Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Karnataka Sitting MLAs

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Press Release

Date: March 23, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Karnataka Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 219 out of 224 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly, 2 seats are vacant. 3 MLAs have not been analysed as their affidavits were unavailable.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-sitting-mlas-12

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 219 sitting MLAs analysed, 76 (35%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 56 (26%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 49 (42%) out of 118 MLAs from BJP, 16 (24%) out of 67 MLAs from INC, 9 (30%) out of 30 MLAs from JD(S) and 2 (50%) out of 4 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 35 (30%) out of 118 MLAs from BJP, 13 (19%) out of 67 MLAs from INC and 8 (27%) out of 30 MLAs from JD(S) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati MLAs: Out of 219 sitting MLAs analysed , 209 (95%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 112 (95%) out of 118 MLAs from BJP, 65 (97%) out of 67 MLAs from INC, 28 (93%) out of 30 MLAs from JD(S) and 4 (100%) Independent MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.29.85 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 118 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.19.60 crores, 67 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.48.58 crores, 30 JD(S) MLAs analysed is Rs.26.87 crores and 4 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.40.92 crores.

High asset MLAs:The top three MLAs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	D K Shivakumar	Ramanagaram	Kanakapura	INC	1,01,31,90,097	7,38,69,76,948	8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+	Y
2	Suresh B S	B.B.M.P(North)	Hebbal	INC	15,85,60,600	4,00,94,10,276	4,16,79,70,876 416 Crore+	Y
3	M. Krishnappa	B.B.M.P(South)	Vijayanagar	INC	72,84,81,735	1,63,33,10,900	2,36,17,92,635 236 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low asset MLAs: The details of three MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Harshavardhan B	Mysore	Nanjangud	BJP	22,23,537^*	0	22,23,537 22 Lacs+	Y
2	S A Ramadas	Mysore	Krishnaraja	BJP	35,69,351	4,00,000	39,69,351 39 Lacs+	Y
3	Sowmya R	B.B.M.P(South)	Jayanagar	INC	54,89,064	0	54,89,064 54 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with lowest declared assets

^*on assets value indicates that the MLA has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

MLAs with high liabilities: 124 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	D K Shivakumar	Ramanagaram	Kanakapura	INC	8,40,01,67,045 840 Crore+	# 2,28,27,02,677 228 Crore+	11,60,25,122 11 Crore+	Y
2	H D Kumara Swamy	Ramanagaram	Channapatna	JD(S)	1,67,14,08,437 167 Crore+	1,04,93,92,330 104 Crore+	0	Y
3	Anitha Kumaraswamy	Ramanagaram	Ramanagaram : Bye Election On 03-11-2018	JD(S)	1,67,42,37,994 167 Crore+	96,34,47,419 96 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

# Disputed liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party	Constituency	District	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 MLA	Total income shown by MLA in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs)
1	Shamanur Shivashankarappa	INC	Davanagere South	Davangere	1,83,22,67,262 183 Crore+	Rental Income & Share of Profit from Partnership Firm	-	2016-2017	7,95,45,608 7 Crore+	7,94,45,867 7 Crore+
2	N A Haris	INC	Shantinagar	B.B.M.P(Central)	1,90,24,86,142 190 Crore+	Salary as MLA, Rental Income, Bank Interest	Share of Agriculture Income, Bank Interest Income	2016-2017	7,04,90,670 7 Crore+	7,04,90,670 7 Crore+
3	S.n. Subba Reddy	INC	Bagepalli	Chikkaballapur	1,57,57,19,617 157 Crore+	Rs. 62918260/- Hotel Business	Rs. 4177100/- Hotel Business	2016-2017	6,70,95,360 6 Crore+	6,29,18,260 6 Crore+

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

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of MLAs: 73(33%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 140 (64%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 5 MLAs are Diploma holders and 1 MLA has declared himself just literate.

Age details of MLAs: 80 (37%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 138 (63%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 1 MLA has declared his age above 80 years.