Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 223 out of 224 winning candidates in the Karnataka 2023 Assembly Elections. 1 winner namely Kelachandra Joseph George of INC from Sarvagnanagar Constituency was not analysed due to the unavailability of his clear and complete affidavits on the ECI website at the time of making this report.
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Figure: Final Party Position
Criminal Background
Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2018 and Winning Candidates 2023
Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates
Figure: Share of Wealth Among Winning Candidates
Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2018 vs 2023
S.No. |
Name |
District |
Constituency |
Party Name |
Movable Assets (Rs) |
Immovable Assets (Rs) |
Total Assets (Rs) |
PAN Given |
1 |
D K Shivakumar |
Ramanagaram |
Kanakapura |
INC |
2,73,41,60,463 |
11,40,38,41,941 |
14,13,80,02,404 |
Y |
2 |
K H Puttaswamy Gowda |
Chikkaballapur |
Gauribidanur |
IND |
9,90,44,77,309 |
2,76,58,60,082 |
12,67,03,37,391 |
Y |
3 |
Priyakrishna |
B.B.M.P(South) |
Govindarajanagar |
INC |
9,35,00,93,089 |
2,21,83,00,000 |
11,56,83,93,089 |
Y |
Table: Top three winning candidates with highest declared assets
S.No. |
Name |
District |
Constituency |
Party Name |
Movable Assets (Rs) |
Immovable Assets (Rs) |
Total Assets (Rs) |
PAN Given |
1 |
Bhagirathi Murulya |
Dakshina Kannada |
Sullia (SC) |
BJP |
12,25,628 |
16,00,000 |
28,25,628 |
Y |
2 |
T.S. Srivathsa |
Mysore |
Krishnaraja |
BJP |
36,89,436 |
12,00,000 |
48,89,436 |
Y |
3 |
Timmapur Ramappa Balappa |
Bagalkot |
Mudhol (SC) |
INC |
22,56,080 |
36,00,000 |
58,56,080 |
Y |
Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets
S.No. |
Name |
District |
Constituency |
Party Name |
Total Assets(Rs) |
Liabilities (Rs) |
Disputed liabilities (Rs) |
PAN Given |
1 |
Priyakrishna |
B.B.M.P(South) |
Govindarajanagar |
INC |
11,56,83,93,089 |
# 8,81,99,38,805 |
65,15,25,282 |
Y |
2 |
D K Shivakumar |
Ramanagaram |
Kanakapura |
INC |
14,13,80,02,404 |
# 2,65,06,92,812 |
2,46,51,49,027 |
Y |
3 |
Suresha B S |
B.B.M.P(North) |
Hebbal |
INC |
6,48,14,94,854 |
1,14,86,74,690 |
0 |
Y |
Table: Top three winning candidates with high liabilities
#Disputed liabilities
S.No. |
Name |
Party |
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 winning candidate |
Total income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs) |
Self-income shown by winning candidate in ITR (Rs) |
1 |
K.C.Veerendra Puppy |
INC |
Chitradurga |
Chitradurga |
1,34,89,42,076 134 Crore+ |
Agricultural Income, Business Income, Rental Income, Income from Fixed Deposits and Income from Recurring Deposit |
Agriculturist |
2022-2023 |
33,75,36,513 33 Crore+ |
33,68,31,362 33 Crore+ |
2 |
D K Shivakumar |
INC |
Kanakapura |
Ramanagaram |
14,13,80,02,404 1413 Crore+ |
Salary, Rent, Gains, Agriculture Income & Other Sources (Such as Bank Interest, Commission) |
Rent, Capital Gains & Other Sources (Such as Bank Interest) |
2022-2023 |
14,37,40,866 14 Crore+ |
14,24,01,800 14 Crore+ |
3 |
Manappa D Vajjal |
BJP |
Lingsugur (SC) |
Raichur |
30,74,77,543 30 Crore+ |
Agriculture and pension |
Agriculture |
2021-2022 |
11,47,94,286 11 Crore+ |
4,75,890 4 Lacs+ |
Table: Top 3 winning candidates with high income as declared in income tax returns
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
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