Haryana Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1343 candidates out of 1351 candidates who are contesting in the Haryana Assembly Elections of 2014. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.
Please find the following attachments with this mail
- Report on Criminal, Financial and other background details of candidates contesting in the Haryana Assembly Elections 2014 (English/Hindi)
- Report on Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MLAs (English/Hindi)
- Annexure 1 - Full Asset details of Crorepati Candidates
- Annexure 2 - Details of Candidates with Declared Criminal Cases
Criminal Background
- Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 1343 candidates analysed, 94 (7%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. There has been a reduction in the percentage and number of candidates with criminal cases from the 2009 Haryana Assembly elections where 109 (9%) out of 1186 candidates analysed had declared criminal cases.
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 70 (5%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, crimes against women etc. The number and percentage of candidates with criminal cases has decreased in 2014 from 86 (7%) in the 2009 assembly elections.
- Candidates with Charges framed: Out of the 94 candidates who have declared pending criminal cases against themselves, 49 (52%) have declared that thecharges for these cases have already been framed by the court of law.
- Candidates with cases related to murder: 3 candidates have declared cases related to murder. Ved Pal of Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) from Tosham constituency, Ravi Kumar of Haryana Lokhit Party from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi and Rati Ram an Independent candidate from Badli constituency have declared cases of murder. 11 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder.
- Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 7 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of these 5 candidates have declared cases related to husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A).
- Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: Ved Pal of Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) from Tosham constituency has declared a case related to Kidnapping or maiming a minor for purposes of begging (IPC Section-363A). Rakesh Baagh Singh an Independent candidate from Indri Constituency and Ravi Kumar ofHaryana Lokhit Party from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency have declared a case related to Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365)
- Candidates with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: Dhirender Singh of BSP from Ballabhgarh constituency and Ajay Kumar an Independent candidate from Mahendragarh Constituency have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity.
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 9 (10%) out of 90 candidates from BJP, 4 (4%) out of 90 candidates from INC, 10 (11%) out of 88 candidates fromINLD, 10 (15%) out of 65 candidates fielded by Haryana Janhit Congress (BL), 6 (8%) out of 75 candidates fielded by Haryana Lokhit Party and 41 (7%) out of 597Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 6 (7%) out of 90 candidates from BJP, 4 (4%) out of 90 candidates from INC, 6 (7%) out of 88 candidates fromINLD, 8 (12%) out of 65 candidates fielded by Haryana Janhit Congress (BL), 3 (4%) out of 75 candidates fielded by Haryana Lokhit Party and 31 (5%) out of 597Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Financial Background
- Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 1343 candidates analysed, 563 (42%) are crorepatis. This shows an increase in the number and percentage of crorepatis from the previous Haryana Assembly elections in 2009 where out of 1186 candidates analysed, 380 (32%) candidates were crorepatis.
- High Asset Candidates: Out of 1343 candidates analysed, 122 candidates declared assets worth more than Rs. 10 crores. The number of high asset candidates have increased from the previous Haryana Assembly elections in 2009 wherein 41 candidates had declared assets worth more than Rs. 10 crores.9 candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs 100 crores. The details of these candidates are as follows;
S.No.
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Name
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District
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Constituency
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Party Name
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Movable Assets (Rs)
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Immovable Assets (Rs)
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Total Assets (Rs)
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PAN Given
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1
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Ravi Chauhan
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Mahendragarh
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Ateli
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IND
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5,74,88,496
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2,06,52,00,000
|
2,12,26,88,496
212 Crore+ |
Y
|
2
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Anita Chauhan
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Mahendragarh
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Ateli
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IND
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5,74,88,496
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2,06,52,00,000
|
2,12,26,88,496
212 Crore+ |
Y
|
3
|
Shakti Rani
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Panchkula
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Kalka
|
Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
|
1,27,43,00,000
|
38,91,20,000*
|
1,66,34,20,000
166 Crore+ |
Y
|
4
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Venod Sharma
|
Ambala
|
Ambala City
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Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
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1,27,43,00,000
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25,71,00,000
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1,53,14,00,000
153 Crore+ |
Y
|
5
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Gopal Kanda
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Sirsa
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Sirsa
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Haryana Lokhit Party
|
81,38,36,793
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33,38,00,000
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1,14,76,36,793
114 Crore+ |
Y
|
6
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Smt Savitri Jindal
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Hisar
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Hisar
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INC
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55,20,28,000
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58,07,13,000
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1,13,27,41,000
113 Crore+ |
Y
|
7
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Vipul Goyal
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Faridabad
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Faridabad
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BJP
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62,95,89,881
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43,67,52,731
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1,06,63,42,612
106 Crore+ |
Y
|
8
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Sukhbir Kataria
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Gurgaon
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Gurgaon
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IND
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11,76,86,268
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92,50,00,000
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1,04,26,86,268
104 Crore+ |
Y
|
9
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Kailash Chand Bhagat
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Kaithal
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Kaithal
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INLD
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94,95,76,926
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5,20,37,700
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1,00,16,14,626
100 Crore+ |
Y
|
Total assets include assets of self and others
- Party-wise Crorepati Candidates: 81 (90%) out of 90 candidates in INC, 77 (86%) out of 90 candidates in BJP, 72 (82%) out of 88 candidates in INLD, 37 (57%) out of 65 candidates in Haryana Janhit Congress (BL), 25 (33%) out of 75 candidates from Haryana Lokhit Party and 184 (31%) out of 597 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
- Average Assets: The average assets per candidate contesting in the Haryana 2014 Assembly elections is Rs.4.54 crores. The average assets per candidate in the previous Haryana Assembly elections 2009 was Rs. 2.05 crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 90 INC candidates is Rs 11.38 crores, 90 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs.9.80 crores, 88 INLD candidates have average assets worth of Rs.11.41 crores and 65 Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) candidates have average assets of Rs. 6.12 crores.
- Party-wise Asset Rank: 62 (69%) out of 90 INC candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions amongst all the contesting candidates in their respective constituencies. Similarly, 49 (54%) out of 90 BJP candidates, 51 (57%) out of 88 INLD candidates and 20 (31%) out of 65 Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) candidates occupy the top three highest assets positions in their constituency.
Note: The following graph analyses the number of candidates fielded by political parties who have declared either the highest total assets in their constituency (among the candidates analysed for the constituency), or the second highest or the third highest.
- Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: 13 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore. Top 3 candidates with highest declared total income are given below:
S.No.
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Name
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Party Name
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District
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Constituency
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Total Assets (Rs)
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The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate
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Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
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Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
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1
|
Rohtas
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IND
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Gurgaon
|
Sohna
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60,02,80,335
60 Crore+
|
2013-2014
|
67,88,90,110
67 Crore+
|
67,88,90,110
67 Crore+
|
2
|
Vipul Goyal
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BJP
|
Faridabad
|
Faridabad
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1,06,63,42,612
106 Crore+
|
2012-2013
|
4,42,17,962
4 Crore+
|
2,27,24,431
2 Crore+
|
3
|
Chaudhary Abhay Singh Chautala
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INLD
|
Sirsa
|
Ellenabad
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43,13,01,267
43 Crore+
|
2013-2014
|
2,16,74,730
2 Crore+
|
2,16,34,800
2 Crore+
|
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
- Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 674 (50%) candidates out of 1343 analyzed have not declared income tax details.*Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
- Education Details of Candidates: 37 candidates have declared that they are illiterate. 756 (56%) candidates (not including candidates who are illiterate) have declared that have an education qualification of 12th pass or below while 525 (39%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.
- Age Details of Candidates: 917 (68%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 380 (28%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years and 16 (1%) candidates have declared their age to be above 71 years.
- Gender Details of Candidates: 115 (9%) female candidates out of 1343 candidates analysed are contesting in the Haryana 2014 elections, while 69 (6%) female candidates out of 1222 candidates contested during Haryana 2009 elections. Out of 746 candidates fielded by political parties in 2014 Haryana elections, only 82 candidates were female.
Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MLAs
Association of Democratic reforms and Haryana Election Watch (HEW) has analysed self-sworn affidavits of 1343 candidates contesting in the Haryana State Assembly Elections 2014.
67 re-contesting MLAs i.e. winners in the 2009 Haryana assembly elections who are contesting again in 2014, have been analyzed for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2014- The average assets of these 67 re-contesting MLAs in 2009 was Rs. 7.30 crores
- The average assets of re-contesting MLAs as declared in their affidavits in 2014 is Rs. 18.71 crores
- The average asset growth of re-contesting MLAs is Rs. 11.41 crores
- The percentage average asset growth of re-contesting MLAs is 156%
- Highest Increase in Assets: Savitri Jindal of INC from Hisar constituency has declared maximum increase in total assets with an increase of Rs 69.59 crore i.e from Rs. 43.68 crores in 2009 to Rs. 113.27 crores in 2014. Total assets of Sukhbir Kataria an Independent candidate from Gurgaon constituency have increased by Rs 65.92 crore, from Rs 38.34 crores in 2009 to Rs 104.26 crore in 2014 followed by Venod Sharma of Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V) from Ambala City constituency whose total assets have risen by Rs. 65.73 crore, from Rs 87.40 crores in 2009 to Rs 153.14 crore in 2014 and Kuldeep Bishnoi of Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)from Adampur constituency has shown an asset increase an increase of Rs. 62.81 crores from Rs. 17.30 crores to Rs. 80.12 crores.
- Party-wise asset comparison of re-contesting MLAs: 38 re-contesting MLAs of INC have shown a percentage increase in average assets of 185%, 19 INLD MLAs with 207% increase in average assets, 4 BJP MLAs with 211% average asset increase, I MLA from Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) with asset increase of 363%, 1 MLA from Haryana Lokhit Party with 82% asset increase, 1 BSP MLA with 98% asset increase, 1 Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V) MLA with 75% asset increase and 2 Independent MLAs with 149% average asset increase.
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