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

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Press Release

18^th October 2019

Dear Friends,

The Maharashtra Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 3112 out of 3237 candidates, who are contesting in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections.

There are 125 candidates who have not been analysed due to the unavailability of their complete and properly scanned affidavits on the ECI website at the time of making the report.

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

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 3112 candidates analyzed, 916(29%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, out of 2336 candidates analysed, 798(34%) had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 600(19%) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 537 (23%) 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, 96(59%) out of 162 candidates analysed from BJP, 83(57%) out of 147 candidates analysed from INC, 75(61%) out of 124 candidates analysed from SHS, 73 (63%) out of 116 candidates analysed from NCP, 49 (50%) out of 99 candidates analysed from MNS, 52 (21%) out of 246 candidates analysed from BSP and 280(21%) out of 1359 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among major parties, 59(36%) out of 162 candidates analysed from BJP, 44(30%) out of 147 candidates analysed from INC, 59(48%) out of 124 candidates analysed from SHS, 40 (35%) out of 116 candidates analysed from NCP, 34 (34%) out of 99 candidates analysed from MNS, 41 (17%) out of 246 candidates analysed from BSP and 193(14%) out of 1359 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Candidates with declared cases related to crime against women: 67 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women. 4 candidates have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

· Candidates with declared cases related to murder: 19 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against themselves.

· Candidates with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 60 candidates have declared cases related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307) against themselves.

· Candidates with declared convicted cases: 27 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

· Red Alert Constituencies: 176(61%) out of 288 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 3112 candidates analysed, 1007(32%) are crorepatis. In 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, out of 2336 candidates, 1095 (47%) were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparative Analysis of Crorepati Candidates: 2014 Vs 2019

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among major parties, 155(96%) out of 162 candidates analysed from BJP, 126(86%) out of 147 candidates analysed from INC, 116(94%) out of 124 candidates analysed from SHS, 101 (87%) out of 116 candidates analysed from NCP and 52(53%) out of 99 candidates from MNS 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 Maharashtra Assembly Elections is Rs 4.21 Crores. In 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, average assets per candidate for 2336 candidates analysed was Rs. 4.65 crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 162 BJP candidates is Rs. 23.58 crores, 147 INC candidates is Rs 14.78 crores, 124 SHS candidates have average assets of Rs 12.57 crores, 116 NCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 11.43 crores, 99 MNS candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.29 crores and 1359 Independent candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.71 crore.

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

· Candidates with Zero Assets: There are 59 candidates who have declared zero assets.

· 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	Shrivyakteshwar Maha Swamiji ( Katakdhond D.G.)#	SOLAPUR	AKKALKOT	Hindustan Janta Party	9	0	9	Y
2	Meenaatai Yadav Khilare	PUNE	PIMPRI (SC)	IND	369^*	0	369 3 Hund+	N
3	Akash Prakash Patil	LATUR	AUSA	IND	426^*	0	426 4 Hund+	Y

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

#Candidate is contesting from Jat constituency as well

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

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	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 candidates with high liabilities

#Disputed Liabilities

· Candidates who have not given ITR* details: 163(5%) out of 3112 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	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	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	Dr.Atulbaba Suresh Bhosale	BJP	KARAD SOUTH	SATARA	67,89,84,781 67 Crore+	Agriculture & Business	Agriculture & Business	-	10,61,64,270 10 Crore+	1,25,01,885 1 Crore+

Table: Top 3 candidates with High Income declared in ITR

· Candidates with High Assests and No ITR: The details of two candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, 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	Pandurang Dnyanoba Shinde	OSMANABAD	TULJAPUR	IND	18,35,000	2,85,00,000	3,03,35,000 3 Crore+	N	ITR not filed
2	Anjanabai Ananda More	NASHIK	BAGLAN (ST)	BSP	87,664	1,66,00,000	1,66,87,664 1 Crore+	N	ITR not filed

Table: Candidates with High Assets and No ITR

· Undeclared PAN: A total of 172 (5%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

Other Background Details

· Education details of candidates: 1629(52%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^th, while 1286(41%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 76 candidates are diploma holder and 84 candidates are literate. There are 36 candidates who are Illiterate while one candidate has not given his educational qualifications details.

· Age details of candidates: 2157(69%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 896 (29%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years. There are 47(2%) candidates who have declared their age to be between 71 to 80 years. 7 candidates have not given their age. There are 4 candidates who have declared age to be above 80 years whereas one candidate has declared his age to be below 25 years.

· Gender details of candidates: 235(8%) female candidates are contesting in the Maharashtra assembly election this year. In 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 161(7%) out of 2336 candidates analysed were women.

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