Press Release: 1398 (17%) of 8163 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha 2014 elections have declared criminal cases against themselves. The average asset growth in 5 years of 396 MPs contesting again is Rs. 8.47 crores.

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Press Release

Lok Sabha Elections 2014

Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates and
Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MPs

National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8163 candidates out of 8230 candidates who have contested in the Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.

Please find the following detailed reports in English attached with this mail:

Analysis of Criminal, Financial and Other Background Details of Candidates contesting in Lok Sabha 2014 Elections
Analysis of Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MPs for Lok Sabha 2014 Elections

For full details of candidates with serious criminal cases click here

For full details of crorepati candidates click here

Phase	Date of Poll (2014)	No. of contesting candidates	No. of Candidates analysed	No. of Constituencies	No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases	% of Candidates with Criminal Cases	No. of Crorepati Candidates	% of Crorepati Candidates	Average Assets
1	7^th April	64	64	6	6	9%	16	25%	Rs.5.75 crores
2	9^th April	37	37	7	1	3%	23	62%	Rs.9.12 crores
3	10^th April	1419	1395	91	263	19%	397	28%	Rs.3.04 crores
4	12^th April	74	74	7	9	12%	20	27%	Rs.2.12 crores
5	17^th April	1761	1739	121	279	16%	464	27%	Rs. 8.14 crores
6	24^th April	2077	2071	117	322	16%	504	24%	Rs. 2.76 crores
7	30^th April	1295	1292	89	222	17%	341	26%	Rs. 3.77 crores
8	7^th May	897	890	64	177	20%	272	31%	Rs. 5.90 crores
9	12^th May	606	601	41	119	20%	171	28%	Rs. 8.50 crores
Total		8230	8163	543	1398	17%	2208	27%	Rs. 3.16 crores

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 8163 candidates analysed, 1398 (17%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 7810 candidates analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 1158 (15%) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 889 (11%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 7810 candidates analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 608 (8%) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with cases related to murder: 57 candidates have declared cases related to murder. Out of these 12 candidates have been fielded by BSP, 4 candidates have been fielded by BJP, CPI(ML)L and SP each, 3 candidates by RJD and JD(U) each, 1 candidate by INC, AAP, AITC, and CPI(M) each and 12 candidates are independents.
Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 173 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder. Out of these, 19 candidates have been fielded by BJP and CPI(ML)L each, 18 candidates by BSP, 14 candidates by SP, 7 candidates by AAP and JD(U) each, , 6 candidates by AITC and INC, 5 candidates by RJD, 4 candidates by JVM(P), 2 candidates by CPI(M) and DMK each and 28 candidates are independents.
Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 58 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. 6 candidates have declared cases of rape. Out of 58 candidates with cases related to crimes against women, 6 candidates have been fielded by BSP, 3 candidates by AITC, BJP, INC and SP each, 2 candidates by JD(U), 1 candidate by AAP, CPI, CPI(ML)L, MNS, RJD, Shiv Sena and YSRCP each and 18 candidates are independents.
Candidates with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony: 54 candidates with cases related to causing communal disharmony. Out of these, 18 candidates were fielded by BJP, 3 candidates by CPI(ML)L and BSP each, 2 candidates by AAP, SP and INC each, 1 candidate by RLD, YSRCP and TRS each and 6 candidates are Independents.
Candidates with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 57 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Out of these, 10 candidates have been fielded by BJP, BSP and SP each, 3 candidates by AAP, 2 candidates by INC, JD(U) and RJD each, 1 candidate by AITC, CPI(M), DMK and MNS each and 9 candidates are Independents.
Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 40 candidates have declared cases related to Kidnapping. Out of these, 6 candidates have been fielded by BSP and SP, 4 candidates by INC, 3 candidates by BJP and DMK each, 2 candidates by AITC and CPI(ML)L each, 1 candidate by AAP, JD(U), LJP, MNS and RJD each and 5 candidates are independents.
Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 128 (28%) out of 462 candidates from INC, 140 (33%) out of 426 candidates from BJP, 65 (15%) out of 427 candidates from AAP, 114 (23%) out of 501 candidates fielded by BSP and 307 (10%) out of 3182 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 61 (13%) out of 462 candidates from INC, 89 (21%) out of 426 candidates from BJP, 42 (10%) out of 427 candidates from AAP, 75 (15%) out of 501 candidates fielded by BSP and 188 (6%) out of 3182 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Red Alert Constituencies: 245 constituencies have at least 3 candidates with declared criminal cases. Vaishali constituency, Bihar and Raver Constituency, Maharashtra have the highest number of contesting candidates i.e. 10 with criminal cases against them. 196 constituencies during Lok Sabha 2009 elections had atleast 3 candidates with declared criminal cases.

Financial Background

Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 8163 candidates analysed, 2208 (27%) are crorepatis. Out of 7810 candidates analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 1249 (16%) candidates were crorepatis.
Party-wise Crorepati Candidates: 365 (79%) out of 462 candidates in INC, 309 (73%) out of 426 candidates in BJP, 192 (45%) out of 427 candidates in AAP, 161 (32%) out of 501 candidates in BSP and 342 (11%) out of 3182 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Average Assets*: The average assets per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections is Rs.3.16 crores.
Party-wise Average Assets*: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 461 INC candidates is Rs 13.27 crores, 426 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs.10.32 crores, 427 AAP candidates have average assets worth of Rs.2.77 crores and 501 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs. 3.53 crores.

*The following outliers were removed from the average assets analysis to give a true representation of the party-wise average assets distribution;
Nandan Nilekani of INC from Bangalore South Constituency, Karnataka with Rs. 7710.29 crores of total assets, Shamali Das an Independent candidate from Jadavpur Constituency and Kolkata Dakshin constituency, West Bengal with Rs. 2000 crores of total assets, Anil Kumar Sharma of JD(U) from Jahanabad constituency, Bihar with Rs. 849.98 crores of total assets, Jayadev Galla of TDP from Guntur constituency, Andhra Pradesh, Rs. 683.05 crores of total assets, Ayodhya Rama Reddy Alla of YSRCP from Narasaraopet constituency, Andhra Pradesh with Rs. 654.33 crores of total assets and Konda Vishweshwar Reddy of TRS from Chevella constituency with Rs. 528.62 crores of total assets.

Party-wise Asset Rank: 348 (75%) out of 462 INC candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions amongst all the contesting candidates in their respective constituencies. Similarly, 283 (66%) out of 426 BJP candidates, 109 (22%) out of 501 BSP candidates and 115 (27%) out of 427 AAP candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions in their constituency.

Note: The following graph analyses the number of candidates fielded by political parties who have declared either the highest total assets in their constituency (among the candidates analysed for the constituency), or the second highest or the third highest.

High Asset Candidates*: 112 candidates have declared more than Rs.50 crores worth of assets. The top three candidates with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Nandan Nilekani	Karnataka	Bangalore South	INC	77,10,29,57,219 7710 Crore+	Y
2	Shamali Das	West Bengal	Kolkata Dakshin and Jadavpur	IND	20,00,00,60,000 2000 Crore+	Y
3	Anil Kumar Sharma	Bihar	Jahanabad	JD(U)	8,49,88,03,720 849 Crore+	Y

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

Candidates with High Liabilities: A total of 351 candidates have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above. Out of these 351 candidates, 59 have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 crore and above. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	R. Prabhakara Reddy	Karnataka	Bangalore Rural	JD(S)	2,24,36,12,066 224 Crore+	2,21,80,03,086 221 Crore+	Y
2	Moni Kumar Subba	Assam	Tezpur	IND	3,06,75,35,137 306 Crore+	1,40,07,40,132 140 Crore+	Y
3	Anil Kumar Sharma	Bihar	Jahanabad	JD(U)	8,49,88,03,720 849 Crore+	1,09,53,93,904 109 Crore+	Y

Crorepati Candidates with no PAN: 100 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details.
Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: 129 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore. The top three candidates with highest declared annual income are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	State	Total Assets	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)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR
1	Nandan Nilekani	INC	Bangalore South	Karnataka	77,10,29,57,219 7710 Crore+	2013-2014	1,68,41,65,069 168 Crore+	97,84,51,446 97 Crore+
2	Naveen Jindal	INC	Kurukshetra	Haryana	3,08,31,54,000 308 Crore+	2012-2013	1,03,36,47,254 103 Crore+	1,01,62,20,852 101 Crore+
3	Dr.Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam	INC	Pune	Maharashtra	87,49,57,697 87 Crore+	2012-2013	22,84,87,043 22 Crore+	80,14,181 80 Lacs+

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 4427 (54%) candidates out of 8163 analyzed have not declared income tax details.* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
Candidates with High Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details: 293 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.

Other Background Details

Education Details of Candidates: 110 candidates have declared that they are illiterate. 3764 (46%) candidates have declared that have an education qualification of 12^th pass or below while 4009 (49%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.
Age Details of Candidates: 5089 (62%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 2758 (34%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years and 239 (3%) candidates have declared their age to be above 71 years. Ravikant Yadav an Independent candidate from Jaunpur constituency has declared his age to be 21 years.
Gender Details of Candidates: 631 (8%) female candidates out of 8163 candidates analysed have contested in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections, while 556 (7%) female candidates out of 8070 candidates contested during Lok Sabha 2009 elections. Out of 5176 candidates fielded by political parties in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, only 440 candidates were female.

¹Ravikant Yadav an Independent candidate from Jaunpur constituency has declared his age to be 21 years.
²Barkha Kinnar from Deoria constituency, Uttar Pradesh, Baseer Kinnar from Varanasi constituency, Uttar Pradesh, Bharathi Kannamma from Madurai, Tamilnadu and Sonam Kinnar from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh have declared that they are from the third gender

Analysis of Assets Comparison of Re-Contesting MPs in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 396 re-contesting MPs out of a total of 405 Members of Parliament who have contested in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits from 2009 uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.

MPs Contesting Again: National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 396 MPs who are contesting again in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
Average Assets in 2009: The average assets of these 396 re-contesting MPs fielded by various parties including independents in 2009 was Rs 5.82 Crores.
Average Assets in 2014 Elections: The average asset of these 396 re-contesting MPs in 2014 is Rs 14.29 Crores.
Average Asset growth in 5 years (2009-2014): The average asset growth for these 396 re- contesting MPs, between the Lok Sabha Elections of 2009 and 2014 is Rs 8.47 Crores.
Percentage growth in 5 years (2009-2014): Average percentage growth in assets for these 396 re-contesting MPs is 145%.

Highest Asset Increase (In Rupees)*: Dr.Gaddam Vivekanand of INC from Peddapalle constituency has declared maximum increase in assets with an increase of Rs 193.57 Crores i.e from Rs 72.95 Crores in 2009 to Rs. 266.52 Crores in 2014. Assets of Naveen Jindal of INC from Kurukshetra constituency has increased by Rs 177.24 Crores, from Rs 131.07 Crores in 2009 to Rs 308.31 Crores in 2014. Assets of Nama Nageswara Rao of TDP from Khammam constituency have risen by Rs 164.47 Crores, from Rs 173.75 Crores in 2009 to Rs 338.22 Crores in 2014.

S.No.	Name	Party in Lok Sabha 2014	Party in Lok Sabha 2009	State In Lok Sabha 2014	Constituency In Lok Sabha 2014	Constituency in Lok Sabha 2009	Assets in Lok Sabha 2014	Assets in Lok Sabha 2009	Asset Increase	% Increase in Asset
1.	Dr.Gaddam Vivekanand	INC	INC	Andhra Pradesh	Peddapalle	Peddapalle	2,66,52,92,981 266 Crore+	72,95,09,675 72 Crore+	1,93,57,83,306 193 Crore+	265%
2.	Naveen Jindal	INC	INC	Haryana	Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	3,08,31,54,000 308 Crore+	1,31,07,30,000 131 Crore+	1,77,24,24,000 177 Crore+	135%
3.	Nama Nageswara Rao	TDP	TDP	Andhra Pradesh	Khammam	Khammam	3,38,22,93,440 338 Crore+	1,73,75,08,117 173 Crore+	1,64,47,85,323 164 Crore+	95%
4.	Shatrughan Sinha	BJP	BJP	Bihar	Patna Sahib	Patna Sahib	1,31,74,05,961 131 Crore+	15,00,33,976 15 Crore+	1,16,73,71,985 116 Crore+	778%
5.	Pinaki Mishra	BJD	BJD	Orissa	Puri	Puri	1,37,09,91,203 137 Crore+	29,69,00,000 29 Crore+	1,07,40,91,203 107 Crore+	362%