Dear Friends,
The Uttar Pradesh
Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the
self-sworn affidavits of 612 out 617 candidates from 75
political parties, including 6 national parties, 4 state parties, 65
unrecognized parties and 220 independent candidates, who are
contesting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections to
be held on 27Th February, 2017. The details
of candidates who have not been analysed are given below:
For Full Reports in Hindi and
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S.No
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Name
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Party
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Constituency
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District
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1.
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VIJAY PRATAP
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IND
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GAURA
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GONDA
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2.
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RAKESH PRATAP SINGH
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SP
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GAURIGANJ
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AMETHI
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3.
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KHALID KHAN
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BSP
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KAISERGANJ
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BAHRAICH
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4.
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RAM KARAN ARYA
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SP
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MAHADEWA (SC)
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BASTI
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5.
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PRAMOD KUMAR
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RLD
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RUDHAULI
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BASTI
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Criminal Background
· Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 612 candidates analyzed, 117 (19%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 96 (16%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related
to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.
· Candidates with cases related to murder: 9 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).
· Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 24 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).
· Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 8 candidates have declared cases like assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (Indian
Penal Code Section-354), rape (IPC Section-376) and husband or relative of husband of a
woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A).
· Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 4 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping for ransom, etc. (Indian Penal Code Section- 364, 365).
· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 21(41%) out of 51 candidates from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 23 (45%) out of 51 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), 8 (27%) out of 30 candidates from Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD), 17(41%) out of 42 candidates from Samajwadi Party ( SP),3(21%) out of 14 candidates from Indian National Congress(INC), and 19(9%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 19(37%) out of 51 candidates from BSP, 14 (28%) out of 51 candidates from BJP, 7 (23%) out of 30 candidates from RLD, 12(29%) out of 42 candidates from SP, 2 (14%) out of 14 candidates from INC and 17(8%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their
affidavits.
· Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 22 constituencies in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections
having 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with
criminal cases contesting elections.
· Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the fifth phase
of assembly elections Uttar Pradesh is as follows:
Value of assets (Rs.)
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No. of candidates
|
Percentage of Candidates
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Rs.5 cr and above
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51
|
8%
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Rs.2 crores to 5 crores
|
80
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13%
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Rs. 50 lakhs to 2 crores
|
102
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17%
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Rs.10 lakhs to 50 lakhs
|
195
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32%
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less than Rs. 10 lakhs
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184
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30%
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Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates
· High asset candidates: The 3 richest candidates contesting in the fifth phase of the Uttar
Pradesh Assembly Elections are given below:
S.No.
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Name
|
District
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
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1
|
GONDA
|
COLONELGANJ
|
BJP
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2,79,62,192
|
46,26,00,000
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49,05,62,192
49 Crore+ |
Y
|
|
2
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AMETHI
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AMETHI
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INC
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8,60,81,633
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28,16,50,000
|
36,77,31,633
36 Crore+ |
Y
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|
3
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AMETHI
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TILOI
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BJP
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4,31,70,454
|
28,39,59,000
|
32,71,29,454
32 Crore+ |
Y
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Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets
· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 612 candidates, 168 (27%) are crorepatis.
· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 43(84%) out of 51 candidates from BSP, 38(75%) out of 51 candidates from BJP, 32 (76%) out of 42 candidates from SP, 7(50%) out of 14 candidates from INC, 9(30%) out of 30 candidates from RLD and 14(6%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared assets worth
more than Rs. 1 crore.
· Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections is Rs 1.56 Crores.
· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets
per candidate for 14 INC candidates is Rs.4.40 crores, 51 BJP candidates is Rs 4.64 crores, 51 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 4.16 crores, 42 SP candidates have average assets worth Rs 3.48 crores, 30 RLD candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.20 crores, and 220 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 44.96 lakhs.
· Zero asset candidate: There
are no candidates who have declared zero assets in their self sworn affidavits.
· Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets (excluding candidate with
zero asssets) are as follows:
S.No.
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Name
|
District
|
Constituency
|
Party Name
|
Movable Assets (Rs)
|
Immovable Assets (Rs)
|
Total Assets (Rs)
|
PAN Given
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1
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AMBEDKAR NAGAR
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ALAPUR (SC)
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Uttar Pradesh Republican Party
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1,000
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0
|
1,000
1 Thou+ |
N
|
|
2
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BASTI
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KAPTANGANJ
|
IND
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10,290
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0
|
10,290
10 Thou+ |
N
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3
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BAHRAICH
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BALHA (SC)
|
IND
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12,000*
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0
|
12,000
12 Thou+ |
Y
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Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets
* Candidates who have 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.
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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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Total Assets(Rs)
|
Liabilities (Rs)
|
Disputed liabilities (Rs)
|
PAN Given
|
1
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BASTI
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BASTI SADAR
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IND
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16,49,93,996
16 Crore+ |
6,18,00,000
6 Crore+ |
0
|
Y
|
|
2
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BAHRAICH
|
BAHARAICH
|
SP
|
9,93,12,472
9 Crore+ |
5,94,00,000
5 Crore+ |
0
|
Y
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|
3
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GONDA
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COLONELGANJ
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BSP
|
4,61,29,320
4 Crore+ |
4,36,17,000
4 Crore+ |
0
|
Y
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Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities
# disputed liabilities
· Undeclared PAN: A total of 156 (25.5%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: Only 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 50 lakhs. The top 3 candidates with
highest income are as given below:
S.No.
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Name
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Party
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Constituency
|
District
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Total Asset (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
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BSP
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JALALPUR
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AMBEDKAR NAGAR
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21,08,13,416 21 Crore+
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2015-2016
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59,68,608 59 Lacs+
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59,68,608 59 Lacs+
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2
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