Press Release: Analysis of Assets Comparison of Re-Contesting MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023

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Date: November 21, 2023

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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Rajasthan Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 173 re-contesting MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023. Out of the 173 re-contesting MLAs, assets of 161 MLAs (93%) have increased ranging from 1% to 19990% and assets of 12 MLAs (7%) have decreased ranging from -1% to -57%.

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Summary of comparison for re-contesting MLAs

Average Assets in 2018 Elections: The average assets of these 173 re-contesting MLAs fielded by various parties including independents in 2018 was Rs 7.10 Crores.
Average Assets in 2023 Elections: The average asset of these 173 re-contesting MLAs in 2023 is Rs 9.97 Crores.
Average Asset growth in 5 years (2018-2023): The average asset growth for these 173 re- contesting MLAs, between the Rajasthan Assembly Elections of 2018 and 2023 is Rs 2.86 Crores.
Percentage growth in 5 years (2018-2023): Average percentage growth in assets for these 173 re-contesting MLAs is 40%.

Top 5 Re-contesting MLAs with highest asset increase (Rupee-wise)

Siddhi Kumari of BJP from Bikaner East constituency has declared maximum increase in assets with an increase of Rs 97.61 Crores i.e from Rs 4.66 Crores in 2018 to Rs. 102.27 Crores in 2023.

Assets of Pramod Jain of INC from Anta constituency have increased by Rs 29.17 Crores, from Rs 27.31 Crores in 2018 to Rs 56.49 Crores in 2023.

Assets of Ramkesh of INC from Gangapur constituency have risen by Rs 23.68 Crores, from Rs 39.96 Crores in 2018 to Rs 63.64 Crores in 2023.

The following table provides the asset details of top 5 r-econtesting MLAs showing highest increase in assets (Rupee wise):

S.No.	Name	Source of Income (Self)	Source of Income (Spouse)	Party in Rajasthan 2023	Party in Rajasthan 2018	Constituency In Rajasthan 2023	Constituency In Rajasthan 2018	Assets in Rajasthan 2023 (Rs.)	Assets in Rajasthan 2018 (Rs.)	Assets Increase (Rs.)	% Increase in Assets
1.	Siddhi Kumari	Business Firm Prachina Sangrahalaya & Prachina Cafe Junagadh Proprietor	NA	BJP	BJP	Bikaner East	Bikaner East	1,02,27,92,547 102 Crore+	4,66,55,720 4 Crore+	97,61,36,827 97 Crore+	2092%
2.	Pramod Jain	Ministry Salary, Rent, Agriculture, Interest	Business, Rent, Agriculture, Interest, Honorarium	INC	INC	Anta	Anta	56,49,02,217 56 Crore+	27,31,06,917 27 Crore+	29,17,95,300 29 Crore+	107%
3.	Ramkesh	Agriculture and Business	Agriculture and Business	INC	IND	Gangapur	Gangapur	63,64,81,045 63 Crore+	39,96,63,334 39 Crore+	23,68,17,711 23 Crore+	59%
4.	Dr. Rajkumar Sharma	MLAs Salary and Allowance	Housewife	INC	INC	Nawalgarh	Nawalgarh	18,71,44,438 18 Crore+	9,31,512 9 Lacs+	18,62,12,926 18 Crore+	19990%
5.	Chandrabhan Singh Chouhan	Business And Agriculture	Housewife And Agriculture	IND	BJP	Chittorgarh	Chittorgarh	27,46,06,195 27 Crore+	9,51,41,842 9 Crore+	17,94,64,353 17 Crore+	189%

Table: Assets Comparison of top 5 re-contesting MLAs - rupees –wise

Average assets increase of re-contesting MLAs: Party-Wise

Following tables showcases the party wise assortment of the average increase in assets of the re-contesting MLAs:

S.No.	Party in Rajasthan 2023	Total Number of MLAs	Average Assets in Rajasthan 2023 (in Rs.)	Average Assets in Rajasthan 2018 (in Rs.)	Average Assets Increase	Average % Increase in Assets
1.	INC	99	11,22,31,955 11 Crore+	8,41,25,032 8 Crore+	2,81,06,923 2 Crore+	33.41%
2.	BJP	60	8,58,90,316 8 Crore+	5,70,19,232 5 Crore+	2,88,71,084 2 Crore+	50.63%
3.	IND	6	10,53,93,651 10 Crore+	5,63,92,693 5 Crore+	4,90,00,958 4 Crore+	86.89%
4.	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	3	2,77,03,961 2 Crore+	97,50,863 97 Lacs+	1,79,53,098 1 Crore+	184.12%
5.	Shiv Sena	1	4,26,49,695 4 Crore+	95,62,601 95 Lacs+	3,30,87,094 3 Crore+	346.01%
6.	RLD	1	3,89,61,828 3 Crore+	2,55,15,349 2 Crore+	1,34,46,479 1 Crore+	52.7%
7.	Rashtriya Janata Sena	1	17,04,51,268 17 Crore+	13,08,90,388 13 Crore+	3,95,60,880 3 Crore+	30.22%
8.	Bharat Adivasi Party	1	1,17,62,639 1 Crore+	1,22,000 1 Lacs+	1,16,40,639 1 Crore+	9541.51%
9.	CPI(M)	1	56,43,445 56 Lacs+	17,74,985 17 Lacs+	38,68,460 38 Lacs+	217.94%
GRAND TOTAL		173	9,97,07,081.93 9 Crore+	7,10,11,596.28 7 Crore+	2,86,95,485.65 2 Crore+	40%