Sunday, October 26, 2014

Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of MLAs

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2014

​Maharashtra Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 288 newly elected MLAs in the Maharashtra 2014 Assembly Elections.

Final Party Positions in 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections
Party
Seats
Bhartiya Janata Party
122
Shiv Sena
63
Indian National Congress
42
Nationalist Congress Party
41
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha
1
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
2
Peasants And Workers Party of India
3
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
3
Samajwadi Party
1
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha
1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
1
Independents
7
Total
288

Criminal Background
  • MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 288 MLAs analysed, 165 (57%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 262 MLAs analysed duringMaharashtra Assembly elections in 2009136 (52%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.
  • MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 115 (40%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 262 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra Assembly elections in 200986 (33%) MLAs haddeclared serious criminal cases against themselves.
  • MLAs with Criminal Cases where Charges have been framedOut of the 165 MLAs who have declared pending criminal cases against themselves, 51 (31%)have declared that the charges for these cases have already been framed by the court of law. 
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  • MLAs with cases related to murder and attempt to murderMLAs have declared cases related to murder out of which two are from BJP and one is from Shiv Sena. 15 MLAs have declared cases of attempt to murder out of which 5 MLAs are from BJP, 2 are from NCP, 7 are from Shiv Sena and one is an Independent MLA.
  • MLAs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 11 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women out of these 5 are from BJP and 6 are from Shiv Sena. 8 MLAs have declared cases related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354).
  • MLAs with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony: 3 MLAs declared cases related to causing communal disharmony. These cases include promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A) and Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class (IPC Section-295)
  • MLAs with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 14 MLAs have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Out of these, 5 MLAs have been fielded by BJP, 6 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 2 MLAs from NCP and 1 MLA belongs to CPI(M).
  • MLAs with cases related to Kidnapping: MLAs have declared cases related to Kidnapping. Out of these, MLAs are from BJP, 5 MLAs from NCP and 1 MLAfrom from Shiv Sena.
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  • Party wise MLAs with Criminal Cases: 74 (61%) out of 122 MLAs analysed from BJP, 48 (76%) out of 63 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 15 (36%) out of 42 MLAs fromINC and 19 (46%) out of 41 NCP MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
  • Party wise MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 46 (38%) out of 122 MLAs analysed from BJP, 35 (56%) out of 63 MLAs from Shiv Sena, 10 (24%) out of 42 MLAs from INC and 18 (44%) out of 41 NCP MLAs have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
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Financial Background

  • Crorepati MLAsOut of the 288 newly elected MLAs, 253 (88%) are crorepatis.Out of 262 MLAs analysed during Maharashtra 2009 assembly elections174 (66%) MLAs were crorepatis.
  • High Asset MLAs: Out of the 288 newly elected MLAs, 80 (28%) MLAs have total assets worth more than Rs. 10 crores, 10 MLAs have total assets worth more than Rs. 50 crores and 4 MLAs have total assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores. The details of these four MLAs are given as follows:

S.No.
Name
District
Constituency
Party Name
Movable Assets (Rs)
Immovable Assets (Rs)
Total Assets (Rs)
PAN Given
1
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Mumbai City
Malabar Hill
BJP
61,54,15,041
1,37,07,64,192
1,98,61,79,233
 198 Crore+
Y
2
Azmi Abu Asim
Mumbai Suburban
Mankhurd Shivajinagar
SP
1,27,57,33,964
28,53,77,000
1,56,11,10,964
 156 Crore+
Y
3
Jagdish Tukaram Mulik
Pune
Vadgaon Sheri
BJP
10,82,21,576
94,05,91,046
1,04,88,12,622
 104 Crore+
Y
4
Hitendra Vishnu Thakur
Palghar
Vasai
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
23,06,07,554
77,16,64,862
1,00,22,72,416
 100 Crore+
Y
  • Party-wise Crorepati MLAs: 104 (85%) out of 122 MLAs analysed in BJP54 (86%) out of 63 MLAs in Shiv Sena39 (95%) out of 41 MLAs in NCP and 38 (91%)out of 38 MLAs from INC have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore. 
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  • Average Assets: The average assets per MLA for Maharashtra 2014 assembly elections are Rs. 10.87 crores whereas the average asset for each candidate was Rs. 3.62 croresIn 2009 the average assets per 262 MLAs analyzed was Rs. 4.99 crores.
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  • Party-wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 122 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs 11.67 crores63 Shiv Sena MLAs have average assets of Rs.6.90 crores, 42 INC MLAs have average assets worth of Rs.9.01 crores and 41 NCP MLAs have average assets of Rs. 11.82 crores.
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  • MLAs with High Liabilities: A total of 87 MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above. Out of these 87 MLAs, 9 have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 crore and above. Top three MLAs with highest liabilities are as given below:
S.No.
Name
District
Constituency
Party Name
Total Assets(Rs)
Liabilities (Rs)
PAN Given
1
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
Mumbai City
Malabar Hill
BJP
1,98,61,79,233
 198 Crore+
91,66,98,414
 91 Crore+
Y
2
Hitendra Vishnu Thakur
Palghar
Vasai
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi
1,00,22,72,416
 100 Crore+
18,77,91,503
 18 Crore+
Y
3
Ashish Deshmukh
Nagpur
Katol
BJP
38,95,94,157
 38 Crore+
18,10,14,470
 18 Crore+
Y
  • Crorepati MLAs with no PAN: 2 MLAs with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. These MLAs are as follows:

S.No.
Name
District
Constituency
Party Name
Movable Assets (Rs)
Immovable Assets (Rs)
Total Assets (Rs)
PAN Given
1
Bhumre Sandipanrao Aasaram
Aurangabad
Paithan
SHS
48,03,960
10,89,27,061
11,37,31,021
 11 Crore+
N
2
Padvi Udesing Kocharu
Nandurabar
Shahada (St)
BJP
55,54,538
1,32,46,730
1,88,01,268
 1 Crore+
N
  •  MLAs with High Income as declared in ITR*: 22 MLAs have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore. The top three MLAs with highest declared annual income are given below:

S.No.
Name
Party Name
Constituency
District
Total Asset (Rs)
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by winner
Total income shown by winner in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
Self income shown by winner in ITR (Rs)
1
Mangal Prabhat Lodha
BJP
Malabar Hill
Mumbai City
1,98,61,79,233
198 Crore+
2012-2013
34,66,82,610
34 Crore+
33,24,36,210
33 Crore+
2
Dilip Gangadhar Sopal
NCP
Barshi
Solapur
14,58,99,667
14 Crore+
2012-2013
9,85,15,762
9 Crore+
9,85,15,762
9 Crore+
3
Prashant Thakur
BJP
Panvel
Raigad
58,60,36,849
58 Crore+
2013-2014
5,61,37,139
5 Crore+
5,41,02,482
5 Crore+
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
  • MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 24 (8%) MLAs out of 288 analyzed have not declared income tax details.* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
  • MLAs with High Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details: 12 MLAs with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.

Comparative Analysis of Assets of Re-elected MLAs
  • Number of Re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the Maharashtra Assembly 2014 elections is 108
  • Average Assets of re-elected MLAs in 2009: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2009 was Rs. 5.39 crores
  • Average Assets of re-elected MLAs in 2014: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2014 is Rs. 13.87 crores
  • Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2009 to 2014: The average assets growth of re-elected MLAs is Rs. 8.47 crores i.e. by 157%.
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Other Background Details
  • Education Details of MLAs: 126 (44%) MLAs have declared that they have an education qualification of 12th pass or below while 154 (53%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.
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  • Age Details of MLAs: 151 (52%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 136 (47%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 to 80 years and 1 MLA has declared his age to be more than 81 years. 
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  • Gender Details of MLAs: Out of 288 MLA analyed, 20 (7%) MLAs are women while 268 (93%) MLAs are men. In 2009, out of 288 MLAs, 11 (4%) MLAs were women.
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