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

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Press Release

Date: March 10, 2021

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Tamil Nadu Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 204 out of 234 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 4 seats are vacant. There are 26 MLAs who have not been analysed due to the unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2016 Assembly elections and bye-elections conducted thereafter.

For the complete report in English, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/tamil-nadu-assembly-election-2016-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 204 sitting MLAs analysed, 68(33%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 38(19%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.
MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 8 MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).
MLAs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 2 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women (IPC Section-354 and 509)
Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 40(47%) out of 86 MLAs from DMK, 23(21%) out of 109 MLAs from AIADMK, 4(57%) out of 7 MLAs from INC and 1(100%) Independent MLA have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 22(26%) out of 86 MLAs from DMK, 13(12%) out of 109 MLAs from AIADMK, 2(29%) out of 7 MLAs from INC and 1(100%) Independent MLA 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 204 sitting MLAs analysed, 157(77%) are crorepatis.

Party wise crorepati MLAs: 76(70%) out of 109 MLAs from AIADMK, 74(86%) out of 86 MLAs from DMK, 5(71%) out of 7 MLAs from INC and one MLA each from IUML and Independent have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati MLAs

Average assets: The average assets per sitting MLA is Rs.6.05 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 109 AIADMK MLAs analysed is Rs.3.49 crores, 86 DMK MLAs analysed is Rs.9.49 crores and 7 INC MLAs have average assets of Rs.3.72 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	Mohan M.k.	CHENNAI	ANNA NAGAR	DMK	2,92,43,716	1,68,04,87,300	1,70,97,31,016 170 Crore+	Y
2	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	TIRUNELVELI	ALANGULAM	DMK	8,83,88,959	28,70,00,000	37,53,88,959 37 Crore+	Y
3	R.gandhi	VELLORE	RANIPET	DMK	12,99,98,727	23,34,96,560	36,34,95,287 36 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	Eswaran.s	ERODE	BHAVANISAGAR	AIADMK	4,63,425	0	4,63,425 4 Lacs+	N
2	Loganathan.g	VELLORE	KILVAITHINANKUPPAM	AIADMK	6,95,900	7,50,000	14,45,900 14 Lacs+	Y
3	Mano Thangaraj T	KANNIYAKUMARI	PADMANABHAPURAM	DMK	16,30,000	0	16,30,000 16 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with the lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 34 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crores 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	R.gandhi	VELLORE	RANIPET	DMK	36,34,95,287 36 Crore+	17,33,04,650 17 Crore+	0	Y
2	Rajaa.t.r.b	THIRUVARUR	MANNARGUDI	DMK	33,21,70,099 33 Crore+	# 14,78,13,770 14 Crore+	2,99,106 2 Lacs+	Y
3	Raajendran V G	THIRUVALLUR	THIRUVALLUR	DMK	17,56,28,058 17 Crore+	# 11,41,02,948 11 Crore+	17,77,11,320 17 Crore+	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 highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Asset (Rs)	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	Varalakshmi.m	DMK	CHENGALPATTU	KANCHEEPURAM	29,85,77,955 29 Crore+	2014-2015	4,52,82,486 4 Crore+	3,36,000 3 Lacs+
2	Vijaya Baskar C	AIADMK	VIRALIMALAI	PUDUKKOTTAI	9,08,77,330 9 Crore+	2015-2016	3,64,59,140 3 Crore+	3,12,34,680 3 Crore+
3	Dr. Poongothai Aladi Aruna	DMK	ALANGULAM	TIRUNELVELI	37,53,88,959 37 Crore+	2014-2015	1,42,47,332 1 Crore+	6,83,157 6 Lacs+

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

MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 27 (13%) MLAs out of 204 analyzed have not declared income tax details.

* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS

Education Details of MLAs: 89 (44%) MLAs have declared their educational qualifications to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 110 (54%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 3 MLAs are diploma holders and 1 MLA is just literate. 1 MLA has not declared his education.

Age details of MLAs: 78(38%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 125 (61%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years and 1 MLA has declared his age as 77 years.