Press Release

Lok Sabha Elections 2014

Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Winners

Summary and Highlights

National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 541 winners out of 543 winners in the Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The following winners were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.

Detailed Report in English attached with this mail

S.No	State	Constituency Name	Winner	Party	Issue
1	Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	Bidyut Baran Mahato	BJP	Bad scan
2	Maharashtra	Satara	Shrimant Chh. Udayanraje Pratapsinha Bhonsale	NCP	Bad scan – Annexure pages of criminal case details

Final Party Positions in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

Party	Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	282
Indian National Congress	44
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	37
All India Trinamool Congress	34
Biju Janata Dal	20
Shiv Sena	18
Telugu Desam	16
Telangana Rashtra Samithi	11
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	9
Nationalist Congress Party	6
Lok Jan Shakti Party	6
Samajwadi Party	5
Aam Aadmi Party	4
Rashtriya Janata Dal	4
Shiromani Akali Dal	4
All India United Democratic Front	3
Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	3
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	3
Independent	3
Indian National Lok Dal	2
Indian Union Muslim League	2
Janata Dal (Secular)	2
Janata Dal (United)	2
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2
Apna Dal	2
Communist Party of India	1
All India N.R. Congress	1
Kerala Congress (M)	1
Naga Peoples Front	1
National Peoples Party	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1
Sikkim Democratic Front	1
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1
Swabhimani Paksha	1
Total	543

Criminal Background

Winners with Criminal Cases: Out of the 541 winners analysed, 186 (34%) winners have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 521 winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 158 (30%) winners had declared criminal cases against themselves
Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 112 (21%) winners have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, communal disharmony, kidnapping, crimes against womenetc. Out of 521 winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 77 (15%) winners had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Winners with cases related to murder: 9 winners have declared cases related to murder. Out of these 4 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner has been fielded by INC, LJP, RJD, Swabhimani Paksha eachand one winner is an independent.
Winners with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 17 winners have declared cases of attempt to murder. Out of these, 10 winners have been fielded by BJP, 2 winners by AITC and one winner each from INC, NCP, RJD, Shiv Sena and Swabhimani Paksha.
Winners with cases related to Crimes against Women: Adv.Joice George an Independent from Idukki constituency, Kerala has declared a case related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354). Ahir Hansraj Gangaram of BJP from Chandrapur constituency, Maharashtra has declared a case related to Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc. (IPC Section-366).
Winners with cases related to causing Communal Disharmony: 16 winners declared cases related to causing communal disharmony. Out of these, 12 winners were fielded by BJP and 1 winner by TRS, Pattali Makkal Katchi, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and AIUDF each.
Winners with cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 10 winners have declared cases related to robbery and dacoity. Out of these, 7 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner each from RJD, Swabhimani Paksha and 1 winner is an Independent
Winners with cases related to Kidnapping: 7 winners have declared cases related to Kidnapping. Out of these, 3 winners have been fielded by BJP, 1 winner each from AITC, LJP and RJD each. 1 winner is anIndependent.
Party wise Winners with Criminal Cases: 98 (35%) out of 281 winners
analysed

from BJP, 8 (18%) out of 44 winners from INC, 6 (16%) out of 37 winners from AIADMK, 15 (83%) out of 18 winners from Shiv Sena and 7(21%) out of 34 winners fielded by AITC winners have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 63 (22%) out of 281 winners
analysed
from BJP, 3 (7%) out of 44 winners from INC, 3 (8%) out of 37 winners from AIADMK, 8 (44%) out of 18 winners from Shiv Senaand 4 (12%) out of 34 winners fielded by AITC winners have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Chances of Winning for Candidates with Criminal Cases: The chances of winning for a candidate with criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections are 13% whereas for a candidate with a clean record it is 5%.

Financial Background

Crorepati Winners: Out of the 541 winners analysed, 442 (82%) are crorepatis. Out of 521 winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 300 (58%) winners were crorepatis.
Party-wise Crorepati Winners: 237 (84%) out of 281 winners
analysed
in BJP, 35 (80%) out of 44 winners in INC, 29 (78%) out of 37 winners in AIADMK and 21 (62%) out of 34 winners in AITC have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

Chances of Winning for Crorepati Candidates: The chances of winning for a crorepati candidate in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections are 20% whereas for a candidate with low assets (<Rs. 1 crore) it is 2%.

Candidates Asset Position and Chances of Winning: 414 winners (77%) occupy top three highest asset positions in their respective constituency. 159 (29%) winners have the highest declared assets in their constituency. 142 (26%) winners have the second highest declared assets in their constituency.
Chances of Winning based on Assets: 131 (29%) out of 449 candidates with assets more than Rs. 10 crores won in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections, while 70 (22%) out of 320 candidates with assets between Rs. 5 crores to Rs. 10 crores and 241(17%) out of 1443 candidates with assets between Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 5 crores won the elections.
Average Assets: The average assets per winner for Lok Sabha 2014 elections are

Rs. 14.61

crores

whereas the average asset for each candidate was Rs. 3.16 crores. In 2009 the average assets per winner of 521 winners analysed was Rs. 5.35 crores
Party-wise Average Assets: Among major parties, the average assets per winner
analysed
for 281 BJP winners is Rs 11.59 crores, 44 INC winners have average assets of Rs.16.71 crores, 37 AIADMK winners have average assets worth of Rs.6.47 crores and 34 AITC winners have average assets of Rs. 2.51 crores.
High Asset Winners*: 32 winners have declared more than Rs.50 crores worth of assets. The top three winners with highest assets are given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Jayadev Galla	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	TDP	6,83,05,81,361 683 Crore+	Y
2	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy	Andhra Pradesh	Chevella	TRS	5,28,62,30,210 528 Crore+	Y
3	Gokaraju Ganga Raju	Andhra Pradesh	Narsapuram	BJP	2,88,35,67,122 288 Crore+	Y

*Total Assets includes income of self, spouse and dependents.

Low Asset Winners: A total of 3 winners have declared assets less than Rs. 5 lakhs. The three winners with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Sumedha Nand Saraswati	Rajasthan	Sikar	BJP	34,311 34 Thou+	Y
2	Mahant Chand Nath Yogi	Rajasthan	Alwar	BJP	1,99,653 1 Lacs+	Y
3	Uma Saren	West Bengal	Jhargram	AITC	4,99,646 4 Lacs+	Y

Winners with High Liabilities: A total of 96 winners have declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore and above. Out of these 96 winners, 16 have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 crore and above.

The winners with the top three liabilities are as given below:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets(Rs)	Liabilities (Rs)	PAN Given
1	Srinivas Kesineni	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	TDP	1,28,41,22,669 128 Crore+	71,54,62,989 71 Crore+	Y
2	Poonam Mahajan Alias Poonam Vajendla Rao	Maharashtra	Mumbai North Central	BJP	1,08,08,67,626 108 Crore+	41,44,79,088 41 Crore+	Y
3	Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Punjab	Bathinda	SAD	1,08,16,64,910 108 Crore+	41,26,34,299 41 Crore+	Y

Crorepati Winners with no PAN: 2 winners with total assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared PAN details. These winners are as follows:

S.No.	Name	State	Constituency	Party Name	Total Assets (Rs)
1	C. L. Ruala	Mizoram	Mizoram	INC	2,57,33,421 2 Crore+
2	Prasanna Kumar Patasani,	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	BJD	1,35,57,443 1 Crore+

Winners with High Income as declared in ITR*: 47 winners have declared total annual income of more than Rs. 1 crore. The top three winners with highest declared annual income are given below:

S.No.	Name	Party Name	Constituency	State	Total Assets	Total income shown by winner in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent)	Self income shown by winner in ITR
1	Jayadev Galla	TDP	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	6,83,05,81,361 683 Crore+	16,85,54,700 16 Crore+	16,30,91,770 16 Crore+
2	Konda Vishweshwar Reddy	TRS	Chevella	Andhra Pradesh	5,28,62,30,210 528 Crore+	14,64,24,120 14 Crore+	62,66,140 62 Lacs+
3	Thambidurai.M	AIADMK	Karur	Tamil Nadu	13,24,57,262 13 Crore+	10,68,54,272 10 Crore+	17,05,970 17 Lacs+

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Winners who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 44 (8%) winners out of 541 analyzed have not declared income tax details.* Some winners may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
Winners with High Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details: 25 winners with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore, have not declared Income Tax Details.

Other Background Details

Education Details of Winners: 1 winner has declared that he is illiterate. 125 (23%) winners have declared that have an education qualification of 12^th pass or below while 405 (75%) winners have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above
Age Details of Winners: 202 (37%) winners have declared their age to be between 25 to 50 years while 298 (55%) winners have declared their age to be between 51 to 70 years and 41(8%) winners have declared their age to be above 71 years.
Gender Details of Winners: Out of 541 winner analyed, 62 (11%) winners are women while 479 (88%) winners are men.

In 2009, out of 521 winners analysed, 57 (11%) winners were women.