*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 are attached with this mail, for reports in Hindi please visit * http://adrindia.org/content/assembly-elections-states-chhattisgarh-mp-mizoram-rajasthan-delhi *)* *Criminal:* · *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. · *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.* · *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. · *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. · *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. · *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.* · *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*. · *Cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: **3* candidates have declared *robbery* *or dacoity* related charges against them. · *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:* · *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. · *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*. · *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.* · *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*. · · *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%*. · *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. Regards -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
