Press Release: Analysis of Current Chief Ministers from 27 State Assemblies and 3 Union Territories of India 2025

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Press Release
Date: August 22, 2025

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) & National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 30 current Chief Ministers in State Assemblies and Union Territories across the nation. This data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the Chief Ministers prior to contesting their last elections. At present, Manipur is under President’s Rule.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/Chief-Ministers-27-State-Assemblies-and-3-Union-Territories-of-India-2025

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Chief Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the 30 Chief Ministers analysed from State Assemblies and Union Territories 12 (40%) Chief Ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Chief Ministers with declared criminal cases vs clean background

Chief Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 10(33%) Chief Ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, kidnapping, bribery, criminal intimidation etc.

Financial Background

Average Assets of Chief Ministers: The average of assets per Chief Minister from state assemblies and union territories is Rs.54.42 Crores.

Average Self Income of Chief Ministers: The average self-income of Chief Ministers is Rs.13,34,738.

Billionaire Chief Ministers: Out of the 30 Chief Ministers of State Assemblies and Union Territories analysed, 2 (7%) are Billionaires.

Total Assets of Chief Ministers: The total assets of 30 Chief Ministers are Rs. 1,632 Crores.

High assets Chief Ministers: The top 3 Chief Ministers with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Chief Minister	State	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	Kuppam	TDP	8,10,42,29,047	1,21,41,41,609	9,31,83,70,656 931 Crore+	Y
2	Pema Khandu	Arunachal Pradesh	Tawang	Mukto (ST)	BJP	1,65,10,74,321	1,67,45,78,832	3,32,56,53,153 332 Crore+	Y
3	Siddaramaiah	Karnataka	Mysore	Varuna	INC	21,32,31,992	30,61,56,918	51,93,88,910 51 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Chief Ministers with highest declared assets

Low assets Chief Ministers: The details of three Chief Ministers with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Chief Minister	State	District	Constituency	Party	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Mamata Banerjee	West Bengal	Kolkata South	Bhabanipur: Bye Election on 30-09-2021	AITC	15,38,029	0	15,38,029 15 Lacs+	Y
2	Omar Abdullah	Jammu and Kashmir	Ganderbal	Ganderbal	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	55,24,430	0	55,24,430 55 Lacs+	Y
3	Pinarayi Vijayan	Kerala	Kannur	Dharmadam	CPI(M)	31,80,766	86,95,000	1,18,75,766 1 Crore+	Y

Table: Chief Ministers with declared lowest assets

Chief Ministers with high liabilities: 11 Chief Ministers have declared liabilities of Rs.1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 Chief Ministers are as follows:

S.No.	Chief Minister	State	District	Constituency	Party	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Pema Khandu	Arunachal Pradesh	Tawang	Mukto (ST)	BJP	3,32,56,53,153 332 Crore+	1,80,27,63,717 180 Crore+	Y
2	Siddaramaiah	Karnataka	Mysore	Varuna	INC	51,93,88,910 51 Crore+	23,76,50,976 23 Crore+	Y
3	Chandrababu Naidu Nara	Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	Kuppam	TDP	9,31,83,70,656 931 Crore+	10,32,05,875 10 Crore+	Y