Press Release: Manipur Assembly Elections 2022: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: March 12, 2022

Dear Friends,

Manipur Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 60 winning candidates in the Manipur 2022 Assembly Elections.

For the complete English and Hindi reports, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/manipur-assembly-election-2022analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

Criminal Background

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 60 winning candidates analysed in 2022, 14(23%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Manipur Assembly elections in 2017, 2(3%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 11 (18%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Manipur Assembly elections in 2017, 2 (3%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2017 vs Winning candidate 2022

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 7 (22%) out of 32 winning candidates from BJP, 4(80%) out of 5 winning candidates from INC, 1(14%) out of 7 winning candidates from NPP, 1(17%) out of 6 winning candidates from JD(U) and 1(33%) out of 3 Independent winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 5 (16%) out of 32 winning candidates from BJP, 4(80%) out of 5 winning candidates from INC, 1(14%) out of 7 winning candidates from NPP and 1(17%) out of 6 JD(U) winning candidates 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 60 winning candidates analysed, 48 (80%) are crorepatis. Out of 60 MLAs analysed during Manipur assembly elections 2017, 32 (53%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2017 and Winning Candidates 2022

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 25 (78%) out of 32 from BJP, 6 (86%) out of 7 from NPP, 5 (100%) out of 5 from INC, 5 (83%) out of 6 from JD(U), 5 (100%) out of 5 from NPF and 2 (67%) out of 3 Independent 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 Manipur Assembly Elections 2022 is Rs 3.75 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Manipur Assembly Elections 2017 was Rs 2.16 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores): 2017 vs 2022

Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidates for 32 BJP winning candidates is Rs 2.91 Crores, 7 NPP winning candidates is Rs 3.45 Crores, 6 JD(U) winning candidates is Rs 2.80 Crores, 5 NPF winning candidates is Rs 6.20 Crores, 5 INC winning candidates is Rs 4.38 Crores, 2 Kuki Peoples Alliance winning candidates is Rs 64.29 Lakhs and 3 Independent candidates have average assets worth Rs 12.22 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	Sapam Nishikant Singh	Imphal West	Keisamthong	IND	23,36,33,893	5,94,71,487	29,31,05,380 29 Crore+	Y
2	Ram Muivah	Ukhrul	Ukhrul (St)	NPF	1,59,26,348	16,00,00,000	17,59,26,348 17 Crore+	Y
3	Konthoujam Govindas Singh	Bishnupur	Bishenpur	BJP	2,33,77,094	5,98,40,000	8,32,17,094 8 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	Ngursanglur Sanate	Churachandpur	Tipaimukh (St)	JD(U)	5,00,283	0	5,00,283 5 Lacs+	Y
2	J Kumo Sha	Senapati	Karong (St)	IND	51,950	6,00,000	6,51,950 6 Lacs+	Y
3	Sapam Kunjakeswor (Keba) Singh	Imphal West	Patsoi	BJP	23,43,487	0	23,43,487 23 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 5 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	Sapam Nishikant Singh	IMPHAL WEST	KEISAMTHONG	IND	29,31,05,380 29 Crore+	2,48,08,642 2 Crore+	Y
2	Sagolshem Kebi Devi	IMPHAL WEST	NAORIA PAKHANGLAKPA	BJP	6,35,52,175 6 Crore+	1,80,85,949 1 Crore+	Y
3	Thangjam Arunkumar	IMPHAL EAST	WANGKHEI	JD(U)	2,90,58,589 2 Crore+	1,69,98,606 1 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	Sapam Nishikant Singh	IND	Keisamthong	Imphal West	29,31,05,380 29 Crore+	Business	Business	2020-2021	2,13,62,790 2 Crore+	1,99,10,300 1 Crore+
2	Sagolshem Kebi Devi	BJP	Naoria Pakhanglakpa	Imphal West	6,35,52,175 6 Crore+	From Entrepreneurship	From Entrepreneurship	2020-2021	1,26,37,910 1 Crore+	4,01,320 4 Lacs+
3	Dr. Sapam Ranjan Singh	BJP	Konthoujam	Imphal West	3,03,36,745 3 Crore+	Salary (Member of Legislative Assembly, Manipur)	Professional Income (Consultant Pathologist, Babina Diagnostics, Imphal)	2020-2021	46,11,740 46 Lacs+	30,90,300 30 Lacs+

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: 13 (22%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 10^th pass and 12^th pass, while 46 (77%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. One winner candidate is a Diploma holder.

Age details of winning candidates: 26 (43%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 34 (57%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 60 winning candidates analysed, 5 (8%) winning candidates are women. In 2017, out of 60 MLAs, 2 (3%) MLAs were women.