Press release: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2024: Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winning Candidates
ADR India
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Andhra Pradesh Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 174 out of 175 winning candidates in the Andhra Pradesh 2024 Assembly Elections. One winner namely Palle Sindhura Reddy (TDP) contesting from Puttaparthi Constituency has not been analysed due to the unavailability of his clear and complete affidavit on the ECI website at the time of making this report.
- Winning candidates with criminal cases: Out of the 174 winning candidates analysed in 2024, 138(79%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 174 MLAs analysed during Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections in 2019, 96(55%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Winning candidates with serious criminal cases: 98 (56%) winning candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 174 MLAs analysed during Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections in 2019, 55 (32%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Figure: Comparison of declared criminal cases of MLAs of 2014, 2019 and winning candidates 2024
- Winning candidates with cases related to Murder: 3 Winning candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section 302) against themselves.
- Winning candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 32 Winning candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves.
- Winning candidates with cases related to Crime against Women: 22 Winning candidates have declared cases related to crime against women. Out of 22 winning candidates 1 winning candidate has declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376).
- Party wise Winning candidates with Criminal Cases: 115(86%) out of 134 Winning candidates from TDP, 7(88%) out of 8 Winning candidates from BJP, 6 (55%) out of 11 Winning candidates from YSRCP and 10 (48%) out of 21 winning candidates from Janasena Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Winning candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 82(61%) out of 134 Winning candidates from TDP, 5(63%) out of 8 Winning candidates from BJP, 4 (36%) out of 11 Winning candidates from YSRCP and 7 (33%) out of 21 winning candidates from Janasena Party 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 174 winning candidates analysed, 162 (93%) are crorepatis. Out of 174 MLAs analysed during Andhra Pradesh assembly elections 2019, 163 (94%) MLAs were crorepatis.
Figure: Percentage of Crorepati MLAs 2014, 2019 and Winning Candidates 2024
- Party-wise crorepati winning candidates: 127(95%) out of 134 Winning candidates from TDP, 8 (100%) out of 8 Winning candidates from BJP, 9 (82%) out of 11 Winning candidates from YSRCP and 18(86%) out of 21 Winning candidates from Janasena Party have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
Figure: Party wise Percentage of Crorepati Winning Candidates
Figure: Share of wealth among winning candidates
- Share of Wealth among winning candidates: The table given below shows the share of wealth among winning candidates in Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2024:
|
Value of assets (Rs.) |
No. of winning candidates |
Percentage of winning candidates |
|
Rs. 10 crores and above |
107 |
61% |
|
Rs. 5 crores to 10 crores |
21 |
12% |
|
Rs. 1 crore to 5 crores |
34 |
20% |
|
Rs. 20 lakhs 1 crore |
10 |
6% |
|
less than Rs. 20 lakhs |
2 |
1% |
Table: Share of Wealth Among winning candidates
- Average assets: The average of assets per winning candidates in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2024 is Rs 65.07 Crores. The average of assets per MLA in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019 was Rs 27.87 crore
Figure: Comparison of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores) 2014, 2019 vs 2024
- Party wise average assets: The average assets per winning candidate for 134 TDP winning candidates is Rs 67.97 Crores, 8 BJP winning candidates is Rs 34.29 Crores, 11 YSRCP winning candidates is Rs 99.19 Crores and 21 Janasena Party winning candidates have average assets worth Rs 40.43 Crores.
- 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 |
Chandrababu Naidu Nara |
Chittoor |
Kuppam |
TDP |
8,10,42,29,047 |
1,21,41,41,609 |
9,31,83,70,656 |
Y |
|
2 |
Narayana Ponguru |
Nellore |
Nellore City |
TDP |
1,79,54,35,404 |
6,44,53,16,977 |
8,24,07,52,381 |
Y |
|
3 |
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy |
Kadapa |
Pulivendla |
YSRCP |
6,50,66,76,710 |
1,06,98,27,071 |
7,57,65,03,781 |
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 |
M.S.Raju |
Anantapur |
Madakasira (SC) |
TDP |
8,79,767 |
3,90,000 |
12,69,767 |
Y |
|
2 |
Miriyala Sirisha Devi |
East Godavari |
Rampachodavaram (ST) |
TDP |
14,38,968 |
5,45,000 |
19,83,968 |
Y |
|
3 |
G Jayasurya |
Kurnool |
Nandikotkur (SC) |
TDP |
10,91,615 |
11,00,000 |
21,91,615 |
Y |
Table: Three winning candidates with lowest declared assets
- Winning candidates with high liabilities: 102 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) |
Disputed liabilities (Rs) |
PAN Given |
|
1 |
Prashanthi Reddy Vemireddy |
Nellore |
Kovur |
TDP |
7,16,33,22,265 |
1,97,29,62,603 |
2,74,33,395 |
Y |
|
2 |
Narayana Ponguru |
Nellore |
Nellore City |
TDP |
8,24,07,52,381 |
1,90,17,34,019 |
0 |
Y |
|
3 |
Vadingadu Munaswamy Thomas |
Chittoor |
Gangadhara Nellore (SC) |
TDP |
3,05,98,49,060 |
87,07,71,567 |
0 |
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 |
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 winning candidates |
Total income shown by winning candidates in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs) |
Self income shown by winning candidates in ITR (Rs) |
|
1 |
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy |
YSRCP |
Pulivendla |
Kadapa |
7,57,65,03,781 757 Crore+ |
MLA Salary MP Pension, Rental Income, Other Income (Bank Interest, Dividend etc) and Agricultural Income |
Salary, Rental Income, Capital Gains, Other Income (Interest, Dividend etc) and Agricultural Income |
2022-2023 |
73,67,43,340 73 Crore+ |
57,74,97,600 57 Crore+ |
|
2 |
Bobbala Chinnolla Janardhan Reddy |
TDP |
Banaganapalle |
Kurnool |
1,51,91,70,359 151 Crore+ |
Business, Bank Interest, Pension Income |
Salary, Business, Bank Interest |
2022-2023 |
37,91,97,868 37 Crore+ |
36,60,37,060 36 Crore+ |
|
3 |
Aditi Vijayalakshmi Gajapathi Raju Pusapati |
TDP |
Vizianagaram |
Vizianagaram |
77,69,39,075 77 Crore+ |
Rents and FDRs interest |
NA |
2022-2023 |
21,67,13,770 21 Crore+ |
37,16,410 37 Lacs+ |
Table: Top 3 winning candidates with high income as declared in income tax returns
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
- Education Details of winning candidates: 49 (28%) winning candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 122 (70%) winning candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above and 3 winning candidates who are Diploma holders.
- Age details of winning candidates: 12(7%) Winning candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 118 (68%) Winning candidates have declared their age to be between 41 to 60 years. There are 43 (25%) Winning candidates who have declared their age to be between 61 to 80 years and 1 Winner candidate has declared his age as 82 years.
- Gender details of winning candidates: Out of 174 winning candidates analysed, 21 (12%) winning candidates are women. In 2019, out of 174 MLAs, 14 (8%) MLAs were women.
- Number of re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections of 2024 is 28.
- Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2019: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2019 was Rs 75.61 crore.
- Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2024: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2024 is Rs 120.90 crores.
- Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2019 to 2024: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 45.28 crores i.e. by 60%.
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