Press Release: Nasik Municipal Corporation 2017 Analysis of Candidates

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analysed the self- sworn affidavits of 492 candidates out of 821 who are contesting for the Nasik Municipal Corporation Elections, scheduled to be held on 21^st February, 2017. There are total 122 seats spread across 31 wards (29 wards will elect 4 members each and 2 wards will elect 3 members each). The rest of the affidavits were not analysed as they were not available or uploaded on the website at the time of making this report.

The main Highlights of the report are given below:

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: 46 (9%) out of 492 analyzed candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 34 (7%) out of 492 analyzed candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, criminal intimidation, dacoity, robbery, cheating, forgery, etc.

· Party wise Candidates with declared Criminal Cases:

5 (8%) out of 62 candidates analysed from BJP, 11 (18%) out of 62 candidate analysed from Shivsena, 5 (9%) out of 56 candidate analysed from MNS, 9 (28%) out of 32 candidate analysed from NCP and 1 (4%) out of 27 candidates analysed from INC have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with declared Serious Criminal Cases: 2 (3%) out of 62 candidates analysed from BJP, 7 (11%) out of 62 candidate analysed from Shivsena, 3 (5%) out of 56 candidate analysed from MNS, 6 (19%) out of 32 candidate analysed from NCP and 1 (4%) out of 27 candidates analysed from INC have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party Name	Total number of candidates analyzed	candidates with declared Criminal Cases	% of candidates with declared criminal cases	candidates with serious declared criminal cases	% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases
Bhartiya Janata Party	62	5	8 %	2	3 %
Shivsena	62	11	18 %	7	11 %
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	56	5	9 %	3	5 %
Nationalist Congress Party	32	9	28 %	6	19 %
Indian National Congress	27	1	4 %	1	4 %
Bahujan Samaj Party	23	2	9 %	2	9 %
Republican Party Of India (A)	6	1	17 %	1	17 %
Republican Party Of India (Secular)	4	2	50 %	2	50 %
Independent/Others	220	10	5 %	10	5 %
Total	492	46	9 %	34	7 %

Table 1: Party wise candidates with criminal cases

Financial Background

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 492 analyzed candidates, 130 (26%) are crorepatis.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 34 (55%) out of 62 candidate analysed from Shivsena, 28 (45%) out of 62 candidates analysed from BJP, 13 (48%) out of 27 candidates analysed from INC, 12 (21%) out of 56 candidate analysed from MNS and 8 (25%) out of 32 candidate analysed from NCP are Crorepatis.

Party Name	Number of Candidates Analyzed	No of Crorepatis	Percentage of Crorepati Candidates
Shivsena	62	34	55 %
Bhartiya Janata Party	62	28	45 %
Indian National Congress	27	13	48 %
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	56	12	21 %
Nationalist Congress Party	32	8	25 %
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)	8	3	38 %
Bahujan Samaj Party	23	2	9 %
Dharmarajya Paksh	9	1	11 %
Independent/Others	213	29	14 %
Total	492	130	26 %

Table 2: Party wise crorepati candidates

· Average Assets: The average asset per candidate for this election is Rs. 1.52 crore per candidate.

· Party wise average assets :

Party Name	Number of Candidates Analyzed	Average Assets (Rs)
Shivsena	62	Rs 2,71,18,231 ~ 2 Crore+
Bhartiya Janata Party	62	Rs 2,35,03,832 ~ 2 Crore+
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	56	Rs 1,14,31,456 ~ 1 Crore+
Nationalist Congress Party	32	Rs 1,33,01,407 ~ 1 Crore+
Indian National Congress	27	Rs 4,78,17,871 ~ 4 Crore+
Bahujan Samaj Party	23	Rs 37,97,087 ~ 37 Lacs+
Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh	11	Rs 6,54,513 ~ 6 Lacs+
Dharmarajya Paksh	9	Rs 49,86,655 ~ 49 Lacs+
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)	8	Rs 1,07,63,808 ~ 1 Crore+
All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen	7	Rs 5,62,223 ~ 5 Lacs+
Republican Party of India (A)	6	Rs 47,59,433 ~ 47 Lacs+
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	5	Rs 92,151 ~ 92 Thou+
Republican Party of India (Secular)	4	Rs 8,77,248 ~ 8 Lacs+
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	3	Rs 24,36,963 ~ 24 Lacs+
Samajwadi Party	3	Rs 3,16,249 ~ 3 Lacs+
Bhartiya Sangram Parishad	2	Rs 16,75,970 ~ 16 Lacs+
Sambhaji Brigade	2	Rs 9,31,000 ~ 9 Lacs+
Republican Party Of India	1	Rs 7,05,150 ~ 7 Lacs+
Bahujan Republican Socialist Party	1	Rs 3,39,816 ~ 3 Lacs+
Independent/Others	168	Rs 1,01,87,693 ~ 1 Crore+
All Parties	492	Rs 1,52,10,351 1 Crore+

Table 3: Party wise average assets

· High Assets: The candidate with highest declared total assets is Shailesh Shrihari Kute of INC who is contesting from ward no 12 with assets worth Rs. 78 crores+. The top ten candidates with highest declared assets are: -

S.No.	Name	Ward No.	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Shailesh Shrihari Kute	12	Indian National Congress	4,63,15,486	73,80,70,250	78,43,85,736 78 Crore+
2	Sanjay Uttamrao Chavan	30	Independent/Other	1,29,46,693	37,06,40,750	38,35,87,443 38 Crore+
3	Uddhav Baburao Nimse	2	Bhartiya Janata Party	3,81,79,261	20,56,76,026	24,38,55,287 24 Crore+
4	Hemant Haribhau Dhatrak	12	Bhartiya Janata Party	2,02,43,521	19,86,70,000	21,89,13,521 21 Crore+
5	Lata Nivrutti Govardhane	26	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	12,51,09,700	9,21,00,000	21,72,09,700 21 Crore+
6	Rajendra Uttamrao Mahale	24	Nationalist Congress Party	1,03,78,611	19,39,90,000	20,43,68,611 20 Crore+
7	Kalpana Shivaji Chumble	24	Shivsena	3,65,47,734	15,91,46,156	19,56,93,890 19 Crore+
8	Shashikant Haribhau Jadhav	10	Bhartiya Janata Party	1,53,70,857	17,96,16,702	19,49,87,559 19 Crore+
9	Chitra Prakash Amrutkar	25	Independent/Other	1,77,45,361	11,49,90,000	13,27,35,361 13 Crore+
10	Vandana Pandit Patil	27	Indian National Congress	1,90,000	13,03,00,000	13,04,90,000 13 Crore+

Table 4: Candidates declaring high assets

· Zero Assets: There is only 1 candidate who declared zero assets, viz., Ambadas Damu Tajanpure, of Shivsena, who is contesting from ward no 19.

· Low Assets: There are 70 (excluding the 1 declaring zero assets) candidates who declared assets below Rs. 2 lakhs, in this election.

· Candidates with high Liabilities: The candidate with highest declared total liabilities is Lata Nivrutti Govardhane (MNS) who is contesting from ward no 26 having liabilities of Rs. 5 Crores +. The top ten candidates with highest declared liabilities are given below :-

S.No.	Name	Ward No	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)
1	Lata Nivrutti Govardhane	26	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	21,72,09,700 21 Crore+	5,22,70,611 5 Crore+
2	Shailesh Shrihari Kute	12	Indian National Congress	78,43,85,736 78 Crore+	3,94,57,043 3 Crore+
3	Hemant Haribhau Dhatrak	12	Bhartiya Janata Party	21,89,13,521 21 Crore+	3,02,54,382 3 Crore+
4	Tushar Narayan Aher	12	Shivsena	1,05,47,158 1 Crore+	2,58,50,000 2 Crore+
5	Himgauri Balasaheb Aher	7	Bhartiya Janata Party	5,63,24,446 5 Crore+	2,54,87,966 2 Crore+
6	Yatin Raghunath Wagh	13	Shivsena	8,53,41,400 8 Crore+	2,49,00,000 2 Crore+
7	Pingle Anandrao Gokul	7	Shivsena	11,21,07,155 11 Crore+	2,29,75,810 2 Crore+
8	Dattatray Gyandeo Suryawanshi	28	Shivsena	10,45,92,587 10 Crore+	2,17,48,000 2 Crore+
9	Seema Gokul Nigal	11	Shivsena	8,44,35,887 8 Crore+	1,78,00,902 1 Crore+
10	Mushir Muniroddin Sayed	14	Independent/Other	5,61,42,971 5 Crore+	1,55,72,020 1 Crore+

Table 5: Candidates with high liabilities

· Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: Only 1 out of 492 candidates has declared a total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore +. Declared ITR of top 5 candidates is given below –

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Ward No	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Ashlesha Sunil Patil	Nationalist Congress Party	26	45,74,636 45 Lacs+	Not Given	1,60,00,000 1 Crore+	1,60,00,000 1 Crore+
2	Shailesh Shrihari Kute	Indian National Congress	12	78,43,85,736 78 Crore+	Not Given	86,72,135 86 Lacs+	86,72,135 86 Lacs+
3	Ajay Bhaskarrao Boraste	Shivsena	7	8,79,05,900 8 Crore+	Not Given	77,66,305 77 Lacs+	77,66,305 77 Lacs+
4	Kanchan Namdev Patil	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	25	2,77,81,347 2 Crore+	Not Given	60,72,213 60 Lacs+	60,72,213 60 Lacs+
5	Amol Namdeorao Mahale	Nationalist Congress Party	29	2,98,51,087 2 Crore+	Not Given	54,48,690 54 Lacs+	54,48,690 54 Lacs+

Table 6: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR*

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

· Age Details of Candidates: 25 candidates have declared their ages to be between 21 to 24 years, 80 candidates have declared their ages to be between 25 to 30 years, 173 candidates have declared their ages to be between 31 to 40 years, 135 candidates have declared their ages to be between 41 to 50 years, 61 candidates have declared their ages to be between 51 to 60 years, 17 candidates have declared their ages to be between 61 to 70 years while only 1 candidate had declared his age to be between 71 to 80 years.

Age Group	Number of Candidates Analyzed
21-24	25
25-30	80
31-40	173
41-50	135
51-60	61
61-70	17
71-80	1
Total	492

Table 7: Age Report

· Gender Details of Candidates: Out of total 492 analyzed candidates, 276 (56%) are men whereas 216 (44%) are women.

Total candidates analyzed	Men	Women
492	276	216

Table 8: Gender Report

Press Release: Nasik Municipal Corporation 2017 Analysis of Candidates

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