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13th December, 2018

Dear Friends,

Rajasthan Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 199 newly elected MLAs of 2018 out of 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly. Due to the demise of one BSP candidate, Laxman Singh from Ramgarh constituency, the election to this constituency was adjourned. For the complete report, please go to https://adrindia.org/content/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018-criminal-financial-and-other-background-details-mlas

Summary and Highlights

Figure: Final Party Position

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND

· MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 199 MLAs analysed, 46(23%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan Assembly elections in 2013, 36 (18%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.

MLAs with serious criminal cases:28(14%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping etc. Out of199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan Assembly elections in 2013, 19 (10%) MLAs haddeclared serious criminal cases against themselves.

Figure: Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2008, 2013 and 2018

· MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 1 MLA, Parsadi Lal of INC who contested from Lalsot Constituency of Dausa district, declared 1 charge related to murder (IPC Section 302).

· MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder: 4 MLAs, all from INC, have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307)

· Party wise MLAs with criminal cases:25(25%) out of 99 MLAs from INC, 12 (16%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP and 2 (33%) out of 6 MLAs from BSP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

· Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: 16(16%) out of 99 MLAs from INC, 7 (10%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP and 2 (33%) out of 6 MLAs from BSPhave declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Figure: Party wise Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2013 and 2018

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 199 newly elected MLAs, 158 (79%) are crorepatis. Out of199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan 2013 assembly elections, 145 (73%) MLAs were crorepatis

Figure: Comparision of crorepati MLAs: 2008, 2013 and 2018

Partywise crorepati MLAs: 82 (83%)out of 99 MLAs from INC, 58 (79%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP, 11(85%) out of 13 Independent MLAs and 5(83%) out of 6 BSP MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

Figure: Party wise Comparison of Crorepati MLAs in 2013 and 2018

Figure: Share of Wealth among MLAs

Average assets:The average of assets per MLA in the Rajasthan 2018 assembly elections is Rs. 7.39 crores. In 2013, the average assets of 199 MLAs analyzed was Rs 5.81 crores.

Figure: Comparision of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores): 2008, 2013 and 2018

Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 99 INC MLAsanalysed is Rs 9.33 crores and 73 BJP MLAs have average assets of Rs 5.38crores , 13 Independent MLAs have average assets worth Rs. 7.36 crores, 6 BSPMLAs have average assets of Rs 8.70 crores.

High asset MLAs*:The top three MLAs with high assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Parasram Mordia	SIKAR	DHOD (SC)	INC	5,37,78,000	1,67,38,59,000	1,72,76,37,000 172 Crore+	Y
2	Anjana Udailal	CHITTORGARGH	NIMBAHERA	INC	55,89,86,373	51,97,60,000	1,07,87,46,373 107 Crore+	Y
3	Vishvendra Singh	BHARATPUR	DEEG KUMHER	INC	10,68,65,948	93,84,00,000	1,04,52,65,948 104 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

Low asset MLAs: The details of three MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Rajkumar Roat	DUNGARPUR	CHORASI (ST)	Bhartiya Tribal Party	1,02,000	20,000	1,22,000 1 Lacs+	Y
2	Mukesh Kumar Bhakar	NAGAUR	LADNUN	INC	5,92,106	0	5,92,106 5 Lacs+	Y
3	Ramniwas Gawriya	NAGAUR	PARBATSAR	INC	6,45,869	0	6,45,869 6 Lacs+	Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

MLAs with high liabilities: 36(18%) MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Gopal Lal Sharma	BHILWARA	MANDALGARH	BJP	49,08,66,556 49 Crore+	34,24,62,453 34 Crore+	Y
2	Rafeek Khan	JAIPUR	ADARSH NAGAR	INC	49,38,89,846 49 Crore+	33,23,11,570 33 Crore+	Y
3	Ashok	BUNDI	HINDOLI	INC	26,13,11,168 26 Crore+	21,41,92,200 21 Crore+	Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows 3 MLAswho have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.

S.No.	Name	Party	Constituency	District	Total Asset (Rs)	Self Source of Income	Spouse's Source of Income	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	Anjana Udailal	INC	NIMBAHERA	CHITTORGARGH	1,07,87,46,373 107 Crore+	Business	Income From Other Sources, Interest, Profits & Agricultural Income	2017-2018	2,35,78,955 2 Crore+	1,97,23,555 1 Crore+
2	Ramkesh	IND	GANGAPUR	SAWAI MADHOPUR	39,96,63,334 39 Crore+	Business & Agriculture	Business & Agriculture	2017-2018	1,77,61,490 1 Crore+	1,04,99,668 1 Crore+
3	Parasram Mordia	INC	DHOD (SC)	SIKAR	1,72,76,37,000 172 Crore+	Income from Partnership Firm, Interest, Pension and Income from Agriculture, Total-9945903/-	Income from Partnership Firm, Interest, and Income from Agriculture, Total-5054664/-	2017-2018	1,50,00,567 1 Crore+	99,45,903 99 Lacs+

Table: Top 3 MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Sources of Income: 2 (1%) out of 199 MLAs have not declared their sources of income.
MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*:24 (12%) MLAs out of 199analyzed 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*: 9 MLAs with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The details of the top three MLAs with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below:

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party Name	Total Income (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given	Self Income
1	Rampratap Kasniyan	GANGANAGAR	SURATGARH	BJP	0	3,20,39,515 3 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
2	Deepchand	ALWAR	KISHANGARH BAS	BSP	0	2,91,22,000 2 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed
3	Kaluram	JHALAWAR	DAG (SC)	BJP	0	1,77,65,477 1 Crore+	Y	ITR not filed

Table: Top three MLAs with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

OTHER BACKGROUND DETAILS

· Education Details of MLAs: 59 (30%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass while 129 (65%)MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. There are 7 MLAs who have declared themselves to be just literate.

Age details of MLAs:3 (2%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and30 years while 24 (12%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 31 and 40 years. There are 159(80%) MLAs who have declared their age to be between 41 and 70 years while 12 MLAs have declared their age to be between 71 and 80 years while 1 has declared his age to be above 80 years.

Gender details of MLAs: Out of 199 MLAs, 23 (12%) MLAs are women. In 2013, out of 199 MLAs, 28 (14%) MLAs were women.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ASSETS OF RE-ELECTED MLAS

Number of re-elected MLAs: Number of re-elected MLAs analysed in the assembly elections of 2018 is 57.
Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013 was Rs 6.15 crores
Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018 is Rs 7.68 crores.
Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2013 to 2018: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 1.52 crores i.e. by 25%.