Analysis
of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of
Candidates contesting in the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections
Summary and Highlights
Delhi Election Watch (DEW) and Association for
Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 796 candidates out of 810 candidates who are contesting
in the Delhi State Assembly Elections. (Detailed reports in English and Hindi are attached with this mail)
Criminal:
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Candidates with
Criminal Cases: Out of the 796 candidates analysed,
129 candidates (or 16%) have declared criminal cases against them. In
2008 Delhi Assembly elections there were 111 (14%) candidates
with declared criminal cases out of 790 candidates analysed.
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Candidates with
Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 129 candidates
who have declared criminal cases, 93 (12%) have declared serious
criminal cases. These include attempt to murder, robbery, dacoity and crime against
women.
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Party wise Candidates
with Criminal Cases: 15 (21%) of 70 candidates fielded by INC have declared criminal
cases against them while 31 (46%) out of 68 candidates from BJP,
14 (21%) out of 67 candidates from BSP and 5 (7%) out
of 70 candidates from AAP have declared criminal cases in their
affidavits.
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Party wise Candidates
with Serious Criminal Cases: 8 (11%) of 70 candidates fielded by INC have declared serious
criminal cases against them while 22 (32%) out of 68 candidates
from BJP, 12 (18%) out of 67 candidates from BSP and 5
(7%) out of 70 candidates from AAP have declared serious
criminal cases in their affidavits.
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Party –wise Comparison of Candidates with Criminals
Cases with 2008 Assembly Elections: INC
had 30% candidates with criminal cases in the 2008 Assembly Elections which has
gone down to 21% in the 2013 Assembly Elections. BJP had 35% candidates with
criminal cases in the 2008 Assembly Elections which has risen to 46% in 2013
Assembly Elections. BSP had 23% candidates with criminal cases in the 2008
Assembly Elections which has gone down to 21% in 2013.
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Red Alert
Constituencies*: 14 constituencies have at least 3 candidates from these political parties
with declared criminal cases.*Red Alert Constituencies are those which
have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases standing up for elections. This
analysis excludes independent candidates with criminal cases.
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Cases of Attempt to
Murder and related charges: 1
candidate has declared charges relating to causing death by negligence (IPC
304A) and 3 candidates have declared charges related to attempt
to commit culpable homicide (IPC 308) against themselves while 10 candidates
declared attempt to murder charges.
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Cases related to
Robbery and Dacoity: 3 candidates have declared robbery or
dacoity related charges against them.
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Crimes against Women:
13 candidates have declared crimes against women.
9 of these 13 candidates have declared charges related to assault
or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage
her modesty (IPC Section-354). 1 candidate has declared case related to husband
or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section – 498A) and one candidate
declared a case of causing miscarriage without woman's consent (IPC Section-313)
Financial:
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Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 796 candidates
analysed, 265 (33%) are crorepatis. In 2008 Delhi Assembly elections there were 180
(23%) crorepati candidates out of 790 candidates analysed.
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Average Assets: The average asset per
candidate contesting in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections is Rs.3.43 Crores. Average asset per
candidate in 2008 Delhi Assembly elections was Rs.1.77 crores.
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Party-wise Average
Assets: Among major parties, the
average asset per candidate for INC is Rs 14.25 crores, BJP
candidates have an average assets of Rs.8.16 crores while the average
assets of AAP candidates is Rs. 2.51 crores.
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High Asset
Candidates: Manjinder Singh Sirsa of SAD from Rajouri Garden constituency
has declared highest assets worth Rs.235.51
crores followed by Sushil Gupta
of INC from Moti Nagar constituency
with declared assets worth Rs.164.44 crores
and Ashok Kumar Jain of INC from Delhi Cantt constituency with
declared assets worth Rs.143.69 crores.
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Undeclared
PAN: 117(15%) out of 796 candidates analysed have not declared
their PAN details.
Summary of asset comparison
of re-contesting MLAs
- MLAs Contesting Again: Delhi Election Watch (DEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 66 outgoing MLAs who are contesting again in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections.
- Average Assets in 2008 Elections: The average asset of these 66 re-contesting MLAs fielded by various parties including indpendents in 2008 was Rs 2.90 Crores.
- Average Assets in 2013 Elections: The average asset of these 66 re-contesting MLAs in 2013 is Rs 10.43 Crores.
- Average Asset growth in 5 years (2008-2013): The average asset growth for these 66 re- contesting MLAs, between the Delhi Elections of 2008 and 2013 is Rs 7.53 Crores.
- Percentage growth in 5 years (2008-2013): Average percentage growth in assets for these 66 re-contesting MLAs is 259%.
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Highest
growth In Assets in 5 years (2008-2013): Sat Prakash Rana of BJP from Bijwasan constituency has declared
maximum increase in assets with an increase of Rs 105.51 Crores i.e from Rs 6.38 Crores in 2008 to Rs. 111.89 Crores
in 2013 (Sat
Prakash Rana has not declared the value of two vehicles in his 2008 affidavit) Assets of Ram Singh Netaji of INC from Badarpur constituency
has increased by Rs 50.26 Crores,
from Rs 8.44 Crores in 2008 to Rs 58.71 Crores in 2013. Assets of Tarvinder Singh Marwah of INC from Jangpura
constituency have risen by Rs 27.99
Crores, from Rs 7.06 Crores in 2008 to Rs 35.05 Crores in 2013 (Insurance policy value and
one vehicle value was not provided in his 2008 affidavit).
Other Background details (Education, Gender,
Age):
Candidates Education: A total of 280 (35%) candidates out of 796 analyzed are graduates or have higher degrees. 479 (60%) candidates have educational qualification of 12th pass and below.
Candidates’ Age: A total of 556 (70%) candidates out of the 796
analyzed, have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years. 216 (27%)
candidates declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years. 10 candidates are in the age group of 71-80 years.
Women Candidates: Out of 796 candidates analyzed,
only 69 (9%) women are contesting in
the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections. Among the major political parties, INC and AAP has fielded 6 women
candidates each and 5 women are
contesting under BJP ticket.
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