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Criminal background       

Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 776 candidates, 253 (33%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

·         Candidates with serious criminal cases: 201 (26%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

·         Candidates with cases related to murder: 16 candidates have declared cases related tomurder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). Amit Kumar, an Independent candidate fromSursand constituency has declared 4 charges related to murder while Birendra Prasad Gupta of theCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
(CPI (ML)(L)) from Sikta constituency has declared 3 charges related to murder in their respective affidavits.
Om Prakash Chaudhary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) from Sugauli constituency andGorakh Yadav, an Independent candidate from Baikunthpur constituency, have each declared 2charges related to murder against themselves. In total, 1 candidate of Nationlist Congress Party (NCP), 3 of CPI (ML)(L), 1 candidate of Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)), 2 fielded by RJD, 1 candidate of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), 1 candidate of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 1 candidate of Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party, 1 candidate fielded by Jan Adhikar Party(Loktantrik), and 5 Independent candidates have declared cases related to murder in their affidavits.

·         Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 60 candidates have declared cases ofattempt to murder (IPC Section-307). While Amit Kumar, an Independent candidate fromSursand constituency has declared 7 charges related to attempt to murder, Sonu Kumar, anIndependent candidate from Narkatia constituency has declared 5 charges related to attempt to murder in his affidavit. Jitendra Paswan, a candidate fielded by the CPI (ML)(L) from Bhorey (SC)constituency and Gorakh Yadav, an Independent candidate from Baikunthpur constituency, have each declared 4 charges related to attempt to murder against themselves. In total, 5 candidates ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 7 of CPI (ML)(L), 3 candidates of JD(U), 4 candidates fielded byRJD, 1 candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC), 3 candidates of Communist Party of India (CPI), 3 candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP), 1 candidate of LJP, 3 candidates fielded by Jan Adhikar Party(Loktantrik), 5 candidates of Garib Janata Dal (Secular), 1 fielded by Rashtriya Jankranti Party, 1 candidate of Rashtriya Pragati Party, 1 candidate of Rashtrawadi Yuva Party, 1 candidate of BSP, 1 candidate of NCP, 1 candidate of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI(C)), 1 candidate of Aam Janta Party Rashtriya, 1 candidate of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, 1 of Rajnaitik Vikalp Party  and 16 Independent candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder in their affidavits.

·         Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 13 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Tarkeshwar Yadav of the CPI from Goriyakothi constituency,Mahamad Amarullah Ansari, a candidate fielded by Garib Janata Dal (Secular) from Gopalganjconstituency along with Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh, an Independent candidate from Rigaconstituency have each declared 1 charge relating to rape (IPC Section-376) against themselves in their respective affidavits. Mahatab Alam, a candidate of of Aam Janta Party Rashtriya contesting fromKalyanpur constituency has declared offence related to buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc. (IPC Section-373). 1 candidate fielded by BSP, 1 by SP, 1 of Shiv Sena (SHS),1 by Rashtriya Samanta Dal and 1 candidate of Bahujan Nyay Dal have each declared charge related to husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A).

·         Candidates with cases related to causing communal disharmony: 2 candidates have declared cases relating to causing communal disharmony. Pramod Kumar, a candidate fielded by BJPfrom Motihari constituency and Bablu Prasad of JD(U) from Siwan constituency have declared 1charge each related to 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)

·         Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 14 candidates have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity.  Gorakh Yadav, an Independent candidate from Baikunthpurconstituency has declared 3 charges related to making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399) and 3 charges related to assembling for purpose of committing dacoity (IPC Section - 402). Avinash Kumar of Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) from Paroo constituency has declared 4 offences related to robbery and dacoity, which include 1 charge related to making preparation to commit dacoity (IPC Section-399), 1 charge related to assembling for purpose of committing dacoity (IPC Section - 402), 1 charge related to dacoity (IPC Section-395) and 1 charge related to robbery, or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt (IPC Section-397).

·         Candidates with cases related to kidnapping: 10 candidates have declared cases related tokidnapping.  Gorakh Yadav, an Independent candidate from Baikunthpur constituency, has disclosed 2 charges related to kidnapping for ransom, etc. (IPC Section-364A), 1 charge relatedkidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364) and 1 offence related tokidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365) against himself.

·         Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 28 (67%) out of 42 candidates from BJP,11(52%) out of 21 candidates from CPI, 17 (32%) out of 53 candidates from BSP, 15 (71%) out of 21candidates fielded by JD(U), 17 (41%) out of 41 candidates from SP, 17 (65%) out of 26 candidates ofRJD, 3 (38%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, 15 (45%) out of 33 candidates of Garib Janata Dal (Secular) along with 10 (56%) out of 18 candidates of the CPI(ML) (L) and 62 (23%) out of 265Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases:  20 (48%) out of 42 candidates fromBJP,10 (48%) out of 21 candidates from CPI, 13 (25%) out of 53 candidates from BSP, 12 (57%) out of 21 candidates fielded by JD(U), 12 (29%) out of 41 candidates from SP, 10 (38%) out of 26 candidates ofRJD, 2 (25%) out of 8 candidates fielded by INC, 11 (33%) out of 33 candidates of Garib Janata Dal (Secular) along with 10 (56%) out of 18 candidates of the CPI(ML) (L) and 53 (20%) out of 265Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Red Alert constituencies*: 48 (87%) out of the total 55 constituencies in the fourth phase of Bihar assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. Riga constituency with 9candidates has the highest number of candidates who have self-declared criminal cases against themselves.
*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

  

Financial background

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the fourth phase of assembly elections in Bihar is as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)	Number of candidates	Percentage of candidates
10 crores and above	17	2.19%
5 crores to 10 crores	26	3.35%
1 crore to 5 crores	177	22.81%
50 lakhs to 1 crore	123	15.85%
less than 50 lakhs	433	55.80%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

·         High asset candidates*:  The 3 richest candidates contesting in the fourth phase of assembly elections in Bihar have assets valued above Rs 20 crores, and they are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Prabhu Narayan	East Champaran	Dhaka	IND	31,93,721	22,62,00,000	22,93,93,721  22 Crore+	Y
2	Angesh Kumar	Sitamarhi	Belsand	IND	3,69,35,750	17,53,00,000	21,22,35,750  21 Crore+	Y
3	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	East Champaran	Kesaria	BJP	9,39,98,821	11,01,45,000	20,41,43,821  20 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

·         Party wise crorepati candidates: 28 (67%) out of 42 fielded by BJP, 7 (13%) out of 53 candidates of BSP, 16 (76%) out of 21 candidates from JD(U), 6 (75%) out of 8 candidates from INC, 15 (58%) out of 26 candidates from RJD, 21 (51%) out of 41 candidates fielded by SP, 4 (44%) out of 9 candidates of NCP, 5 (100%) out of 5 candidates of LJP and 64 (24%) out of 265 Independentcandidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the fourth phase of Bihar assembly elections is Rs 1.24 crores.

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 42 BJPcandidates is Rs 3.53 crores, 53 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 76 lakhs, 21 JD(U)candidates have average assets worth of Rs 2.33 crores, 8 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 3.33 crores, 26 RJD candidates have average assets worth of Rs 2.15 crores, average assets of 41 SP candidates are Rs 2.63 crores, 9 NCP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.82 crores, average assets of 5 LJP candidates are Rs 3.95 crores and 265 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 1.10 crores.

·         Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets contesting in the fourth phase of assembly elections in Bihar have assets valued less than Rs 7000, and they are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Raja Kumar	Muzaffarpur	Kurhani	Bharat Nirman Party	2,000*	0	2,000  2 Thou+	N
2	Farookh Khan	Gopalganj	Hathua	Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party	6,000	0	6,000  6 Thou+	N
3	Devendra Jha	Sitamarhi	Bajpatti	IND	6,346	0	6,346  6 Thou+	N

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

^* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh	West Champaran	Lauriya	RJD	3,79,85,976  3 Crore+	6,11,07,000  6 Crore+	9,90,92,976  9 Crore+	4,09,64,647  4 Crore+	Y
2	Dilip Varma	West Champaran	Sikta	BJP	2,85,91,819  2 Crore+	11,04,04,000  11 Crore+	13,89,95,819  13 Crore+	2,72,39,776  2 Crore+	Y
3	Angesh Kumar	Sitamarhi	Belsand	IND	3,69,35,750  3 Crore+	17,53,00,000  17 Crore+	21,22,35,750  21 Crore+	2,32,00,000  2 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

·         Undeclared PAN:  A total of 269 (35%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

·         Crorepati candidates with no PAN: 26 candidates with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. The top 3 candidates with high assets who have not disclosed their PAN details in their affidavits are as given below;

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Om Shanti Baba	West Champaran	Narkatiaganj	Bharatiya Ekta Dal	2,41,500*	19,10,00,000*	19,12,41,500  19 Crore+
2	Yogendra Prasad	Gopalganj	Gopalganj	Bharatiya Ekta Dal	25,75,000	8,60,00,000	8,85,75,000  8 Crore+
3	Krishan Chandra	East Champaran	Pipra	JD(U)	10,73,555	5,90,00,000	6,00,73,555  6 Crore+

Table:  Top three high asset candidates without PAN

^* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

·         Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 85 lakhs. These candidates are as given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	District	Constituency	Total Asset (Rs)	The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate	Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)	Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)
1	Manish Kumar Prasad	IND	West Champaran	Chanpatia	1,82,63,947 1 Crore+	2013-2014	1,68,30,100 1 Crore+	1,68,30,100 1 Crore+