Press Release Lok Sabha Elections 2014 - from ADR

186 (34%) out of 541 winners analysed for Lok Sabha 2014 elections have declared criminal cases. Out of these, 112 winners have declared serious criminal cases. Chances of winning for a crorepati candidate was 20% whereas for a candidate with assets less than Rs. 1 crore it was 2%.

Final Party Positions in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	282
Indian National Congress	44
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37
All India Trinamool Congress	34
Biju Janata Dal	20
Shiv Sena	18
Telugu Desam	16
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	11
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	9
Nationalist Congress Party	6
Lok Jan Shakti Party	6
Samajwadi Party	5
Aam Aadmi Party	4
Rashtriya Janata Dal	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	4
All India United Democratic Front	3
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	3
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	3
Independent	3
Indian National Lok Dal	2
Indian Union Muslim League	2
Janata Dal (Secular)	2
Janata Dal (United)	2
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2
Apna Dal	2
Communist Party of India	1
All India N.R. Congress	1
Kerala Congress (M)	1
Naga Peoples Front	1
National Peoples Party	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1
Sikkim Democratic Front	1
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1
Swabhimani Paksha	1
Total	543

​Criminal Background​

• Winners with Criminal Cases: Out of the 541 winners analysed, 186 (34%) winners have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 521 winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 158 (30%) winners had declared criminal cases against themselves
  
• Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 112 (21%) winners have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 521 winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 77 (15%) winners haddeclared serious criminal cases against themselves.
  
• Winners with cases related to murder: 9 winners have declared cases related to murder. Out of these 4 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner has been fielded by INC, LJP, RJD, Swabhimani Paksha each and one winner is an independent.
  
• Winners with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 17 winners have declared cases of attempt to murder. Out of these, 10 winners have been fielded by BJP, 2winners by AITC and one winner each from INC, NCP, RJD, Shiv Sena and Swabhimani Paksha.
  
• Winners with cases related to Crimes against Women: Adv.Joice George an Independent from Idukki constituency, Kerala has declared a case related toassault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354). Ahir Hansraj Gangaram of BJP from Chandrapur constituency, Maharashtra has declared a case related to Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. (IPC Section-366).
  
• Winners with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony: 16 winners declared cases related to causing communal disharmony. Out of these, 12winners were fielded by BJP and 1 winner by TRS, Pattali Makkal Katchi, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and AIUDF each.
  
• Winners with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 10 winners have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Out of these, 7 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner each from RJD, Swabhimani Paksha and 1 winner is an Independent
  
• Winners with cases related to Kidnapping: 7 winners have declared cases related to Kidnapping. Out of these, 3 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner each from AITC, LJP and RJD each. 1 winner is an Independent.
  
• Party wise Winners with Criminal Cases: 98 (35%) out of 281 winners
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  from BJP, 8 (18%) out of 44 winners from INC, 6 (16%) out of 37 winners fromAIADMK, 15 (83%) out of 18 winners from Shiv Sena and 7 (21%) out of 34 winners fielded by AITC winners have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
  
• Party wise Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 63 (22%) out of 281 winners
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   from BJP, 3 (7%) out of 44 winners from INC, 3 (8%) out of 37 winners from AIADMK, 8 (44%) out of 18 winners from Shiv Sena and 4 (12%) out of 34 winners fielded by AITC winners have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
  
• Chances of Winning for Candidates with Criminal Cases: The chances of winning for a candidate with criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections are 13% whereas for a candidate with a clean record it is 5%.