Press Release: Assam Assembly Elections 2021: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Date: May 5, 2021

Dear Friends,

Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 126 winning candidates in the Assam 2021 Assembly Elections.

For the complete English and Hindi reports, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/assam-assembly-election-2021-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 126 winning candidates analysed in 2021, 34(27%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 126 MLAs analysed during Assam Assembly elections in 2016, 14(11%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 28 (22%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women etc.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2016 vs Winning candidate 2021

Winning candidates with cases related to Murder: 1 winner candidate has declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against himself.

Winning candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 5 winning candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

Winning candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 2 winning candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 9 (15%) out of 60 winning candidates from BJP, 12(41%) out of 29 winning candidates from INC, 10(63%) out of 16 winning candidates from AIUDF, 1(11%) out of 9 winning candidates from AGP, 1(17%) out of 6 winning candidates from United Peoples Party, Liberal and 1(100%) Independent winner candidate have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavit.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 7 (12%) out of 60 winning candidates from BJP, 10(34%) out of 29 winning candidates from INC, 8(50%) out of 16 winning candidates from AIUDF, 1(11%) out of 9 winning candidates from AGP, 1(17%) out of 6 winning candidates from United Peoples Party, Liberal and 1(100%) Independent winner candidate 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 126 winning candidates analysed, 85 (67%) are crorepatis. Out of 126 MLAs analysed during Assam assembly elections 2016, 72 (57%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparison of crorepati MLAs 2016 and Winning candidates 2021

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: Among the major parties, 43 (72%) out of 60 from BJP, 21 (72%) out of 29 from INC, 3 (75%) out of 4 from Bodoland Peoples Front, 8 (89%) out of 9 from AGP and 8 (50%) out of 16 from AIUDF 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 Assam Assembly Elections 2021 is Rs 4.59 Crore. The average of assets per MLA in the Assam Assembly Elections 2016 was Rs 2.45 crores.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores): 2016 vs 2021

Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per winning candidates for 60 BJP winning candidates is Rs 3.83 Crores, 29 INC winning candidates is Rs 4.87 crores, 16 AIUDF winning candidates is Rs 10.91 crores, and 9 AGP winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.20 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	Siraj Uddin Ajmal	Hojai	Jamunamukh	AIUDF	59,08,33,597	52,27,95,295	1,11,36,28,892 111 Crore+	Y
2	Siddeque Ahmed	Karimganj	Karimganj South	INC	1,68,65,101	24,67,37,020	26,36,02,121 26 Crore+	Y
3	Naba Kumar Doley	Dhakuakhana	Dhakuakhana (ST)	BJP	6,15,14,617	19,37,64,000	25,52,78,617 25 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	Ashraful Hussain	Barpeta	Chenga	AIUDF	2,61,073	0	2,61,073 2 Lacs+	Y
2	Joyanta Basumatary	Chirang	Sidli (ST)	United Peoples Party, Liberal	2,18,879	2,32,000	4,50,879 4 Lacs+	Y
3	Nandita Gorlosa	Haflong	Haflong (ST)	BJP	5,00,000	0	5,00,000 5 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 24 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	Nijam Uddin Choudhury	Hailakandi	Algapur	AIUDF	13,81,58,381 13 Crore+	13,21,08,943 13 Crore+	Y
2	Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah	Titabar	Titabar	INC	11,30,27,283 11 Crore+	6,45,29,137 6 Crore+	Y
3	Biswajit Phukan	Dhansiri	Sarupathar	BJP	10,87,16,194 10 Crore+	5,84,25,489 5 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 Name	Constituency	District Name	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 candidates	Total income shown by Winning candidates in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by Winning candidates in ITR (Rs)
1	Nijam Uddin Choudhury	AIUDF	Algapur	Hailakandi	13,81,58,381 13 Crore+	(Nijam Uddin Choudhury Prop.) M/S. Sadik Enterprise, Vill. Po. & Ps. Panchgram Dist. Hailakandi (Assam) Trade License Holder	(Saira Begum Choudhury Prop.) M.S. Choudhury Trade Agnecy, Vill, Po & Ps Panchgram Dist.Hailakandi (Assam) vide Regd. No -APWRD/R/1A/GEN/2021/50937	2019-2020	4,59,80,910 4 Crore+	1,60,01,550 1 Crore+
2	Himanta Biswa Sarma	BJP	Jalukbari	Guwahati (Sadar)	17,27,65,162 17 Crore+	Govt. Salary	Salary Income	2019-2020	3,23,39,915 3 Crore+	25,94,907 25 Lacs+
3	Siraj Uddin Ajmal	AIUDF	Jamunamukh	Hojai	1,11,36,28,892 111 Crore+	Salary, Business, Pension, Investments, House property etc.	Bank Interest etc.	2019-2020	1,98,98,890 1 Crore+	1,98,84,710 1 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: 34 (27%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass, while 91 (72%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 1 winner candidate is Diploma holder.

Age details of winning candidates: 54 (43%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 72 (57%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years.

Gender details of winning candidates:Out of 126 winning candidates analysed, 6 (5%) winning candidates are women. In 2016, out of 126 MLAs, 8 (6%) MLAs were women.