Press Release: Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 - Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other Details of Candidates

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Press Release

14^th October 2019

Dear Friends,

The Haryana Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1138 out of 1169 candidates, who are contesting in the Haryana Assembly Elections.

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

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 1138 candidates analyzed, 117(10%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, out of 1343 candidates analysed, 94(7%) had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 70(6%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, 70 (5%) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparative analysis of Candidates with declared Criminal Cases: 2014 vs 2019

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among major parties, 13(15%) out of 87 candidates analysed from INC, 12(14%) out of 86 candidates analysed from BSP, 10(11%) out of 87 candidates analysed from Jannayak Janta Party, 7 (9%) out of 80 candidates analysed from INLD and 3(3%) out of 89 candidates from BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among major parties, 9(11%) out of 86 candidates analysed from BSP, 8(9%) out of 87 candidates analysed from INC, 6(7%) out of 87 candidates analysed from Jannayak Janta Party, 5 (6%) out of 80 candidates analysed from INLD and 1(1%) out of 89 candidates from BJP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits

· Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women: 5 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women. Out of 5 candidates, 2 candidates have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

· Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 5 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

· Candidates with declared convicted cases: 11 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

· Red Alert Constituency: 15(17%) out of 90 constituencies are Red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Financial Background

Figure: Share of Wealth among the Contesting Candidates

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 1138 candidates analysed, 481(42%) are crorepatis. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, out of 1343 candidates, 563 (42%) were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparative Analysis of Crorepati Candidates: 2014 Vs 2019

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among major parties, 79(91%) out of 87 candidates analysed from INC, 79(89%) out of 89 candidates analysed from BJP, 62(71%) out of 87 candidates analysed from Jannayak Janta Party, 50 (63%) out of 80 candidates analysed from INLD and 34(40%) out of 86 candidates from BSP, have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Candidates

· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate analysed in the Haryana Assembly Elections is Rs 4.31 Crores. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, average assets per candidate for 1343 candidates was Rs. 4.54 crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 89 BJP candidates is Rs. 11.62 crores, 87 INC candidates is Rs 13.72 crores, 87 Jannayak Janta Party candidates have average assets of Rs 11.29 crores, 86 BSP candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.48 crores, 80 INLD candidates have average assets worth Rs 4.05 crores and 366 independent candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.79 crore.

· High asset candidates: The details of top 3 candidates with highest declared assets, contesting in the Haryana Assembly Elections are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rohtas Singh	GURGAON	SOHNA	Jannayak Janta Party	84,31,00,000	2,40,91,30,000	3,25,22,30,000 325 Crore+	Y
2	Captain Abhimanyu	HISAR	NARNAUND	BJP	76,49,23,700	93,95,90,507	1,70,45,14,207 170 Crore+	Y
3	Sukhbir Kataria	GURGAON	GURGAON	INC	13,55,36,659	93,00,00,000	1,06,55,36,659 106 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

· Candidates with Zero Assets: There are 3 candidates who have declared zero assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Satbir Singh	KARNAL	GHARAUNDA	RPI(A)	0	0	0	N
2	Bijender Kumar	SONIPAT	RAI	IND	0	0	0	N
3	Harpal	SONIPAT	KHARKHODA (SC)	IND	0	0	0	Y

· Low assets candidates: The details of three candidates with lowest assets (excluding candidates with zero assets) are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Manoj Kumar	HISAR	ADAMPUR	IND	5,000	0	5,000 5 Thou+	Y
2	Rani Devi	HISAR	NARNAUND	Bahujan Mukti Party	6,000	0	6,000 6 Thou+	Y
3	Imtiyaz Khan	MEWAT	NUH	IND	11,000	0	11,000 11 Thou+	Y

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

· Candidates with high liabilities: The details of top three candidates with highest liabilities are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Gopal Kanda	SIRSA	SIRSA	Haryana Lokhit Party	95,43,44,837 95 Crore+	# 78,32,46,994 78 Crore+	39,84,48,117 39 Crore+	Y
2	Rohtas Singh	GURGAON	SOHNA	Jannayak Janta Party	3,25,22,30,000 325 Crore+	55,33,40,000 55 Crore+	0	Y
3	Captain Abhimanyu	HISAR	NARNAUND	BJP	1,70,45,14,207 170 Crore+	35,34,76,262 35 Crore+	0	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

#Disputed Liabilities

· Candidates who have not given ITR* details: 57(5%) out of 1138 candidates analysed have not declared their ITR details.

*Some Candidates may be exempted filing ITR

· Candidates with High Income as Declared in ITR: The details of top 3 candidates with high income declared in ITR are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	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 candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Satish Nandal	BJP	GARHI SAMPLA-KILOI	ROHTAK	30,90,75,000 30 Crore+	Director Remuneration and Incentive From Shivalaya Construction Co. Pvt Ltd.	Income From Fashion Designing	2018-2019	6,22,05,000 6 Crore+	4,41,47,000 4 Crore+
2	Captain Abhimanyu	BJP	NARNAUND	HISAR	1,70,45,14,207 170 Crore+	Salary As Minister Rental Income Transportation Business Income , Interest Agricultural Income	Salary As Minister Rental Income Transportation Business Income , Interest Agricultural Income	2017-2018	4,70,41,994 4 Crore+	1,67,85,052 1 Crore+
3	Parmod Kumar Vij	BJP	PANIPAT CITY	PANIPAT	48,49,66,263 48 Crore+	Business, Rental & Interest Income	Business, Rental & Interest Income	2017-2018	3,64,26,232 3 Crore+	2,48,36,287 2 Crore+

Table: Top 3 candidates with High Income declared in ITR

· Candidates with High Assests and No ITR: The details of top 3 candidates with High assets, who have not declared ITR are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Kuldeep Singh	SIRSA	RANIA	Jannayak Janta Party	25,20,980	2,30,00,000	2,55,20,980 2 Crore+	N	ITR not filed
2	Om Prakash Alias Om Pahlawan	JHAJJAR	BERI	INLD	87,794	2,35,00,000	2,35,87,794 2 Crore+	N	ITR not filed
3	Ram Kumar S/O Ratan Singh	HISAR	NARNAUND	IND	1,95,000	1,96,56,000	1,98,51,000 1 Crore+	N	ITR not filed

Table: Top Candidates with High Assests and No ITR

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 60 (5%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 574(50%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^th, while 484(43%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 35 candidates are diploma holder and 19 candidates are literate. There are 25 candidates who are Illiterate while 1 candidate has not given his educational qualifications details.

· Age details of candidates: 700(62%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 400 (35%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years. There are 30(3%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 71 to 80 years. 8 candidates have not given their age.

· Gender details of candidates: 104(9%) female candidates are contesting in the Haryana assembly election this year. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, 115(9%) out of 1343 candidates analysed were women.

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