Press Release: Analysis of Sitting MLAs from 28 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories of India 2023

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Press Release

Date: July 15, 2023

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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current MLAs in State Assemblies and Union Territories across the nation. This data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MLAs prior to contesting their last elections. A total of 4001 MLAs out of 4033 have been analysed across 28 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-sitting-mlas-28-state-assemblies-and-2-union-territories-india-2023-1

Criminal Background

MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 4001 MLAs analysed from state assemblies, 1777 (44%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 1136 (28%) MLAs from State assemblies have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

State with Highest Percentage of MLAs with Criminal Cases: 95 (70%) out of 135 MLAs from Kerala, 161 (67%) out of 242 MLAs from Bihar, 44 (63%) out of 70 MLAs from Delhi, 175 (62%) out of 284 MLAs from Maharashtra, 72(61%) out of 118 MLAs from Telangana and 134 (60%) out of 224 MLAs from Tamil Nadu have declared criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.

State with Highest Percentage of MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 37 (53%) out of 70 MLAs from Delhi, 122 (50%) out of 242 MLAs from Bihar, 114 (40%) out of 284 MLAs from Maharashtra, 31 (39%) out of 79 MLAs from Jharkhand, 46(39%) out of 118 MLAs from Telangana and 155 (38%) out of 403 MLAs from Uttar Pradesh have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.

MLAs with cases related to murder: 47 MLAs have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).

MLAs with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 181 MLAs have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

MLAs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 114 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 114 MLAs, 14 MLAs have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Financial Background

Average Assets of MLAs: The average of assets per MLA from state assemblies is Rs 13.63 Crores.

Average Assets of MLAs with declared criminal cases from State Assemblies Vs Average Assets of MLAs with no Criminal Cases: The average assets of MLAs with declared criminal cases is Rs 16.36 Crores. As compared to this, the average assets of MLAs with no criminal cases is Rs 11.45 Crores.

State with Highest Average Assets of MLAs: The state with the highest average assets per MLA is Karnataka (223 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 64.39 crores, followed by Andhra Pradesh (174 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 28.24 crores and Maharashtra (284 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 23.51 crores.

State with Lowest Average Assets of MLAs: The state with the lowest average assets of MLAs is Tripura (59 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 1.54 crores, followed by West Bengal (293 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 2.80 crores and Kerala (135 MLAs) with average assets of Rs 3.15 crores.

Billionaire MLAs: Out of the 4001 MLAs analysed from State Assemblies, 88 (2%) are Billionaires.

State with Highest Percentage of Billionaire MLAs: 32(14%) out of 223 MLAs from Karnataka, 4 (7%) out of 59 MLAs from Arunachal Pradesh, 10 (6%) out of 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, 12(4%) out of 284 MLAs from Maharashtra, 2(3%) out of 68 MLAs from Himachal Pradesh, 5(3%) out of 182 MLAs from Gujarat and 6(3%) out of 230 MLAs from Madhya Pradesh have declared assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores.

Share of wealth among MLAs

Value of assets (Rs.)	Number of MLAs	Percentage of MLAs
1000 crores and above	3	0.07%
500 crores to 1000 crores	6	0.15%
100 crores to 500 crores	79	1.97%
10 crores to 100 crores	858	21.45%
1 crores to 10 crores	2271	56.76%
10 Lakhs to 1 Crores	713	17.83%
1 Lakh to 10 Lakhs	55	1.37%
less than 1 lakhs	16	0.40%

Table: Share of wealth amongst MLAs

Other Background Details

Analysis based on gender

Gender details of MLAs: Out of 4001 MLAs, 378 (9%) MLAs are women. Highest number of women MLAs are from Uttar Pradesh 48(12%) followed by West Bengal with 41(14%) and Bihar 28(12%).

Overall gender report

Men	3623
Women	378
Total	4001

Table: Analysis of MLAs on the basis of gender

Analysis based on education & age details of MLAs

Overall Education report

Education Groups	Number of MLAs analyzed	% of MLAs
Illiterate	6	0.15%
Literate	49	1.22%
5th Pass	53	1.32%
8th Pass	163	4.07%
10th Pass	433	10.82%
12th Pass	660	16.50%
Graduate	991	24.78%
Graduate Professional	640	16.00%
Post Graduate	804	20.09%
Doctorate	123	3.07%
Diploma	78	1.96%
Not Given	1	0.02%
Total	4001	100%

Table: Analysis of MLAs based on education

Analysis based on age groups

Age Of MLAs (Years)	Total No. of MLAs analyzed	% of MLAs in each age group
25 to 30	59	1.47%
31 to 40	447	11.17%
41 to 50	1169	29.22%
51 to 60	1336	33.39%
61 to 70	811	20.27%
71 to 80	170	4.26%
81 to 90	8	0.20%
91 to 100	1	0.02%
Total	4001	100%

Table: Analysis of MLAs based on age groups

Party-wise share of sitting MLAs who changed Political Parties

Maximum number of sitting MLAs, 34(28%) left INC and joined other parties in the current assemblies. While 15 (13%) sitting MLAs left SHS and joined Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).

In the current assemblies, 50 (42%) out of the total of 120 sitting MLAs who switched political parties joined the BJP followed by 16 (13%) sitting MLAs who joined TRS and 16 (13%) sitting MLAs who joined Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).

Party-Wise Share Of Sitting MLAs - who left the parties
Original Party	Number of MLAs who left the party	% of MLAs who left the party
INC	34	28.3%
SHS	15	12.5%
JD(U)	13	10.8%
SDF	12	10.0%
BSP	8	6.7%
BJP	6	5.0%
TDP	6	5.0%
AIMIM	4	3.3%
IND	4	3.3%
YSRCP	4	3.3%
Vikassheel Insaan Party	3	2.5%
JVM(P)	2	1.7%
PDF	2	1.7%
AIFB	1	0.8%
Janasena Party	1	0.8%
Krantikari Shetkari Party	1	0.8%
Lok Janshakti Party(Ram Vilas)	1	0.8%
MNF	1	0.8%
People's Party of Arunachal	1	0.8%
SP	1	0.8%
Total	120	100%

Table: Party-wise share of Sitting MLAs Who Left the Political Parties

Party-wise share of Sitting MLAs Who Joined Other Political Parties

Party-Wise Share of Sitting MLAs - who joined other Political Parties
Party Joined	Number of MLAs who joined the party	% of MLAs who joined the party
BJP	50	41.7%
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)	16	13.3%
TRS	16	13.3%
IND	13	10.8%
INC	7	5.8%
AITC	6	5.0%
RJD	4	3.3%
JD(U)	2	1.7%
NPP	2	1.7%
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	2	1.7%
Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha	1	0.8%
AIUDF	1	0.8%
Total	120	100%