Press Release:Maharashtra Assembly 2019 : Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Newly Elected MLAs

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Press Release

25^th October 2019

Dear Friends,

Maharashtra Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 285 out of 288 newly-elected MLAs in the Maharashtra 2019 Assembly Elections.

3 MLAs have not been analysed as their clear and complete affidavits were not available on the ECI website at the time of making this report.

For the complete report, please go to : https://adrindia.org/content/maharashtra-assembly-elections-2019-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-1

Summary and Highlights

Party	Total Seats won
BJP	105
SHS	56
NCP	54
INC	44
IND	13
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi	3
SP	2
Prahar Janshakti Party	2
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	2
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	1
Peasants And Workers Party of India	1
MNS	1
Krantikari Shetkari Party	1
Jan Surajya Shakti	1
Swabhimani Paksha	1
CPI(M)	1
Total	288

Table: Final Party Position

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

· MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 285 MLAs analysed, 176(62%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 288 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2014, 165 (57%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· MLAs with serious criminal cases:113(40%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases their affidavits. Out of 288 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2014, 115 (40%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· MLAs with Declared Cases related to Murder: There are 2 MLAs who have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section 302) in their affidavits.

· MLAs with Declared Cases related to attempt to Murder: There are 11 MLAs who have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) in their affidavits.

· MLAs with Declared Cases related to kidnapping: There are 4 MLAs who have declared cases related to kidnapping (IPC Section 363) in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with criminal cases: Among major parties 65(62%) out of 105 MLAs from BJP, 31 (56%) out of 55 MLAs from SHS, 32 (60%) out of 53 MLAs from NCP, 26 (59%) out of 44 MLAs from INC, and 9 (75%) out of 12 Independent MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: : Among major parties 40(38%) out of 105 MLAs from BJP, 26 (47%) out of 55 MLAs from SHS, 17 (32%) out of 53 MLAs from NCP, 15 (34%) out of 44 MLAs from INC, and 6 (50%) out of 12 Independent MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

· Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 285 newly-elected MLAs,264 (93%) are crorepatis. Out of 288 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra 2014 assembly elections, 253 (88%) MLAs were crorepatis.

· Partywise crorepati MLAs: Among major parties, 100(95%)out of 105 MLAs from BJP, 51 (93%)out of 55 MLAs from SHS, 47 (89%) out of 53 MLAs from NCP, 42 (96%) out of 44 MLAs from INC have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Share of Wealth among MLAs

· Average assets:The average of assets per MLA in the Maharashtra 2019 assembly elections is Rs. 22.42 crores. In 2014, the average assets of 288 MLAs analyzed was Rs 10.87 crores.

· Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 105 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs 27.46 crores, 55 SHS MLAs have average assets of Rs 13.74 crore , 53 NCP MLAs have average assets of Rs 15.01 crore and 44 INC MLAs have average assets of Rs 24.46 crores.

· High asset 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 asset 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: The details of the top 3 MLAs with highest liabilities 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

#disputed liabilities

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

S.No.	Name	Party	Constituency	District	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 MLAs	Total income shown by MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by MLAs 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	Chandrakant Pandit Jadhav	INC	KOLHAPUR NORTH	KOLHAPUR	79,62,11,297 79 Crore+	Jadhav Industries, Premala Pictures, Jadhav Tools, Jadhav Beverages, Jadhav Metals	Premala Industries Proprietary Firm	2017-2018	7,24,50,110 7 Crore+	7,18,23,630 7 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: 117 (41%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 157 (55%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

· Age details of MLAs: 42 (15%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years while 192 (67%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. There are 51(18%) MLAs who have declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years.

· Gender details of MLAs: Out of 285 MLAs, 24 (8%) MLAs are women. In 2014, out of 288 MLAs, 20 (7%) MLAs were women.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASSETS OF RE-ELECTED MLAs

· Number of re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the Maharashtra assembly elections of 2019 is 118.

· Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2014: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2014 was Rs 14.55 crores

· Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2019: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2019 is Rs 25.86 crores.

· Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2014 to 2019: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 11.31 crores i.e. by 78%.

Contact Details

Maharashtra Election Watch

Mr. Ajit Ranade

Founder member,

National Election Watch,

Association for Democratic Reforms,

+91-97022 15312

ajit....@gmail.com

Mr. Sharad Kumar

State Coordinator

Maharashtra Election Watch

+91 98694 03721