Press Release: Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Date: December 11, 2022

Dear Friends,

Gujarat Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 182 winning candidates in the Gujarat 2022 Assembly Elections.

For the complete English and Hindi reports, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other-details-winning-3

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 182 winning candidates analysed in 2022, 40(22%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 182 MLAs analysed during Gujarat Assembly elections in 2017, 47(26%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 29 (16%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 182 MLAs analysed during Gujarat Assembly elections in 2017, 33 (18%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2017 vs Winning candidate 2022

Winning candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 3 winning candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

Winning candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 4 winning candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 4 winning candidates, 1 Winner has declared case related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 26 (17%) out of 156 winning candidates from BJP, 9(53%) out of 17 winning candidates from INC, 2(40%) out of 5 winning candidates from AAP, 2(68%) out of 3 Independent winning candidates and 1(100%) SP winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 20 (13%) out of 156 winning candidates from BJP, 4(24%) out of 17 winning candidates from INC, 2(40%) out of 5 winning candidates from AAP, 2(68%) out of 3 Independent winning candidates and 1(100%) SP winning candidates 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 182 winning candidates analysed, 151 (83%) are crorepatis. Out of 182 MLAs analysed during Gujarat assembly elections 2017, 141 (77%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2017 and Winning Candidates 2022

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 132 (85%) out of 156 from BJP, 14(82%) out of 17 from INC, 1 (20%) out of 5 from AAP, 1 (100%) from SP, and 3 (100%) Independent winning candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates

Figure: Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per winning candidates in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 is Rs 16.41 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017 was Rs 8.46 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2017 vs 2022

Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 156 BJP winning candidates is Rs 17.15 Crores, 17 INC winning candidates is Rs 5.51 Crores, 5 AAP winning candidates is Rs 98.70 Lakhs, 1 SP winner candidate is Rs 20.94 Crores and 3 Independent winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 63.94 Crores.
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	Jayantibhai Somabhai Patel (J.S. Patel)	Gandhinagar	Mansa	BJP	1,47,03,74,800	5,14,25,06,700	6,61,28,81,500 661 Crore+	Y
2	Balvantsinh Chandansinh Rajput	Patan	Sidhpur	BJP	2,66,62,12,415	1,06,03,22,386	3,72,65,34,801 372 Crore+	Y
3	Rameshbhai Virjibhai Tilala	Rajkot	Rajkot South	BJP	19,35,43,705	1,56,43,56,000	1,75,78,99,705 175 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	Kokani Mohanbhai Dhedabhai	Tapi	Vyara (ST)	BJP	9,56,590	9,00,000	18,56,590 18 Lacs+	Y
2	Sudhirbhai Vaghani	Bhavnagar	Gariadhar	AAP	7,03,940	12,00,000	19,03,940 19 Lacs+	Y
3	Mahendrabhai Bhabhor	Dahod	Garbada (ST)	BJP	18,52,826	3,00,000	21,52,826 21 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 40 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	Jayantibhai Somabhai Patel (J.S. Patel)	Gandhinagar	Mansa	BJP	6,61,28,81,500 661 Crore+	2,33,85,56,900 233 Crore+	Y
2	Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (Bapu)	Vadodara	Vaghodia	IND	1,11,98,39,741 111 Crore+	27,09,23,310 27 Crore+	Y
3	Mavjibhai Maganbhai Desai	Banaskantha	Dhanera	IND	63,46,52,537 63 Crore+	18,46,67,946 18 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	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 winning candidate	Total income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Rivasinh Hardevsinh Solanki (Rivaba Ravindrasinh Jadeja)	BJP	Jamnagar North	Jamnagar	97,35,59,222 97 Crore+	Business	Business, Rent & Interest	2021-2022	18,74,73,687 18 Crore+	6,20,022 6 Lacs+
2	Pabubha Virambha Manek	BJP	Dwarka	Devbhumi Dwarka	1,15,58,97,789 115 Crore+	Business, Business Income - Shipping And Other Income	Rent Income	2021-2022	5,61,95,573 5 Crore+	5,48,22,395 5 Crore+
3	Balvantsinh Chandansinh Rajput	BJP	Sidhpur	Patan	3,72,65,34,801 372 Crore+	Business, Farming & Rent Income	Business, Farming & Rent Income	2021-2022	4,94,12,700 4 Crore+	3,73,39,290 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: 86 (47%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 83 (46%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. There are 7 winning candidates who have declared themselves as just literates and 6 winning candidates are Diploma Holders.

Age details of winning candidates: 62 (34%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 120 (66%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 182 winning candidates analysed, 15 (8%) winning candidates are women. In 2017, out of 182 MLAs, 13 (7%) MLAs were women.