Press Release: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Maharashtra Sitting MLAs

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Press Release

Date: October 23, 2024

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 272 out of 288 sitting MLAs. One Independent MLA namely Kishor Gajanan Jorgewar contesting from Chandrapur (SC) Constituency has not been analysed as his affidavit was badly scanned. In the current assembly 15 seats are vacant.

This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2019 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/Maharashtra-Assembly-Elections-Sitting-MLAs-Report-2019

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 272 sitting MLAs analysed, 164 (60%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 106 (39%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 2 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 10 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 12 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 12 Sitting MLAs 1 Sitting MLA has declared charge related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 62 (60%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 25 (63%) out of 40 MLAs from NCP, 22 (58%) out of 38 MLAs from SHS, 20 (54%) out of 37 MLAs from INC, 9 (56%) out of 16 MLAs from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), 6 (50%) out of 12 MLAs from Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and 9 (75%) out of 12 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 38 (37%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 14 (35%) out of 40 MLAs from NCP, 18 (47%) out of 38 MLAs from SHS, 11 (30%) out of 37 MLAs from INC, 7 (44%) out of 16 MLAs from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), 3 (25%) out of 12 MLAs from Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and 7 (58%) out of 12 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati MLAs: Out of 272 sitting MLAs analysed , 252 (93%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 98 (95%) out of 103 MLAs from BJP, 36 (90%) out of 40 MLAs from NCP, 35 (92%) out of 38 MLAs from SHS, 35 (95%) out of 37 MLAs from INC, 15 (94%) out of 16 MLAs from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), 11 (92%) out of 12 MLAs from Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and 11 (92%) out of 12 Independent MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.24.38 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 103 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.28.99 crores, 40 NCP MLAs analysed is Rs.15.46 crores, 38 SHS MLAs analysed is Rs.21.15 crores, 37 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.27.18 crores, 16 Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MLAs analysed is Rs.7.13 crores, 12 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MLAs analysed is Rs.20.86 crores and 12 Independent MLAs have average assets of Rs.19.28 crores.

High assets MLAs:The top three MLAs 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	Parag Shah	Mumbai Suburban	Ghatkopar East	BJP	4,22,60,96,474	78,01,50,000	5,00,62,46,474 500 Crore+	Y
2	Mangalprabhat Lodha	Mumbai City	Malabar Hill	BJP	2,52,59,91,097	1,89,05,79,645	4,41,65,70,742 441 Crore+	Y
3	Sanjay Chandrakant Jagtap	Pune	Purandar	INC	38,13,32,836	2,07,54,50,000	2,45,67,82,836 245 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low assets MLAs: The details of three MLAs 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	Vinod Bhiva Nikole	Palghar	Dahanu (ST)	CPI(M)	51,082	0	51,082 51 Thou+	N
2	Ram Vitthal Satpute	Solapur	Malshiras (SC)	BJP	10,34,869	0	10,34,869 10 Lacs+	Y
3	Shah Faruk Anwar	Dhule	Dhule City	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	8,00,000	21,00,000	29,00,000 29 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 125 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Mangalprabhat Lodha	Mumbai City	Malabar Hill	BJP	4,41,65,70,742 441 Crore+	2,83,36,98,199 283 Crore+	1,66,72,131 1 Crore+	Y
2	Kadam Vishwajeet Patangrao	Sangli	Palus-Kadegaon	INC	2,16,83,40,235 216 Crore+	1,21,03,53,962 121 Crore+	0	Y
3	Pratap Baburao Sarnaik	Thane	Ovala Majiwada	SHS	1,43,97,18,745 143 Crore+	1,17,08,75,806 117 Crore+	43,18,720 43 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 MLAs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by MLA	Total income shown by MLA in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs)
1	Parag Shah	BJP	Ghatkopar East	Mumbai Suburban	5,00,62,46,474 500 Crore+	Business	Investment	2018-2019	33,95,56,990 33 Crore+	13,78,93,067 13 Crore+
2	Mangalprabhat Lodha	BJP	Malabar Hill	Mumbai City	4,41,65,70,742 441 Crore+	Salary and Income from Investments	Salary and Income from Investments	2018-2019	11,01,19,047 11 Crore+	10,40,00,979 10 Crore+
3	Autade Samadhan Mahadev	BJP	Pandharpur: Bye Election On 17-04-2021	Solapur	1,16,47,42,459 116 Crore+	Profit from Business, Income from Agriculture and Rent	Income as a Director of Company	2019-2020	6,03,18,249 6 Crore+	5,68,70,520 5 Crore+

Table: Top 3 MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of MLAs: 109(40%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 151 (56%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 8 MLAs are Diploma holders. 4 MLAs have declared themselves to be just literate.

Age details of MLAs: 131 (48%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 141 (52%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.