Press Release: Assam Assembly Election 2026: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: May 5, 2026

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Assam Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 126 winning candidates in the Assam 2026 Assembly Elections.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/Assam-Assembly-Elections-2026-Criminal-and-Financial-background-details-of-Winning-Candidates

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 126 winning candidates analysed in 2026 21(17%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 126 MLAs analysed during Assam Assembly elections in 2021, 34(27%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 19(15%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 126 MLAs analysed during Assam Assembly elections in 2021, 28 (22%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2011, 2016, 2021 and winning candidates 2026

Winning Candidates with Declared Cases Related to Attempt to Murder: 3 winning candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) and (BNS Section-109) against themselves.

Winning Candidates with Declared Cases Related to Crime Against Women: 2 winning candidates have declared cases related to crime against women.

Party Wise Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases: 7(9%) out of 82 winning candidates from BJP, 9(47%) out of 19 winning candidates from INC, 2 (100%) out of 2 winning candidates from AIUDF, 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from AITC, 1(50%) out of 2 winning candidate from Raijor Dal and 1 (10%) out of 10 winning candidates from Asom Gana Parishad have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits. It is noted that the Bodoland Peoples Front won 10 seats, and all its winning candidates have clean backgrounds with zero criminal cases.

Party Wise Winning Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 7(9%) out of 82 winning candidates from BJP, 7(37%) out of 19 winning candidates from INC, 2 (100%) out of 2 winning candidates from AIUDF, 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from AITC, 1(50%) out of 2 winning candidate from Raijor Dal and 1 (10%) out of 10 winning candidates from Asom Gana Parishad 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, 107 (85%) are crorepatis. Out of 126 MLAs analysed during Assam assembly elections 2021, 85(67%) MLAs were crorepati.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2011, 2016, 2021 and Winning Candidates 2026

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 74(90%) out of 85 winning candidates from BJP, 14(74%) out of 19 winning candidates from INC, 8 (80%) out of 10 winning candidates from Bodoland Peoples Front, 6(60%) out of 10 winning candidates from Asom Gana Parishad, 2(100%) out of 2 Winning candidates from Raijor Dal, 2(100%) out of 2 Winning candidates from AIUDF and 1(100%) out of 1 winning candidate from AITC have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates

Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates: The table given below shows the share of wealth among winning candidates in Assam Assembly Elections, 2026:

Value of assets (Rs.)	No. of winning candidates	Percentage of winning candidates
Rs. 10 crores and above	25	20%
Rs. 5 crores to Rs. 10 crores	32	25%
Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 5 crores	50	40%
Rs. 20 lakhs Rs. 1 crore	15	12%
less than Rs. 20 lakhs	4	3%

Table: Share of Wealth Among winning candidates

Total Assets of Winning Candidates: The total assets of 126 winning candidates are Rs. 1112 Crores.

Average Assets: The average of assets per winning candidates in the Assam Assembly Elections 2026 is Rs 8.82 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Assam Assembly Elections 2021 was Rs 4.59 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2011, 2016, 2021 vs 2026

Party Wise Average Assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 82 BJP winning candidates is Rs 7.50 Crores, 19 INC winning candidates have average assets of Rs 6.51 Crores, 10 Bodoland Peoples Front Winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 9.92 Crores, 10 Asom Gana Parishad winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.81 Crore, 2 AIUDF winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 117.77 Crore and 2 Raijor Dal Winning candidates have average assets of Rs. 1.54 crore.

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	Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal	Hojai	Binnakandi	All India United Democratic Front	52,74,39,350	1,73,56,61,230	2,26,31,00,580 226 Crore+	Y
2	Sewli Mohilary	Kokrajhar	Kokrajhar (ST)	Bodoland Peoples Front	34,17,94,000	29,02,94,000	63,20,88,000 63 Crore+	Y
3	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Kamrup Metro	Jalukbari	BJP	15,91,05,765	19,25,00,000	35,16,05,765 35 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	Milon Das	Hailakandi	Hailakandi	BJP	20,406	0	20,406 20 Thou+	Y
2	Munindra Das	Biswanath	Behali (SC)	BJP	9,10,481	1,00,000	10,10,481 10 Lacs+	Y
3	Rupali Langthasa	Dima Hasao	Haflong (ST)	BJP	5,49,563	5,00,000	10,49,563 10 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	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Kamrup Metro	Jalukbari	BJP	35,16,05,765 35 Crore+	16,86,82,932 16 Crore+	Y
2	Biswajit Phukan	Golaghat	Sarupathar	BJP	26,78,49,511 26 Crore+	16,77,54,316 16 Crore+	Y
3	Manab Deka	Lakhimpur	Lakhimpur	BJP	13,67,09,685 13 Crore+	10,86,51,828 10 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	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	Sewli Mohilary	Bodoland Peoples Front	Kokrajhar (ST)	Kokrajhar	63,20,88,000 63 Crore+	Business and Other Sources	Salary House Property, Agriculture and Other Sources	2024-2025	9,96,67,633 9 Crore+	9,33,78,435 9 Crore+
2	Himanta Biswa Sarma	BJP	Jalukbari	Kamrup Metro	35,16,05,765 35 Crore+	Govt. Salary	Salary Income	2024-2025	4,48,87,920 4 Crore+	29,62,920 29 Lacs+
3	Pijush Hazarika	BJP	Jagiroad (SC)	Morigaon	17,41,07,474 17 Crore+	Salary, House Property Income, Fishery Income.	House Property Income, Income from Acting.	2024-2025	3,45,89,100 3 Crore+	1,79,66,940 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: 36(29%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 10^th pass and 12^th pass while 89 (71%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 1 winning candidate is a Diploma holder.

Age Details of Winning Candidates: 11(9%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years while 90 (71%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. There are 25 (20%) winning candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 75 years.

Gender Details of Winning Candidates: Out of 126 winning candidates analysed, 7 (6%) winning candidates are women. In 2021, out of 126 MLAs analysed, 6 (5%) MLAs were women.