Press Release: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: December 05, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Madhya Pradesh Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 230 winning candidates in the Madhya Pradesh 2023 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-19

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 230 winning candidates analysed in 2023 90(39%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 230 MLAs analysed during Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections in 2018, 94(41%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 34 (15%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 230 MLAs analysed during Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections in 2018, 47(20%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2018 vs Winning candidates 2023

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

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: 3 winning candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 51 (31%) out of 163 winning candidates from BJP, 38(58%) out of 66 winning candidates from INC and 1(100%) Bharat Adivasi Party winning candidate have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 16 (10%) out of 163 winning candidates from BJP, 17(26%) out of 66 winning candidates from INC and 1(100%) Bharat Adivasi Party winning 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 230 winning candidates analysed, 205 (89%) are crorepatis. Out of 230 MLAs analysed during Madhya Pradesh assembly elections 2018, 187 (81%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2018 and Winning Candidates 2023

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 144 (88%) out of 163 from BJP and 61(92%) out of 66 from INC 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 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023 is Rs 11.77 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018 was Rs 10.17 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2018 vs 2023

Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 163 BJP winning candidates is Rs 12.35 Crores, 66 INC winning candidates is Rs 10.54 Crores and 1 Bharat Adivasi Party winner candidate have average assets worth Rs 18.32 Lakhs.
High asset winning candidates: The top three winning candidates with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Chetanya Kasyap	Ratlam	Ratlam City	BJP	8,16,31,000	2,87,92,00,000	2,96,08,31,000 296 Crore+	Y
2	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak	Katni	Vijayraghavgarh	BJP	1,19,14,04,353	1,22,95,24,198	2,42,09,28,551 242 Crore+	Y
3	Kamal Nath	Chhindwara	Chhindwara	INC	53,22,64,658	81,02,11,153	1,34,24,75,811 134 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	Kamleshwar Dodiyar	Ratlam	Sailana (ST)	Bharat Adivasi Party	7,32,938	11,00,000	18,32,938 18 Lacs+	Y
2	Santosh Varkade	Jabalpur	Sihora (ST)	BJP	25,83,783	0	25,83,783 25 Lacs+	Y
3	Kanchan Mukesh Tanve	Khandwa	Khandwa (SC)	BJP	9,83,552	17,10,000	26,93,552 26 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 196 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)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Surendra Patwa	Raisen	Bhojpur	BJP	66,99,44,492 66 Crore+	# 57,40,61,985 57 Crore+	57,96,071 57 Lacs+	Y
2	Dinesh Jain Boss	Ujjain	Mahidpur	INC	9,79,69,249 9 Crore+	# 30,82,30,899 30 Crore+	98,43,750 98 Lacs+	Y
3	Bhupendra Singh	Sagar	Khurai	BJP	84,51,93,626 84 Crore+	23,26,12,691 23 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three winning candidates with high liabilities

#Disputed 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	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	Sanjay Satyendra Pathak	BJP	Vijayraghavgarh	2,42,09,28,551 242 Crore+	Business	Business	2022-2023	7,98,86,340 7 Crore+	3,96,00,230 3 Crore+
2	Bhupendra Singh	BJP	Khurai	84,51,93,626 84 Crore+	Agriculture, Milk dairy, Moon Marriage Hall	Hotel Deepali, Deepali Place, Deepali Automobile, Petrol Pump	2023-2024	4,05,03,595 4 Crore+	57,89,595 57 Lacs+
3	Dinesh Rai Munmun	BJP	Seoni	35,06,58,564 35 Crore+	Business, Petrol Pump, Agriculture, Dharmakanta, Tol Tax Contractor & Rent, Salary & Allowance as a MLA	Agriculture & Shop Rent, Partnership in Annapurna Rice Mill, Hotel	2022-2023	3,68,27,477 3 Crore+	2,20,24,990 2 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: 64 (28%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 161 (70%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 3 winning candidates are Diploma Holders and 2 winning candidates are just literate.

Age details of winning candidates: 71 (31%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 159 (69%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 230 winning candidates analysed, 27 (12%) winning candidates are women. In 2018, out of 230 MLAs, 21 (9%) MLAs were women.