PRESS RELEASE
Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly
Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of outgoing MLAs
Note: This information is collated from the affidavits filed by the MLAs during the Assembly Elections in 2009
Summary and Highlights - Maharashtra Assembly
Criminal Background
- MLAs with Criminal Cases: 148 (52%) out of the 284 MLAs analysed had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 148 MLAs who had declared criminal cases, 94 had declared serious criminal cases. These include murder,attempt to murder, dacoity, kidnapping, extortion etc.
- Murder Related Cases: Gilbert Mendonca of NCP from Mira Bhayandar, Vivek Raghunath Pandit Alias Bhau of an independent MLA from Vasai constituency and Chavan Vasantrao Balwantrao an Independent MLA from Naigaon constituency had declared cases of murder in their affidavits.
- Attempt to Murder Related Cases: 11 MLAs had declared attempt to murder cases in their affidavits.
- MLAs with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 12 MLAs had declared cases of robbery and dacoity in their affidavits.
- MLAs with cases related to kidnapping: 6 MLAs had declared cases related to kidnapping in their affidavits.
- Party wise MLAs with Criminal Cases: 24 (30%) out of 81 MLAs from INC had declared criminal cases against them while 25 (41%) out of 61 MLAs from NCP, 28 (61%) out of 46 MLAs from BJP and 35 (78%) out of 45 MLAs from Shiv Sena had declared criminal cases in their affidavits.
- Party wise MLAs with serious Criminal Cases: 11 (14%) out of 81 MLAs from INC had declared serious criminal cases against them while 14 (23%) out of 61MLAs from NCP, 19 (41%) out of 46 MLAs from BJP and 24 (53%) out of 45 MLAs from Shiv Sena had declared serious criminal cases in their affidavits
- Chances of Winning for Candidates with Criminal Cases: The chances of winning for a candidate with criminal cases in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, 2009 were 18% whereas for a candidate with a clean record it is 5%.
Financial Background
- Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 284 MLAs analysed, 198 (70%) MLAs are crorepatis.
- Party wise Crorepati MLAs: 60 (74%) out of 81 MLAs from INC are crorepatis while 53 (87%) out of 61 MLAs from NCP, 28 (61%) out of 46 from BJP, and 26 (58%) out of 45 MLAs from Shiv Sena are crorepatis.
- Chances of Winning for Crorepati Candidates: The chances of winning for a crorepati candidate in the Maharashtra elections were 32% whereas for a candidate with low assets (
- Average Assets: The average assets of 284 MLAs analysed is Rs 4.51 crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets: The average assets per MLA for 81 INC MLAs is Rs.4.64 crores, for 61 NCP MLAs the average is Rs.3.82 crores, for 46 BJP MLAs have an average assets of Rs 4.15 crores and for 45 Shiv Sena MLAs it is Rs.3.97 crores.
- High Asset MLAs: The top three MLAs with highest declared assets are:
S.No.
|
Name
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
Abu Asim Azmi
|
Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar
|
SP
|
1,26,88,03,276
126 Crore+ |
Y
|
2
|
Jain Sureshkumar Bhikamchand
|
Jalgaon Urban
|
Shiv Sena
|
82,78,97,782
82 Crore+ |
Y
|
3
|
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
|
Malabar Hill
|
BJP
|
68,64,33,265
68 Crore+ |
Y
|
Summary and Highlights - Haryana Assembly
Criminal Background
- MLAs with Criminal Cases: 15 (17%) out of the 88 MLAs analysed had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 15 MLAs who had declared criminal cases, 13 have declared serious criminal cases. These include forgery, extortion etc.
- Party wise MLAs with Criminal Cases: 6 (15%) out of 40 MLAs from INC had declared criminal cases against them while 5 (17%) out of 29 MLAs from INLD, 1 MLA from SAD and 3 Independent MLAs had declared criminal cases in their affidavits.
- Party wise MLAs with serious Criminal Cases: 4 (10%) out of 40 MLAs from INC had declared serious criminal cases against them while 5 (17%) out of 29 MLAs from INLD had declared serious criminal cases in their affidavits
Financial Background
- Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 88 MLAs analysed, 66 (75%) MLAs are crorepatis.
- Party wise Crorepati MLAs: 32 (80%) out of 40 MLAs from INC are crorepatis while 19 (66%) out of 29 MLAs from INLD, 5 (83%) out of 6 from HJC(BL) and all 7 Independent MLAs are crorepatis.
- Average Assets: The average assets of 88 MLAs analysed is Rs 7.11 crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets: The average assets per MLA for 40 INC MLAs is Rs.8.11 crores, for 29 INLD MLAs the average is Rs.3.81 crores, 6 HJC(BL) MLAs have an average assets of Rs 9.24 crores, for 4 BJP MLAs it is Rs 2.69 crores and for 7 Independent MLAs it is Rs.16.72 crores.
- High Asset MLAs: The top three MLAs with highest declared assets are:
S.No.
|
Name
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
|
Venod Sharma
|
Ambala City
|
INC
|
87,40,10,452
87 Crore+ |
Y
|
2
|
Gopal Kanda
|
Sirsa
|
IND
|
63,20,65,986
63 Crore+ |
Y
|
3
|
Renuka Bishnoi
|
Adampur
|
HJC(BL)
|
47,37,34,666
47 Crore+ |
Y
|
Regards,
Media and Journalist Helpline
+91 80103 94248
Email: adr@adrindia.org
|
Maj.Gen (Retd.) Anil Verma
Head
National Election Watch,
Association for Democratic Reforms
011 4165 4200,
+91 88264 79910
adr@adrIndia.org,
|
Prof Jagdeep Chhokar
IIM Ahmedabad (Retd.)
Founder Member,
National Election Watch, Association for Democratic
Reforms
+91 99996 20944
|
Prof Trilochan Sastry
IIM Bangalore
Founder Member,
National Election Watch,
Association for Democratic Reforms
+91 94483 53285
|
Association for Democratic Reforms
T-95A, C.L. House, 1st Floor,
(Near Gulmohar Commercial Complex)
Gautam Nagar
New Delhi-110 049
(Near Gulmohar Commercial Complex)
Gautam Nagar
New Delhi-110 049
M: +91 8010394248
T: +91 11 41654200
F: 011 4609 4248
No comments:
Post a Comment