LS Candidates with Criminal Background

Criminal Background

· Candidates with Criminal Cases: 170(19%) out of 909 candidates analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 127(14%) out of 909 candidates analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· Candidates with Declared Convicted Cases: 5 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to Murder: 12 candidates have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section -302) against themselves.

Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 34 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 7 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping (IPC Section-363), Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364) and Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person (IPC Section-365) against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to Crime Against Women: 20 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women such as assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354), Dowery death (IPC Section-304B), husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A) etc and Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman (IPC Section-509) against themselves. Among these 20 candidates, 2 have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section 376) against themselves.

· Candidates with cases related to Hate Speech: 10 candidates have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves.

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 18(42%) out of 43 candidates from BJP, 14 (31%) out of 45 candidates from INC, 6(15%) out of 39 candidates from BSP, 3(21%) out of 14 candidates analysed from AAP and 29(9%) out of 313 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: Among the major parties, 15(35%) out of 43 candidates from BJP, 10 (22%) out of 45 candidates from INC, 4(10%) out of 39 candidates from BSP, 1(7%) out of 14 candidates analysed from AAP and 24(8%) out of 313 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: 33 out of 59 constituencies are red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those constituencies where 3 or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Financial Background

· Crorepati Candidates: There are 278(31%) candidates who have assets worth Rs. 1 crore and more.

· Party wise Crorepati Candidates: Among the major parties 40(89%) out of 45 candidates from INC, 36(84%) out of 43 candidates from BJP, 11(28%) out of 39 candidates from BSP, 9(64%) out of 14 candidates from AAP and 59(19%) out of 313 indpendent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

· Average assets: The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 7 election is Rs. 4.61 crores.

· Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 45 INC candidates is Rs. 17.15 crores, 43 BJP candidates is Rs 9.82 crores, 39 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 5.24 crores, and 14 AAP candidates have average assets of Rs 5.20 crores

High asset candidates: The details of the top 3 candidates with the highest assets are given below :

S.No.

Name

State

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Ramesh Kumar Sharma

BIHAR

PATALIPUTRA

IND

7,08,33,190

11,00,50,00,000

11,07,58,33,190
1107 Crore+

Y

2

Sukhbir Singh Badal

PUNJAB

FIROZPUR

SAD

1,00,30,02,445

1,17,69,17,425

2,17,99,19,870
217 Crore+

Y

3

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

PUNJAB

BATHINDA

SAD

1,00,30,02,445

1,17,69,17,425

2,17,99,19,870
217 Crore+

Y

Table: Top 3 high asset candidates

· Zero Assets Candidates: There are 3 candidates who have declared zero assets are as follows:

S.No.

Name

State

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Pappu Kumar

Punjab

Sangrur

IND

0

0

0

Y

2

Shiv Charan

Uttar Pradesh

Maharajganj

Jai Hind Samaj Party

0

0

0

Y

3

Sunil Kumar Pandey

Uttar Pradesh

Salempur

IND

0

0

0

N

· Low asset candidates: The details of three candidates with lowest assets( excluding zero assets candidates) are as follows:

S.No.

Name

State

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Urmila

Punjab

Jalandhar

Ambedkar National Congress

295

0

295
2 Hund+

N

2

Jani Karan

Madhya Pradesh

Khargone

IND

1,000

0

1,000
1 Thou+

Y

3

Chain Singh Bainka

Punjab

Amritsar

IND

3,000*

0

3,000
3 Thou+

Y

Table: Candidates with low 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 details of top 3 candidates with high liabilities are given below:

S.No.

Name

State

Constituency

Party Name

Total Assets(Rs)

Liabilities (Rs)

Disputed liabilities (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Sukhbir Singh Badal

Punjab

Firozpur

SAD

2,17,99,19,870
217 Crore+

# 95,48,52,600
95 Crore+

8,82,664
8 Lacs+

Y

2

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Punjab

Bathinda

SAD

2,17,99,19,870
217 Crore+

# 95,48,52,600
95 Crore+

8,82,664
8 Lacs+

Y

3

Ajay Singh Dharmendra Deol (Sunny Deol)

Punjab

Gurdaspur

BJP

87,19,25,679
87 Crore+

53,46,44,785
53 Crore+

0

Y

Table: top 3 candidates with high liabilities

#Disputed Liabilities

· Undeclared PAN: 81 (9%) candidates have not given PAN details.

· Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: The details of top 3 candidates with the highest annual income** are given below:

S.No.

Name

Party

Constituency

State

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 candidate

Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)

Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)

1

Kewal Singh Dhillon

INC

SANGRUR

PUNJAB

1,31,07,93,341 131 Crore+

Pension, Rental Income ,Interest Income

Salary Income ,Rental Income ,Interest Income

2017-2018

2,82,34,531 2 Crore+

65,00,624 65 Lacs+

2

Sukhbir Singh Badal

SAD

FIROZPUR

PUNJAB

2,17,99,19,870 217 Crore+

Salary as MLA, Rental Income, Interest & Agriculture Income

Salary as Minister, Rent, Interest & Agriculture Income

2017-2018

2,62,83,388 2 Crore+

2,42,12,177 2 Crore+

3

Harsimrat Kaur Badal

SAD

BATHINDA

PUNJAB

2,17,99,19,870 217 Crore+

Salary as Minister ,Rent, Interest and Agriculture Income

Salary as MLA,Rental Income, Interest and Agriculture Income

2017-2018

2,62,83,388 2 Crore+