Press Release: Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Sitting MLAs

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Press Release

Date: March 20, 2026

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Tamil Nadu Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of 218 out of 234 sitting MLAs. In the current assembly 7 seats are vacant. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2021 Assembly elections and bye elections conducted thereafter. It may be noted that there may be some changes in the number of criminal cases pending as on date, against some MLAs.

The full reports in English and Hindi can be accessed here: https://adrindia.org/content/Tamil-Nadu-Assembly-Election-2021-Sitting-MLAs-Report

Summary and Highlights

Criminal Background

MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 218 sitting MLAs analysed, 131 (60%) Sitting MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases: 55 (25%) Sitting MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.

MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 2 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC section 302).

MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 13 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).

MLAs with declared cases related to Crime Against Women: 3 Sitting MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 3 Sitting MLAs 1 MLA has declared case related to rape (IPC Section-376).

Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases: 96 (76%) out of 126 MLAs from DMK, 13 (22%) out of 60 MLAs from AIADMK, 11 (73%) out of 15 MLAs from INC, 2 (50%) out of 4 MLAs from BJP, 3 (75%) out of 4 MLAs from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, 2 (67%) out of 3 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi, 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi (S. Ramadoss) and 2 (100%) out of 2 CPI MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 39 (31%) out of 126 MLAs from DMK, 3 (5%) out of 60 MLAs from AIADMK, 5 (33%) out of 15 MLAs from INC, 2 (50%) out of 4 MLAs from BJP, 2 (50%) out of 4 MLAs from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, 1 (33%) out of 3 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi, 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi (S. Ramadoss) and 1 (50%) out of 2 CPI MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise percentage of sitting MLAs with declared criminal cases

Financial Background

Crorepati Sitting MLAs: Out of 218 sitting MLAs analysed , 189 (87%) are crorepatis.

Total assets of Sitting MLAs: The total assets of 218 sitting MLAs are Rs. 2729.87 Crores.

Party wise crorepati Sitting MLAs: 114 (90%) out of 126 MLAs from DMK, 53 (88%) out of 60 MLAs from AIADMK, 13 (87%) out of 15 MLAs from INC, 3 (75%) out of 4 MLAs from BJP, 2 (50%) out of 4 MLAs from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, 2 (67%) out of 3 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi, 1 (50%) out of 2 MLAs from Pattali Makkal Katchi (S. Ramadoss) and 1 (50%) out of 2 MLAs from CPI have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party Wise Percentage of Crorepati Sitting MLAs

Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is Rs.12.52 crore.

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 126 DMK MLAs analysed is Rs.13.12 crores, 60 AIADMK MLAs analysed is Rs.12.24 crores, 15 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.17.05 crores, 4 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs.12.14 crores, 4 Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi MLAs analysed is Rs.5.05 crores, 3 Pattali Makkal Katchi MLAs analysed is Rs.1.64 crores, 2 Pattali Makkal Katchi (S. Ramadoss) MLAs analysed is Rs.3.08 crores, 2 CPI MLAs analysed is Rs.2.61 crores and 2 CPI(M) MLAs have average assets of Rs.12.05 lakhs.

Highest assets Sitting MLAs:The top three Sitting MLAs with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	E. Subaya	Tirunelveli	Ambasamudram	AIADMK	6,86,14,591	2,39,90,05,983	2,46,76,20,574 246 Crore+	Y
2	M.K. Mohan	Chennai	Anna Nagar	DMK	4,18,46,663	2,07,02,53,180	2,11,20,99,843 211 Crore+	Y
3	S. Kathiravan	Tiruchirappalli	Manachanallur	DMK	64,36,56,670	56,85,00,000	1,21,21,56,670 121 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest declared assets

Lowest assets Sitting MLAs: The details of three Sitting MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Age of winner	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Marimuthu K	Thiruvarur	Thiruthuraipoondi (SC)	CPI	50	1,55,460	1,75,000	3,30,460 3 Lacs+	Y
2	M.Chinnadurai	Pudukkottai	Gandarvakottai (SC)	CPI(M)	58	4,73,200	0	4,73,200 4 Lacs+	N
3	Abdul Samad P	Tiruchirappalli	Manapparai	DMK	52	10,64,400	0	10,64,400 10 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three Sitting MLAs with lowest declared assets

Sitting MLAs with highest liabilities: 178 Sitting MLAs have declared liabilities and the details of the top 3 Sitting MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	Disputed liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	A.M. Munirathinam	Ranipet	Sholinghur	INC	70,32,68,591 70 Crore+	50,95,81,789 50 Crore+	22,41,635 22 Lacs+	Y
2	Ashokan.G	Virudhunagar	Sivakasi	INC	49,46,69,749 49 Crore+	31,76,00,439 31 Crore+	0	Y
3	Murthy.R. Idream	Chennai	Royapuram	DMK	1,12,19,58,217 112 Crore+	26,78,50,442 26 Crore+	4,79,048 4 Lacs+	Y

Table: Top three Sitting MLAs with highest liabilities

Sitting MLAs with highest income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 Sitting MLAs who have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	District Name	Total Assets (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by sitting MLAs	Total income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by sitting MLAs in ITR (Rs)
1	Vijaya Basker C	AIADMK	Viralimalai	Pudukkottai	61,50,84,428 61 Crore+	Business	Business	2019-2020	10,43,07,960 10 Crore+	8,45,17,590 8 Crore+
2	S. Kathiravan	DMK	Manachanallur	Tiruchirappalli	1,21,21,56,670 121 Crore+	Business Income & Agricultural Income	Business, Salary, Rent Income & Agricultural Income	2019-2020	4,87,50,937 4 Crore+	3,20,57,180 3 Crore+
3	Mathiazhagan D	DMK	Bargur	Krishnagiri	85,52,05,716 85 Crore+	Through Business Income	Through Business Income	2020-2021	4,70,54,376 4 Crore+	1,66,90,092 1 Crore+

Table: Top 3 Sitting MLAs with highest income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

Education Details of Sitting MLAs: 75(34%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th and 12^thstandard while 138 (63%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There are 5 MLAs who are Diploma holders.

Age details of Sitting MLAs: 73 (33%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 31 and 50 years while 145 (67%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 83 years.