Press Release: Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 - Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other Details of Candidates

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Date: February 1, 2020

Dear Friends,
The Delhi Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 672 candidates from 70 constituencies, who are contesting in the Delhi Assembly Elections. Out of 672 candidates analysed, 210 are from National parties, 90 are from State parties, 224 are from registered unrecognized parties and 148 candidates are contesting independently. 95 political Parties are contesting the election this year whereas in 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections 71 political parties contested the election.

For the complete report, please go to : https://adrindia.org/content/delhi-assembly-elections-2020-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 672 candidates analyzed, 133(20%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, out of 673 candidates analysed, 114(17%) had declared criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 104(15%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. In 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, 74 (11%) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparative analysis of Candidates with declared Criminal Cases: 2015 vs 2020

Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among major parties, 42(60%) out of 70 candidates analysed from AAP, 26(39%) out of 67 candidates analysed from BJP, 18(27%) out of 66 candidates analysed from INC, 12 (18%) out of 66 candidates analysed from BSP and 3(60%) out of 5 candidates from NCP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among major parties, 36(51%) out of 70 candidates analysed from AAP, 17(25%) out of 67 candidates analysed from BJP, 13(20%) out of 66 candidates analysed from INC, 10 (15%) out of 66 candidates analysed from BSP and 2(40%) out of 5 candidates from NCP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women: 32 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women. Out of 32 candidates 1 candidate has declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).
Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.
Candidates with declared convicted cases: 20 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.
Candidates with declared cases related to Hate Speech: 8 candidates have declared cases related to hate speech.
Red Alert Constituency: 25(36%) out of 70 constituencies are Red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Financial Background

Figure: Share of Wealth among the Contesting Candidates

Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 672 candidates analysed, 243(36%) are crorepatis. In 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, out of 673 candidates, 230 (34%) were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparative Analysis of Crorepati Candidates: 2015 Vs 2020

Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among major parties, 55(83%) out of 66 candidates analysed from INC, 51(73%) out of 70 candidates analysed from AAP, 47(70%) out of 67 candidates analysed from BJP, 13 (20%) out of 66 candidates analysed from BSP and 3(60%) out of 5 candidates from NCP, have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per candidate analysed in the Delhi Assembly Elections is Rs 4.34 Crores. In 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, average assets per candidate for 673 candidates was Rs. 3.32 crores.
Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 70 AAP candidates is Rs. 15.25 crores, 66 INC candidates is Rs 11.68 crores, 67 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs 10.22 crores, 66 BSP candidates have average assets worth Rs 62.67 lakhs, 5 NCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.14 crores and 148 independent candidates have average assets worth Rs 80.90 lakhs.
High asset candidates: The details of top 3 candidates with highest declared assets, contesting in the Delhi Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Dharampal Lakra	NORTH-WEST	MUNDKA	AAP	3,37,79,176	2,88,74,00,000	2,92,11,79,176 292 Crore+	Y
2	Pramila Tokas	NEW DELHI	R K PURAM	AAP	16,19,28,955	64,69,46,820	80,88,75,775 80 Crore+	Y
3	Ram Singh Netaji	SOUTH	BADARPUR	AAP	30,35,25,988	49,70,00,000	80,05,25,988 80 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

Low assets candidates: The details of three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rajesh Kumar	SOUTH-WEST	PALAM	RPI(A)	3,600^*	0	3,600 3 Thou+	Y
2	Poonam Kaushik	NORTH	SHALIMAR BAGH	IND	6,917^*	0	6,917 6 Thou+	Y
3	Rahul Beniwal	NEW DELHI	NEW DELHI	IND	7,031	0	7,031 7 Thou+	Y

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

Candidates with high liabilities: The details of top three candidates with highest liabilities are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Raaj Kumar Anand	CENTRAL	PATEL NAGAR	AAP	78,90,65,803 78 Crore+	32,46,35,220 32 Crore+	Y
2	Gurcharan Singh	EAST	VISHWAS NAGAR	INC	59,04,30,959 59 Crore+	31,82,43,052 31 Crore+	Y
3	Satish Lohia	SOUTH	CHHATARPUR	INC	56,17,00,000 56 Crore+	24,76,56,000 24 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

Candidates with High Income as Declared in ITR: The details of top 3 candidates with high income declared in ITR are given below:

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 candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Kartar Singh Tanwar	AAP	CHHATARPUR	SOUTH	23,84,75,327 23 Crore+	Salary from Legislative Assembly Rental Income and Agriculture Income	Agriculture Income	2018-2019	6,69,87,538 6 Crore+	40,37,482 40 Lacs+
2	Gurcharan Singh	INC	VISHWAS NAGAR	EAST	59,04,30,959 59 Crore+	Business, House Property and Other Sources	Business, House Property and Other Sources	2018-2019	3,60,37,270 3 Crore+	3,11,47,593 3 Crore+
3	Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia	INC	KRISHNA NAGAR	EAST	34,17,61,897 34 Crore+	Pension, Rental Income, Professional Income & Other Sources	NA	2018-2019	2,48,40,930 2 Crore+	2,48,40,930 2 Crore+

Table: Top 3 candidates with High Income declared in ITR

Candidates with High Assets and No ITR: The details of top 3 candidates with High assets, who have not declared ITR are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self-Income
1	Gautam Singh Bihari	SOUTH-WEST	DWARKA	IND	65,000	65,00,000	65,65,000 65 Lacs+	N	ITR not filed
2	Tej Ram	CENTRAL	MATIA MAHAL	BSP	46,232	18,00,000	18,46,232 18 Lacs+	N	ITR not filed
3	Mahipal Singh	WEST	JANAKPURI	IND	80,000	15,00,000	15,80,000 15 Lacs+	N	ITR not filed

Table: Top Candidates with High Assets and No ITR

*Some Candidates may be exempted from filing ITR

Undeclared PAN: A total of 13 (2%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

Other Background Details

Education details of candidates: 340(51%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^th, while 298(44%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 12 candidates are diploma holder and 6 candidates are literate. There are 16 candidates who are Illiterate.
Age details of candidates: 441(66%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 212 (32%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years. There are 11(2%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 71 to 80 years. 8 candidates have not given their age.
Gender details of candidates: 79(12%) female candidates are contesting in the Delhi assembly election this year. In 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, 66(10%) out of 673 candidates analysed were women.