Press release: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: June 6, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 543 winning candidates in the Lok Sabha 2024 Elections.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-winning-31

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Winning candidates with Declared Criminal Cases Out of the 543 winning candidates analysed in Lok Sabha 2024, 251 (46%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 539 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2019, 233(43%) MPs had declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 185(34%) MPs had declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 543 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 162(30%) MPs had declared criminal cases against themselves. There is an increase of 55% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2009.

Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 170 (31%) winning candidates in Lok Sabha 2024 Elections have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 539 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2019, 159(29%) MPs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 112(21%) MPs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 543 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 76(14%) MPs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. There is an increase of 124% in the number of MPs with declared serious criminal cases since 2009.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MPs of 2009, 2014, 2019 and winning candidates 2024

Winning candidates with declared convicted cases: 27 winning candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with cases related to murder: 4 winning candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

Winning candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 27 winning candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

Winning candidates with cases related to crimes against Women: 15 winning candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 15 winning candidates, 2 winning candidates have declared charges related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Winning candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 4 winning candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping.

Winning candidates with cases related to Hate Speech: 43 winning candidates have declared cases related to hate speech.

Chances of winning for candidates with Declared Criminal Cases: The chances of winning for a candidate with declared criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2024 is 15.3% whereas for a candidate with clean background, it is 4.4%.

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 94(39%) out of 240 Winning candidates from BJP, 49(49%) out of 99 Winning candidates from INC, 21 (57%) out of 37 Winning candidates from SP, 13(45%) out of 29 Winning candidates fielded by AITC, 13(59%) out of 22 Winning candidates fielded by DMK, 8(50%) out of 16 Winning candidates fielded by TDP and 5 (71%) out of 7 winning candidates from Shiv Sena have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Winning candidates with Declared Serious Criminal Cases

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 63(26%) out of 240 Winning candidates from BJP, 32(32%) out of 99 Winning candidates from INC, 17 (46%) out of 37 Winning candidates from SP, 7(24%) out of 29 Winning candidates fielded by AITC, 6(27%) out of 22 Winning candidates fielded by DMK, 5(31%) out of 16 Winning candidates fielded by TDP and 4 (57%) out of 7 winning candidates from Shiv Sena have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: State wise percentage of winning candidates with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati Winning candidates: Out of the 543 Winning candidates analysed, 504 (93%) are crorepatis. Out of 539 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2019 elections, 475 (88%) MPs were crorepatis. Out of 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2014 elections, 443 (82%) MPs were crorepatis and out of 543 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 315(58%) MPs were crorepatis.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MPs 2009, 2014, 2019 and Winning Candidates 2024

Party wise Crorepati Winning candidates: 227(95%) out of 240 Winning candidates from BJP, 92 (93%) out of 99 Winning candidates from INC, 21 (95%) out of 22 Winning candidates from DMK, 27(93%) out of 29 Winning candidates fielded by AITC, 34(92%) out of 37 Winning candidates fielded by SP, 3(100%) out of 3 Winning candidates fielded by AAP, 12(100%) out of 12 Winning candidates fielded by JD(U) and 16(100%) Winning candidates from TDP have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning candidates

Figure: State Wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning candidates

Chances of winning based on assets:The chance of winning for a crorepati candidate in the Lok Sabha 2024 is 19.6%, whereas chance of winning for a candidate with assets less than Rs. 1 crore is 0.7%.

Share of wealth among winning candidates: The table given below shows the share of wealth among winning candidates in Lok Sabha Elections, 2024:

Figure: Share of Wealth among Winning Candidates

Value of assets	No of winning candidates	% of winning candidates
Rs. 10 crores and above	227	42%
Rs. 5 crores to Rs. 10 crores	103	19%
Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 5 crores	174	32%
Rs. 20 lakhs Rs.1 crore	35	6%
less than Rs. 20 lakhs	4	1%

Table: Share of Wealth among Winning Candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per winning candidate in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is Rs 46.34 Crore.

Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per winner for 240 BJP Winning candidates is Rs 50.04 Crores, 99 INC Winning candidates have average assets of Rs 22.93 Crores, 37 SP Winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 15.24 Crores, 29 AITC Winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 17.98 Crore, 16 TDP Winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 442.26 Crore and 22 DMK Winning candidates have average assets of Rs. 31.22 crores.

High assets Winning candidates*: The 3 richest winning candidates in the Lok Sabha 2024 Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	TDP	55,98,64,80,786	1,06,82,46,752	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	Y
2	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy	Telangana	Chevella	BJP	44,90,08,21,858	78,14,00,236	45,68,22,22,094 4568 Crore+	Y
3	Naveen Jindal	Haryana	Kurukshetra	BJP	12,30,41,87,000	11,05,81,000	12,41,47,68,000 1241 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Winning candidates with highest declared assets

Low assets Winning candidates: The details of top 3 Winning candidates with low assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Jyotirmay Singh Mahato	West Bengal	Purulia	BJP	5,95,229	0	5,95,229 5 Lacs+	Y
2	Mitali Bag	West Bengal	Arambag (SC)	AITC	7,08,355	76,600	7,84,955 7 Lacs+	Y
3	Priya Saroj	Uttar Pradesh	Machhlishahr (SC)	SP	11,25,719	0	11,25,719 11 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top 3 low asset Winning candidates

Winning candidates with high liabilities: The top three Winning candidates with highest liabilities are as given below;

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	TDP	57,05,47,27,538 5705 Crore+	10,38,00,00,000 1038 Crore+	0	Y
2	S Jagathratchakan	Tamil Nadu	Arakkonam	DMK	53,45,87,828 53 Crore+	6,49,50,00,000 649 Crore+	0	Y
3	Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy	Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	TDP	7,16,33,22,265 716 Crore+	1,97,29,62,603 197 Crore+	2,96,58,195 2 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Winning candidates with high liabilities

Winning candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: The details of top 3 winning candidates with highest income are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	State	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	Naveen Jindal	BJP	Kurukshetra	Haryana	12,41,47,68,000 1241 Crore+	Advisory fee, Interest. Dividend & pension Income	Advisory Fee, interest & Dividend Income	2022-2023	84,17,88,117 84 Crore+	74,83,99,731 74 Crore+
2	Baijayant Panda	BJP	Kendrapara	Odisha	1,48,08,78,708 148 Crore+	Emoluments, Remuneration and Allowances, Rental Income, Interest Income, Capital Gains, Dividend, Tax Paid beneficiary distribution from Trust and Income from other Sources	Emoluments, Remuneration and Allowances, Interest Income, Capital Gains, Consultancy, Dividend and Income from other sources	2022-2023	22,88,95,613 22 Crore+	21,30,10,253 21 Crore+
3	C R Patil	BJP	Navsari	Gujarat	39,49,30,044 39 Crore+	Agriculture, Income from Business, Salary, Others	Agriculture, Income from Business, Others	2022-2023	18,03,70,020 18 Crore+	53,03,150 53 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 Winning candidates with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Undeclared PAN: All 543 winning candidates analysed have declared their PAN details.

Other Background Details

Education details of Winning candidates: 105 (19%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 420 (77%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. There are 17 winning candidates who are Diploma holders and 1 winner candidate has declared himself to be just literate.

Age details of Winning candidates: 58(11%) Winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 280 (52%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 204 (38%) winning candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and 1 winner candidate has declared his age as 82 years.

Gender details of Winning candidates: There are 74 (14%) women winning candidates in the Lok Sabha election this year. Out of 539 MPs analysed in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, 77 (14%) MPs were women. Out of 542 MPs analysed in the Lok Sabha elections 2014, 62 (11%) MPs were women. Out of 543 MPs analysed in the Lok Sabha elections 2009, 59 (11%) MPs were women.

Comparative Analysis of the assets of re-elected MPs

Number of re-elected MPs: Number of re-elected MPs analysed in the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 is 214.

Average Assets in 2019: The average assets of these 214 re-elected MPs fielded by various parties in 2019 was Rs 18.64 Crores.

Average Assets in 2024 Elections: The average asset of these 214 re-elected MPs in 2024 is Rs 26.14 Crores.

Average Asset growth in 5 years (2019-2024): The average asset growth for these 214 re-elected MPs, between the Lok Sabha Elections of 2019 and 2024 is Rs 7.50 Crores.