[National Election Watch news] Press Release: 114 (17%) out of 673 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves and 230 (34%) candidates are crorepatis in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections. Average Assets per candidates: Rs. 3.32 crores
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30th January, 2015
Press Release
Delhi Assembly Elections, 2015
Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates
Dear friends,
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Delhi Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 673 candidates who are contesting in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections. There are 70 political parties fielding candidates in these elections. In the previous elections in 2013 there were 77 political parties that contested and in 2008 there were 68 political parties that were in the fray. There are 66 (10%) female candidates out of 673 candidates contesting this year. In 2013 there were 71 (9%) female candidates out of 810 candidates in the fray and in 2008 there were 81 (9%) female candidates out of 875 candidates contesting the elections.
Criminal Background- Candidates with Criminal Cases: 114 (17%) out of 673 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. During the previous Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, out of 796 candidates analysed, 130 (16%) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves and in the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, out of 790 candidates analysed, 111 (14%) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 74 (11%) out of 673 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. During the previous Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, out of 796 candidates analysed, 94 (12%) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves and in the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, out of 790 candidates analysed, 32 (4%) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 27 (39%) out of 69 candidates from BJP, 23 (33%) out of 70 candidates from AAP, 21 (30%) out of 70 candidates from INC, 12 (17%) out of 70 candidates from BSP, 1 candidate fielded by SAD and 15 (8%) out of 195 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 17 (25%) out of 69 candidates from BJP, 14 (20%) out of 70 candidates from AAP, 11 (16%) out of 70 candidates from INC, 11 (16%) out of 70 candidates from BSP, 1 candidate fielded by SAD and 9 (5%) out of 195 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Candidates with cases of murder and attempt to murder: 1 candidate has declared cases related to murder and 5 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder.
- Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 8 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of these, 3 candidates have declared charges related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354), 3 candidates with charges related to word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (IPC Section-509), 1 candidate with a charge related to husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A), 1 candidate with a charge related to causing miscarriage without woman's consent (IPC Section-313) and 1 candidate with a charge related to kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. (IPC Section-366).*a candidate may have more than one charge related to crimes against women
- Candidates with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 4 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. These cases include charges related to dacoity (IPC Section-395), robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt (IPC Section-397) etc.
- Red Alert Constituencies*: 19 constituencies have at least 3 candidates with declared criminal cases. Tughlakabad constituency has five candidates who have declared criminal cases against themselves.*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.
Financial Background- Crorepati Candidates:230 (34%) out of 673 candidates are crorepatis. During the previous Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, 265 (33%) out of 796 candidates analysed were crorepatis and in the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, 180 (23%) out of 790 candidates analysed had declared total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
- High Asset Candidates: 62 (9%) out of 673 candidates declared assets worth more than Rs. 10 crores.
- Party-wise Crorepati Candidates: 59 (84%) out of 70 candidates from INC, 50 (72%) out of 69 candidates from BJP, 44 (63%) out of 70 candidates from AAP, 28 (40%) out of 70 candidates from BSP and 27 (14%) out of 195 independent candidates are crorepatis.
- Average Assets: The average assets per candidate for the Delhi 2015 Assembly elections are Rs. 3.32 crores. The average assets per candidate analysed in the previous Delhi Assembly election 2013 were Rs. 3.43 crores and the average assets per candidate analysed in the 2008 Delhi Assembly elections were Rs. 1.77 crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 70 INC candidates are Rs 9.60 crores, 70 AAP candidates have average assets of Rs.5.89 crores, 70 BSP candidates have average assets worth of Rs.2.16 crores, 69 BJP candidates have average assets worth of Rs.7.96 crores and 195 independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 63.35 lakhs.
- Candidates with High Liabilities: A total of 32 candidates have declared liabilities of above Rs. 1 crore. 3 candidates have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 crore and above.
- Candidates with High Income as declared in ITR*: 5 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore.
- High Asset Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 261 (39%) candidates out of 673 candidates have not declared income tax details. 15 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
Other Background Details- Education Details of Candidates: 26 candidates have declared that they are illiterate. 374 (56%) candidates (not including candidates who are illiterate) have declared that have an education qualification of 12th pass or below while 265 (39%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 11 (2%) candidates have declared that they have doctorate degrees.
- Age Details of Candidates: 465 (69%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 194 (29%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years and 6 (1%) candidates have declared their age to be above 71 years.
- Gender Details of Candidates: There are 66 (10%) female candidates out of 673 candidates contesting this year. In 2013 there were 71 (9%) female candidates out of 810 candidates in the fray and in 2008 there were 81 (9%) female candidates out of 875 candidates contesting the elections.
- MLAs Contesting Again: Delhi Election Watch (DEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 62 outgoing MLAs who are contesting again in the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections.
- Average Assets in 2013 Elections: The average assets of these 62 re-contesting MLAs fielded by various parties including independents in 2013 were Rs 11.66 crores (Rs. 11,66,16,836.83)
- Average Assets in 2015 Elections: The average assets of these 62 re-contesting MLAs in 2015 are Rs 11.48 crores (Rs. 11,48,39,470.93).
- Average Asset change from 2013 to 2015: The average assets of these 62 re- contesting MLAs, between the Delhi Elections of 2013 and 2015 decreased by Rs. 17.77 lakhs.
- Percentage change in assets from 2013 to 2015 Average percentage change in assets for these 62 re-contesting MLAs is -2%.
- Highest growth in Assets from 2013 to 2015:
S.No
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Name
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Party in 2015
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Party in 2013
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Constituency In Delhi Election 2015
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Constituency In Delhi 2013
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Assets in Delhi Election 2015
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Assets in Delhi 2013
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Asset Increase
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% Increase in Asset
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Assets value not given
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1.
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Manjinder Singh Sirsa
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SAD
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SAD
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Rajouri Garden
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Rajouri Garden
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2,39,40,96,185
239 Crore+ |
2,35,51,23,043
235 Crore+ |
3,89,73,142
3 Crore+ |
2%
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Delhi Election 2015:Deposits in Banks:⇒Value not given for SB 015501517575 ICICI Bank ltd. Punjabi Bagh
Delhi 2013:Deposits in Banks:⇒Value not given for SB 015501517575 ICICI Bank ltd. Punjabi Bagh
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2.
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Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
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BJP
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BJP
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Badarpur
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Badarpur
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15,98,92,678
15 Crore+ |
12,19,46,408
12 Crore+ |
3,79,46,270
3 Crore+ |
31%
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3.
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Haroon Yusuf
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INC
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INC
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Ballimaran
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Ballimaran
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3,73,99,506
3 Crore+ |
1,07,15,369
1 Crore+ |
2,66,84,137
2 Crore+ |
249%
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4.
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Kulwant Rana
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BJP
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BJP
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Rithala
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Rithala
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8,43,04,282
8 Crore+ |
5,82,62,093
5 Crore+ |
2,60,42,189
2 Crore+ |
45%
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5.
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Devender Yadav
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INC
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INC
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Badli
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Badli
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29,53,96,702
29 Crore+ |
27,43,03,290
27 Crore+ |
2,10,93,412
2 Crore+ |
8%
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Regards,
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National Election Watch,
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Prof Jagdeep Chhokar
IIM Ahmedabad (Retd.)
Founder Member,
National Election Watch, Association for Democratic
Reforms
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Prof Trilochan Sastry
IIM Bangalore
Founder Member,
National Election Watch,
Association for Democratic Reforms
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