-Report-Bihar-2025

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 243 winning candidates analysed in 2025 130(53%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 241 MLAs analysed during Bihar Assembly elections in 2020, 163(68%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 102(42%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 241 MLAs analysed during Bihar Assembly elections in 2020, 123 (51%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2010, 2015, 2020 and winning candidates 2025

Winning Candidates with Declared Cases Related to Murder: 6 winning candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against themselves.

Winning Candidates with Declared Cases Related to Attempt to Murder: 19 winning candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

Winning Candidates with Declared Cases Related to Crime Against Women: 9 winning candidates have declared cases related to crime against women.

Party wise number of winning candidates with declared cases related to murder, attempt to murder and crime against women

Party	Number of winning candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder	Number of winning candidates with declared cases related to murder	Number of winning candidates with declared cases related to crime against women
BJP	7	3	3
JD(U)	7	3	2
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	2	0	1
RJD	2	0	3
CPI(M)	1	0	0
Total	19	6	9

Table: Party wise number of winning candidates with declared cases related to murder, attempt to murder and crime against women

Party Wise Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases: 54(61%) out of 89 winning candidates from BJP, 31(36%) out of 85 winning candidates from JD(U), 18 (72%) out of 25 winning candidates from RJD, 11(58%) out of 19 winning candidates from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), 4(67%) out of 6 winning candidates from INC, 5(100%) out of 5 winning candidates from AIMIM, 1(20%) out of 5 winning candidates from HAM(S), 1(25%) out of 4 winning candidates from Rashtriya Lok Morcha, 2(100%) out of 2 winning candidates from CPI(ML)(L), 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from CPI(M), 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from Indian Inclusive Party and 1 (100%) out of 1 winning candidate from BSP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party Wise Winning Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 43(48%) out of 89 winning candidates from BJP, 23(27%) out of 85 winning candidates from JD(U), 14 (56%) out of 25 winning candidates from RJD, 10(53%) out of 19 winning candidates from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), 3(50%) out of 6 winning candidates from INC, 4(80%) out of 5 winning candidates from AIMIM, 1(25%) out of 4 winning candidates from Rashtriya Lok Morcha, 1(50%) out of 2 winning candidates from CPI(ML)(L), 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from CPI(M), 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from Indian Inclusive Party and 1 (100%) out of 1 winning candidate from BSP 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 243 winning candidates analysed, 218 (90%) are crorepatis. Out of 241 MLAs analysed during Bihar assembly elections 2020, 194(81%) MLAs were crorepati.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2010, 2015, 2020 and Winning Candidates 2025

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 78(92%) out of 85 winning candidates from JD(U), 77(87%) out of 89 winning candidates from BJP, 24 (96%) out of 25 winning candidates from RJD, 16(84%) out of 19 winning candidates from Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), 6(100%) out of 6 Winning candidates from INC, 5(100%) out of 5 Winning candidates from AIMIM, 4(80%) out of 5 Winning candidates from HAM(S), 4(100%) out of 4 Winning candidates from Rashtriya Lok Morcha, 1(100%) out of 1 Winning candidate from CPI(M), 1(100%) out of 1 Winning candidate from Indian Inclusive Party, 1(100%) out of 1 Winning candidate from BSP and 1(50%) out of 2 winning candidates from CPI(ML)(L) have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates

Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates: The table given below shows the share of wealth among winning candidates in Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No. of winning candidates	Percentage of winning candidates
Rs. 10 crores and above	55	22.6%
Rs. 5 crores to Rs. 10 crores	44	18.1%
Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 5 crores	119	49.0%
Rs. 20 lakhs Rs. 1 crore	21	8.6%
less than Rs. 20 lakhs	4	1.6%

Table: Share of Wealth Among winning candidates

Total Assets of Winning Candidates: The total assets of 243 winning candidates are Rs. 2,192.93 Crores.

Average Assets: The average of assets per winning candidates in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 is Rs 9.02 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 was Rs 4.32 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2010, 2015, 2020 vs 2025

Party Wise Average Assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 89 BJP winning candidates is Rs 8.68 Crores, 85 JD(U) winning candidates have average assets of Rs 9.53 Crores, 25 RJD Winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 5.80 Crores, 19 Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 13.66 Crore, 6 INC winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 4.82 Crore, 5 HAM(S) winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 6.16 Crore, 5 AIMIM winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.17 Crore, 4 Rashtriya Lok Morcha winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 22.93 Crore and 2 CPI(ML)(L) Winning candidates have average assets of Rs. 1.46 crore.

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	Kumar Pranay	Munger	Munger	BJP	1,34,74,842	1,69,47,21,000	1,70,81,95,842 170 Crore+	Y
2	Anant Kumar Singh	Patna	Mokama	JD(U)	39,73,90,718	60,87,82,990	1,00,61,73,708 100 Crore+	Y
3	Dr. Kumar Puspanjay	Sheikhpura	Barbigha	JD(U)	26,03,52,587	68,49,50,000	94,53,02,587 94 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	Murari Pasavan	Bhagalpur	Pirpainti (SC)	BJP	1,53,585	5,00,000	6,53,585 6 Lacs+	Y
2	Mahesh Paswan	Bhojpur	Agiaon (SC)	BJP	55,000	8,00,000	8,55,000 8 Lacs+	Y
3	Sujeet Kumar	Madhubani	Rajnagar (SC)	BJP	8,06,425	3,00,000	11,06,425 11 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning Candidates with High Liabilities: 47 winning candidates have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, 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	Shambhu Nath Yadav	Buxar	Brahampur	RJD	12,67,05,019 12 Crore+	66,66,99,868 66 Crore+	Y
2	Anant Kumar Singh	Patna	Mokama	JD(U)	1,00,61,73,708 100 Crore+	25,99,55,112 25 Crore+	Y
3	Sanjay Kumar Singh	Saharsa	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	45,21,08,543 45 Crore+	16,07,75,419 16 Crore+	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	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 winning candidates	Total income shown by winning candidates in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by winning candidates in ITR (Rs)
1	Dr. Kumar Puspanjay	JD(U)	Barbigha	Sheikhpura	94,53,02,587 94 Crore+	Rental, Agriculture, Salary etc.	Rental, Agriculture, Salary etc.	2024-2025	6,05,32,320 6 Crore+	4,67,44,730 4 Crore+
2	Trivikram Narayan Singh	BJP	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	32,66,72,239 32 Crore+	Rent, Business and bank interest income	Bank interest Income	2024-2025	5,99,12,190 5 Crore+	5,59,39,120 5 Crore+
3	Rajeev Ranjan Singh	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)	Dehri	Rohtas	30,68,32,958 30 Crore+	Rent	Rent	2025-2026	4,43,24,100 4 Crore+	3,59,44,520 3 Crore+

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

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Winning Candidates: 84(35%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 147 (60%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 5 winning candidates are Diploma holders and 7 winning candidates have declared their education just literate.

Age Details of Winning Candidates: 38(16%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years while 143 (59%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. There are 62 (26%) winning candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years.

Gender Details of Winning Candidates: Out of 243 winning candidates analysed, 29 (12%) winning candidates are women. In 2020, out of 241 MLAs analysed, 26 (11%) MLAs were women.