Press Release: Analysis of Current Chief Ministers from 28 State Assemblies and 2 Union Territories of India 2023

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Press Release

Date: April 12, 2023

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.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-current-chief-ministers-28-state-assemblies-and-2-union-territories-india-2023

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

Chief Ministers with Criminal Cases: Out of the all 30 Chief Ministers analysed from State Assemblies and Union Territories 13 (43%) Chief Ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Chief Ministers with declared criminal cases vs clean background

Chief Ministers with Serious Criminal Cases: 13 (43%) Chief Ministers have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, criminal intimidation etc.

Figure: Chief Ministers with declared criminal cases – State wise

Financial Background

Average Assets of Chief Ministers: The average of assets per Chief Minister from state assemblies and union territories is Rs.33.96 Crores.

Crorepati Chief Ministers: Out of the 30 Chief Ministers of State Assemblies and Union Territories analysed, 29 (97%) are crorepatis.

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	Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	Pulivendla	YSRCP	4,43,48,37,267	66,89,79,299	5,10,38,16,566 510 Crore+	Y
2	Pema Khandu	Arunachal Pradesh	Tawang	Mukto	BJP	1,43,87,82,786	19,62,75,356	1,63,50,58,142 163 Crore+	Y
3	Naveen Patnaik	Odisha	Ganjam	Hinjili	BJD	23,26,555	63,64,15,261	63,87,41,816 63 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	Pinarayi Vijayan	Kerala	Kannur	Dharmadam	CPI(M)	31,80,766	86,95,000	1,18,75,766 1 Crore+	Y
3	Manohar Lal	Haryana	Karnal	Karnal	BJP	94,00,985	33,00,000	1,27,00,985 1 Crore+	Y

Table: Chief Ministers with declared lowest assets

Chief Ministers with high liabilities: 9 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	Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao	Telangana	Siddipet	Gajwel	TRS	23,55,37,725 23 Crore+	8,88,47,570 8 Crore+	Y
2	Basavaraj Bommai	Karnataka	Haveri	Shiggaon	BJP	8,92,22,462 8 Crore+	4,99,23,550 4 Crore+	Y
3	Eknath Sambhaji Shinde	Maharashtra	Thane	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	SHS	11,56,12,466 11 Crore+	3,74,60,261 3 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three chief ministers with high liabilities

Figure: State wise assets detail of Chief Ministers

Other Background Details

Analysis based on Gender

Gender of Chief Ministers	Number of Chief Ministers	% of Ministers
Female	1	3%
Male	29	97%

Table: Overall Gender Report

Overall Education Report

Education Group	Number of Chief Ministers	% of Chief Ministers
10th Pass	1	3%
12th Pass	3	10%
Graduate	11	37%
Graduate Professional	4	14%
Post Graduate	9	30%
Doctorate	1	3%
Diploma	1	3%
Total	30	100%