Press Release: Analysis of Criminal and Financial Background Details of Candidates and MPs/MLAs since 2004 in West Bengal

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Date: March 9, 2021

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch (WBEW) have analysed the MPs/MLAs and candidates financial and criminal cases in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections since 2004. The information is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to 2006, 2011 and 2016 West Bengal Assembly Elections and 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections and Bye elections to West Bengal Assembly and Lok Sabha.

For the complete reports with party-wise analysis of all candidates since 2004 in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-and-financial-background-details-candidates-and-mpsmlas-2004-west-bengal

Summary and Highlights

Total number of candidates analysed: A total of 6163 candidates who have contested either Parliamentary or State assembly elections since 2004 from West Bengal have been analyzed by ADR and WBEW.
Total number of MPs/MLAs analysed: A total of 1081 MPs/MLAs who have held seats either in the Parliament or State assembly since 2004 from West Bengal have been analyzed by ADR and WBEW.

Criminal:

Candidates with criminal cases: A total of 1121 out of these 6163 (18%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Candidates with serious criminal cases: 833 (14%) out of the 6163 candidates analyzed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
MPs/MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 1081 MPs/MLAs analyzed since 2004, 310 or 29% have declared criminal cases against themselves and 238 or 22% have serious criminal cases.

Financial:

Average assets of candidates who have contested elections: The average assets of all candidates (6163) analyzed since 2004 is Rs.1.16 crores.
Average assets of MPs/MLAs: The average assets of all MPs/MLAs (1081) analyzed since 2004 is Rs.1.04 crores.

Correlation between criminal cases and financial status:

Analysis of the data has revealed that money power and muscle power have a large bearing on the outcome of the election results.

Average assets of Candidates and MP/MLAs with criminal cases: The average assets of 310 MPs/MLAs (analyzed since 2004) with declared criminal cases is Rs.89.86 Lakhs and for 238 MPs/MLAs with declared serious criminal cases has been Rs.88.95 Lakhs.

	No. of Candidates Analyzed	No. of MPs/MLAs Analyzed	No. of MPs/MLAs with criminal cases	No. of MPs/MLAs with Serious Cases
Total	6163	1081	310	238
Average Assets	Rs.1.16 Crores	Rs.1.04Crores	Rs.89.86 Lakhs	Rs.88.95 Lakhs