Analysis of Winning MPs of Lok Sabha 2019 (Criminal Record, Assets, Gender & Education)

National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 539 out of 542 Winners in the Lok Sabha 2019 Elections. Elections in Vellore constituency has been cancelled. 3 Winners were not analysed due to the unavailability of their clear and complete affidavits on the ECI website at the time of making this report.

Criminal Background

• Winners with Declared Criminal Cases Out of the 539 Winners analysed in Lok Sabha 2019, 233 (43%) Winners have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 542 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 185(34%) Winners had declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 543 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 162 (30%) Winners had declared criminal cases against themselves. There is an increase of 44% in the number of MPs with declared criminal cases since 2009.
• Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 159 (29%) Winners in Lok Sabha 2019 Elections have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to rape, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Out of 542 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 112(21%) Winners had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. Out of 543 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 76(14%) Winners had declared serious criminal cases against themselves. There is an increase of 109% in the number of MPs with declared serious criminal cases since 2009.
• An INC Winner, Dean Kuriakose from Idukki constituency has declared 204 criminal cases against himself, including cases related to committing culpable homicide, house trespass, robbery, criminal intimidation etc.

Table:  Winners with Declared Criminal Cases: 2009, 2014, And 2019

• Winners with declared convicted cases: 10 Winners have declared convicted cases against themselves. The details of these winners are given below:

Table: Winners with declared convicted cases

• Winners with cases related to murder: 11 Winners have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302). The details of these winners are given below:

Table: Winners with declared cases related to murder

• Winners with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 30 Winners have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307).
• Winners with cases related to Crimes against Women: 19 Winners have declared cases related to crimes against women.  Out of 19 Winners, 3 Winners have declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376). The details of these winners are given below:

Table: Winners with declared cases related to rape

• Winners with cases related to Kidnapping: 6 Winners have declared cases related to kidnapping. The details of these winners are given below:

Table: Winners with declared cases related to kidnapping

• Winners with cases related to Hate Speech: 29 Winners have declared cases related to hate speech.
• Chances of Winning for candidates with Declared Criminal Cases:    The chances of winning for a candidate with declared criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2019 is 15.5% whereas for a candidate with a clean background, it is 4.7%.
• Party wise Winners with Criminal Cases: 116(39%) out of 301 Winners from BJP, 29(57%) out of 51 Winners from INC, 10(43%) out of 23 Winners from DMK, 9(41%) out of 22 Winners fielded by AITC and 13 (81%) out of 16 winners from JD(U)  have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
• Party wise Winners with Serious Criminal Cases: 87(29%) out of 301 Winners from BJP, 19(37%) out of 51 Winners from INC, 6 (26%) out of 23 Winners from DMK, 4(18%) out of 22 Winners fielded by AITC and 8 (50%) out of 16 winners from JD (U) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Financial Background

• Crorepati Winners: Out of the 539 Winners analysed, 475 (88%) are crorepatis. Out of 542 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2014 elections, 443 (82%) Winners were crorepatis. Out of 543 Winners analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 315(58%) Winners were crorepatis.

Table:  Crorepati Winners: 2009, 2014, And 2019

• Party wise Crorepati Winners: 265(88%) out of 301 Winners from BJP, 43 (84%) out of 51 Winners from INC, 22 (96%) out of 23 Winners from DMK, 20(91%) out of 22 Winners fielded by AITC, 19(86%) out of 22 Winners fielded by YSRCP,and 18(100%) Winners from SHS have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
• Chances of Winning based on assets:  The chance of winning for a crorepati candidate in the Lok Sabha 2019 is 21%, whereas chance of winning for a candidate with assets less than Rs. 1 crore is 1%.

Table: Chances of Winning on the basis of Assets

• Average assets: The average of assets per Winner in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 is Rs 20.93 Crore.
• Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per Winner for 301 BJP Winners is Rs 14.52 Crores, 51 INC Winners have average assets of Rs 38.71 Crores, 23 DMK Winners have average assets worth Rs 24.51 Crores, 22 YSRCP Winners have average assets worth Rs 54.85 Crore, and 22 AITC Winners have average assets of Rs. 6.15 crores.
• High asset Winners*:  The 3 richest Winners  in the Lok Sabha 2019  Elections are given below:

Table: Top three Winners with highest declared assets

• Low asset Winners: The details of top 3 Winners with low assets are given below :

Table: Top 3 low asset Winners

• Winners with high liabilities: The top three Winners with highest liabilities are as given below;

 Table: Top three Winners with high liabilities

#Disputed Liabilities

• Undeclared PAN:  A total of 4 out of the 539 Winners analysed have not declared their PAN details.
• Winners with high income as declared in the ITR*:  The details of top  3 winners with the highest income  are given below :

Table: Top 3 Winners with high income as declared in ITR

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

Other Background Details

• Education details of Winners: 128 (24%) Winners have declared their educational qualification to be between 5^th pass and 12^th pass, while 392 (73%) Winners have declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above. 1Winner has declared himself to be just literate and 1 Winner is Illiterate.
• Age details of Winners: 194 (36%) Winners have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 343 (64%) Winners have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 2 Winners have declared they are more than 80 years old.
• Gender details of Winners: There are 77 (14%) women Winners in the Lok Sabha election this year.  Out of 542 Winners analysed in the Lok Sabha elections 2014, 62 (11%) Winners were women. Out of 543 Winners analysed in the Lok Sabha elections 2009, 59 (11%) Winners were women.

Comparative Analysis of the assets of re-elected MPs

• Average Assets in 2014: The average assets of these 225 re-elected MPs fielded by various parties including independents in 2014 was Rs 17.07 Crores.
• Average Assets in 2019 Elections: The average asset of these 225 re-elected MPs in 2019 is Rs 21.94 Crores.
• Average Asset growth in 5 years (2014-2019): The average asset growth for these 225 re-elected MPs, between the Lok Sabha Elections of 2014 and 2019 is Rs 4.87 Crores.
• Percentage growth in 5 years (2014-2019): Average percentage growth in assets for these 225 re-elected MPs is 29%.

Table : Party Wise Average Assets increase/ decrease of Re-elected MPs

Top 10 Re-elected MPs with highest asset increase (Rupees- wise) *

Table: Assets Comparison of top 10 re-elected MPs – rupees –wise
*There could be assets for which the winner might not have disclosed the value in 2019 or in the affidavit from the previous election

For the complete report, please go to: https://adrindia.org/content/lok-sabha-elections-2019-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-other