Press Release: West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 : Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and Other Details of Winning Candidates

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Press Release

Date: May 5, 2021

Dear Friends,

West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 292 winning candidates in the West Bengal 2021 Assembly Elections. The Election Commission had adjourned polling for the Jangipur and Samserganj Assembly constituencies after the death of one candidate each from both constituencies.

For the complete English and Hindi reports, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 292 winning candidates analysed in 2021, 142(49%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 293 MLAs analysed during West Bengal Assembly elections in 2016, 107(37%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 113 (39%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2016 vs Winning candidate 2021

Winning candidates with cases related to Murder: 10 winning candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302) against themselves.

Winning candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 30 winning candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).

Winning candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 20 winning candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 20 winning candidates 1 winner candidate has declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 91 (43%) out of 213 winning candidates from AITC, 50(65%) out of 77 winning candidates from BJP and 1 Independent winner candidate have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 73 (34%) out of 213 winning candidates from AITC, 39(51%) out of 77 winning candidates from BJP and 1 Independent winner candidate have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Winning Candidates with Criminal Cases

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

Crorepati Winning candidates: Out of the 292 winning candidates analysed, 158 (54%) are crorepatis. Out of 293 MLAs analysed during West Bengal assembly elections 2016, 100 (34%) MLAs were crorepatis.

Figure: Comparison of crorepati MLAs 2016 and Winning candidates 2021

Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 132 (62%) out of 213 from AITC, 25 (33%) out of 77 from BJP and 1 (100%) Independent winning candidate have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates

Figure: Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates

Average assets: The average of assets per winning candidates in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 is Rs 2.53 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016 was Rs 1.46 crore.

Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores): 2016 vs 2021

Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidates for 213 AITC winning candidates is Rs 2.98 Crores and 77 BJP winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.13 Crore.
High asset winning candidates: The top three winning candidates 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	Ahmed Javed Khan	South 24 Parganas	Kasba	AITC	27,05,23,926	5,27,78,000	32,33,01,926 32 Crore+	Y
2	Vivek Gupta	Kolkata North	Jorasanko	AITC	23,13,86,606	8,85,56,454	31,99,43,060 31 Crore+	Y
3	Manoj Tiwary	Howrah	Shibpur	AITC	5,78,57,703	14,55,00,000	20,33,57,703 20 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three winning candidates with highest declared assets

Low asset winning candidates: The details of three winning candidates 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	Nirmal Kumar Dhara	Bankura	Indus (Sc)	BJP	1,700	0	1,700 1 Thou+	Y
2	Pundarikakshya Saha	Nadia	Nabadwip	AITC	30,423	0	30,423 30 Thou+	Y
3	Chandana Bauri	Bankura	Saltora (Sc)	BJP	62,296	0	62,296 62 Thou+	N

Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets

Winning candidates with high liabilities: 22 winning candidates have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 winning candidates are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ahmed Javed Khan	South 24 Parganas	Kasba	AITC	32,33,01,926 32 Crore+	41,51,01,490 41 Crore+	Y
2	Ruden Sada Lepcha	Kalimpong	Kalimpong	IND	18,23,64,367 18 Crore+	12,10,37,237 12 Crore+	Y
3	Ratna Chatterjee	South 24 Parganas	Behala Purba	AITC	12,81,38,795 12 Crore+	6,66,30,530 6 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three winning candidates with high liabilities

Winning candidates with high income as declared in ITR*: The table below shows 3 winning candidates who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

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 winning candidate	Total income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self-income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Firhad Hakim	AITC	Kolkata Port	Kolkata South	13,34,24,256 13 Crore+	Business, Bank Interest, Salary from Govt. of WB & Other	Business, Bank Interest	2019-2020	1,98,41,870 1 Crore+	65,87,620 65 Lacs+
2	Raju Chakraborty (Raj)	AITC	Barrackpur	North 24 Parganas	13,30,02,383 13 Crore+	Professional & Business	Professional	2019-2020	1,71,50,850 1 Crore+	54,27,970 54 Lacs+
3	Ruden Sada Lepcha	IND	Kalimpong	Kalimpong	18,23,64,367 18 Crore+	Business	Business	2019-2020	1,70,31,780 1 Crore+	1,58,81,100 1 Crore+

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

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS

Education Details of winning candidates: 107 (37%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 8^th pass and 12^th pass, while 180 (62%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. There are 3 winning candidates who are Diploma holders. 1 winner candidate is just literate and 1 winner candidate is Illiterate.

Age details of winning candidates: 114 (39%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 178 (61%) winning candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 292 winning candidates analysed, 40 (14%) winning candidates are women. In 2016, out of 293 MLAs, 40 (14%) MLAs were women.