Analysis of Criminal Background-Phase 4: Lok Sabha Elections 2014
3 04 2014
Posted on April 3, 2014
Phase 4: Lok Sabha Elections 2014
Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of CandidatesNational Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 74 candidates who arecontesting in the Phase 4 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections.
You can find the following reports in English, attached with the mail:
- Analysis of Criminal, Financial and Other Background Details of Candidates Contesting in Phase 4 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections
- Consolidated Analysis of Criminal, Financial and Other Background Details of Candidates Contesting from Phase 1 to Phase 4 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections
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Phase 4 |
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S.No. |
State |
No. of Candidates contesting |
Constituencies |
No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases |
% of Candidates with Criminal Cases |
No. of Crorepati Candidates |
% of Crorepati Candidates |
Date of Poll |
|
1 |
Assam |
37 |
3 |
3 |
8% |
6 |
16% |
12th April, 2014 |
|
2 |
Tripura |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0% |
3 |
25% |
|
|
3 |
Goa |
19 |
2 |
6 |
32% |
7 |
37% |
|
|
4 |
Sikkim |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0% |
4 |
67% |
|
|
Total |
74 |
7 |
9 |
12% |
20 |
27% |
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Criminal Background
- Candidates with Criminal Cases:Out of the 74 candidates, 9 candidates (12%) have declared criminal cases against themselves
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:Out of these 9 candidates, 5 candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, criminal intimidation etc.
- Candidates with multiple serious IPC counts: 4 candidates have declared multiple serious IPC counts. Dayanand G. Narvekar an Independent candidates from North Goa Constituency has declared 4 serious IPC counts followed by Govind Gaude an Independent candidate from South Goa constituency with 3 serious IPC counts, Churchill Alemao of AITC from South Goa constituency with 3 serious IPC counts and Lalit Mohon Suklabaidya of INC Karimganj constituency with 2 serious IPC counts.
- State-wise break up of candidates with declared criminal cases:
|
State |
Total number of Candidates analyzed |
Candidates with declared criminal cases |
% of candidates with declared criminal cases |
candidates with serious declared criminal cases |
% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases |
|
Assam |
37 |
3 |
8% |
2 |
5% |
|
Goa |
19 |
6 |
32% |
3 |
16% |
|
Others |
18 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
|
Total |
74 |
9 |
12% |
5 |
7% |
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:2 (29%)out of 7 candidates from INC, 1 (25%) out of 4 candidates from AITC, both candidates from CPI, the candidate fielded by Goemcarancho Otrec Astro from Goa and 3 (12%) out of 25 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 1 (14%)out of 7 candidates from INC, 1(25%) out of 4 candidates from AITC and 3 (12%) out of 25 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Red Alert Constituencies*: 1 constituency, South Goa constituency has 4 candidates with declared criminal cases.
Financial Background
- Crorepati Candidates:Out of the 74 candidates analysed, 20 (27%) are crorepatis.
- Party-wise Crorepati Candidates:6 (86%) out of 7 candidates in INC, 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates in BJP, both candidates from AGP, 1 (50%) out of 2 candidates from CPI(M) and 2 (8%) out of 25 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
- State-wise Crorepati Candidates:
- Average Assets:The average assets per candidate contesting in the 4th phase of Lok Sabha 2014 elections is Rs.2.12 Crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets:Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 7 INC candidates is Rs 4.01 crores, 7 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs.1.67 crores, 6 AAP candidates have average assets worth of Rs. 34.20 lakhs and 4 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs. 4.51 crores.
- Party-wise Asset Rank: 5 (71%) out of 7 INC candidates occupy the top three assets positions amongst all the contesting candidates in their respective constituencies. Similarly, 3 (43%) out of 7 BJP candidates and both the candidates from AGP candidates occupy the top three asset positions in their constituency.
- High Asset Candidates: 5 candidates have declared more than Rs.8 crores worth of assets. The top three candidates with highest assets are given below. Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.
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S.No. |
Name |
State |
Constituency |
Party Name |
Total Assets (Rs) |
PAN Given |
|
1 |
Adv. Jawahar Leonardo Dias |
Goa |
South Goa |
Goemcarancho Otrec Astro |
56,42,23,740 56 Crore+ |
Y |
|
2 |
Dayanand G. Narvekar |
Goa |
North Goa |
IND |
18,43,06,689 18 Crore+ |
Y |
|
3 |
Churchill Alemao |
Goa |
South Goa |
AITC |
14,98,68,252 14 Crore+ |
Y |
- Low Asset Candidates: A total of 7 candidates have declared assets less than Rs. 1 Lakh. The three candidates with lowest assets are as follows:
|
S.No. |
Name |
State |
Constituency |
Party Name |
Total Assets (Rs) |
PAN Given |
|
1 |
Falguni Tripura |
Tripura |
Tripura East |
CPI(ML)L |
3,500 3 Thou+ |
N |
|
2 |
Subarnamala Deb Barma |
Tripura |
Tripura East |
Amra Bangalee |
7,485 7 Thou+ |
N |
|
3 |
Sukamal Das |
Assam |
Silchar |
IND |
25,000 25 Thou+ |
N |
- Candidates who have not given value for Immovable Assets: 8 candidates have not given value for atleast one immovable asset declared in their affidavits.
- Candidates who have outstanding dues with Government Departments:3 candidates have declared that they have pending dues to government departments.
- Candidates with High Liabilities:A total of 5 candidates have declared liabilities of more than Rs. 50 lakhs. Out of these 5 candidates, 3 have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above.
- Candidates with High Income*: 4 candidates have declared
total annual income of more than Rs. 40 lakhs. The top three candidates
with highest declared annual income are given below
Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
| S.No. |
Name |
Party Name |
Constituency |
Total Assets |
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) |
Self income shown by candidate in ITR |
|
1 |
Dayanand G. Narvekar |
IND |
North Goa |
18,43,06,689 18 Crore+ |
2012-2013 |
74,88,400 74 Lacs+ |
37,44,200 37 Lacs+ |
|
2 |
Churchill Alemao |
AITC |
South Goa |
14,98,68,252 14 Crore+ |
2013-2014 |
62,28,114 62 Lacs+ |
33,06,820 33 Lacs+ |
|
3 |
Joy Ram Engleng |
BJP |
Autonomous District |
2,20,32,158 2 Crore+ |
2013-2014 |
43,34,890 43 Lacs+ |
43,34,890 43 Lacs+ |
- Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*:41 (55%) candidates out of 74 analyzed have not declared income tax details.* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
- Candidates with High Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details: 5 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.
Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age):
Consolidated Executive Summary
Phase 1 to 4
National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1566 candidates out of 1594 candidates who are contesting in Phase 1 to Phase 4 of
Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed
due to unavailability of the affidavits on the ECI website at the making
of this report. The following is a consolidated summary of the same.
|
Phase |
No. of contesting candidates |
No. of Candidates analysed |
No. of Constituencies |
No. of Candidates with Criminal Cases |
% of Candidates with Criminal Cases |
No. of Crorepati Candidates |
% of Crorepati Candidates |
Average Assets |
Date of Poll (2014) |
|
1 |
64 |
64 |
6 |
6 |
9% |
16 |
25% |
Rs.5.75 crores |
7th April |
|
2 |
37 |
37 |
7 |
1 |
3% |
23 |
62% |
Rs.9.12 crores |
9th April |
|
3 |
1419 |
1391 |
91 |
262 |
19% |
397 |
29% |
Rs.3.05 crores |
10th April |
|
4 |
74 |
74 |
7 |
9 |
12% |
20 |
27% |
Rs.2.12 crores |
12th April |
| Total |
1594 |
1566 |
111 |
278 |
18% |
456 |
29% |
Rs. 3.26 crores |
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Criminal Background
- Candidates with Criminal Cases:Out of the 1566 candidates analysed, 278 candidates (18%) has declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:155 (10%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, rape, robbery etc.
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:23 (25%) of 92 candidates fielded by INC, 38 (39%) out of 97 candidates from BJP, 15 (16%) out of 92 fielded by AAP and 16 (18%) out of 89 BSP candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 14 (15%) out of 92 candidates fielded by INC, 22 (23%) out of 97 candidates from BJP, 10 (11%) out of 92 fielded by AAP and 9 (10%) out of 89 BSP candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- State-wise break up of candidates with declared criminal cases:
|
State |
Total number of Candidates analyzed |
Candidates with declared criminal cases |
% of candidates with declared criminal cases |
candidates with serious declared criminal cases |
% of candidates with serious declared criminal cases |
|
Kerala |
256 |
74 |
29% |
31 |
12% |
|
Haryana |
229 |
15 |
7% |
10 |
4% |
|
Maharashtra |
200 |
36 |
18% |
19 |
10% |
|
National Capital Territory Of Delhi |
150 |
23 |
15% |
13 |
9% |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
146 |
33 |
23% |
26 |
18% |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
110 |
17 |
16% |
9 |
8% |
|
Orissa |
97 |
19 |
20% |
13 |
13% |
|
Assam |
88 |
6 |
7% |
4 |
5% |
|
Bihar |
80 |
21 |
26% |
12 |
15% |
|
Jharkhand |
60 |
14 |
23% |
8 |
13% |
|
Tripura |
25 |
3 |
12% |
1 |
4% |
|
Goa |
19 |
6 |
32% |
3 |
16% |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
15 |
3 |
20% |
2 |
13% |
|
Chandigarh |
15 |
2 |
13% |
1 |
7% |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
11 |
1 |
9% |
0% |
|
|
Chhattisgarh |
8 |
2 |
25% |
1 |
13% |
|
Lakshadweep |
6 |
3 |
50% |
2 |
33% |
|
Others |
51 |
0 |
0% |
0 |
0% |
|
Total |
1566 |
278 |
18% |
155 |
10% |
- Red Alert Constituencies*: 51 constituencies have at least 3 candidates with declared criminal cases.
Financial Background
- Crorepati Candidates:Out of the 1566 candidates analysed, 456 (29%) are crorepatis.
- Party-wise Crorepati Candidates:75 (82%) out of 92 candidates in INC, 62 (64%) out of 97 candidates in BJP, 40 (44%) out of 92 candidates in AAP and 34 (38%) out of 89 candidates in BSP have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
- State-wise Crorepati Candidates:
|
State Name |
Total Candidates |
Crorepati Candidates |
Percentage of Crorepati Candidates |
|
Haryana |
229 |
92 |
40% |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
146 |
65 |
45% |
|
National Capital Territory Of Delhi |
150 |
49 |
33% |
|
Maharashtra |
200 |
46 |
23% |
|
Kerala |
256 |
46 |
18% |
|
Orissa |
97 |
26 |
27% |
|
Bihar |
80 |
25 |
31% |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
110 |
22 |
20% |
|
Assam |
88 |
19 |
22% |
|
Jharkhand |
60 |
10 |
17% |
|
Meghalaya |
10 |
8 |
80% |
|
Goa |
19 |
7 |
37% |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
11 |
6 |
55% |
|
Tripura |
25 |
6 |
24% |
|
Chandigarh |
15 |
5 |
33% |
|
Sikkim |
6 |
4 |
67% |
|
Manipur |
10 |
4 |
40% |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
19 |
4 |
21% |
|
Chhattisgarh |
8 |
3 |
38% |
|
Mizoram |
3 |
3 |
100% |
|
Nagaland |
3 |
2 |
67% |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
15 |
2 |
13% |
|
Lakshadweep |
6 |
2 |
33% |
|
Total |
1566 |
456 |
29 % |
- Average Assets:The average assets per candidate contesting from Phase 1 to 4 of Lok Sabha 2014 elections is Rs.3.26 Crores.
- Party-wise Average Assets:Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 92 INC candidates is Rs 15.40 crores, 97 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs.5.51 crores, 92 AAP candidates have average assets worth of Rs. 2.63 crores and 89 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs. 8.27 crores.
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