Uttar Pradesh, canvassing for fifth phase of assembly elections is in full swing. Star campaigners from all major political parties have very hectic schedule today in most of the poll bound districts. A total of 52 constituencies spread over 11 districts of Tarai and eastern regions of the state will go to poll on February 27.

Districts covered in this phase are Amethi, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar, Baharaich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Basti, Siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir. A total of 618 candidates including 45 women are in the fray.

Our correspondent reports that with only two days are left for campaigning, all major political parties have put their maximum strengths to woo the voters. Rallies and public meetings are being addressed today by the leaders of different political parties.

The BJP has accused Samajwadi Party for weakening Lokayukta and other institutions meant to check corruption. Samajwadi Party President and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Faizabad that BJP was trying to ignore the issue of development in the campaigning. BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing his party’s Parivartan rally today at Gonda district. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be addressing rallies at Baharaich, Basti and Balrampur districts.

BJP president Amit Shah will address public meetings at Azamgarh, Mau and Gorakhpur districts.
BJP has expelled its 18 leaders and workers from Allahabad, Kaushambi, Ballia, Azamgarh Mau Basti and Deoria districts for their anti party activities.

The Election Commission has replaced district magistrates of three districts of Rampur, Jaunpur and Hamirpur. The Commission had received complaints against present incumbents about biased and partial working.

From: ADR India <adr@adrindia.org> on Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:02:23 Add to address bookTo: You & 2 others | See Details

Dear Friends,

The Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 612 out 617 candidates from 75 political parties, including 6 national parties, 4 state parties, 65 unrecognized parties and 220 independent candidates, who are contesting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections to be held on 27Th February, 2017.  The details of candidates who have not been analysed are given below:

S.No Name Party Constituency District
1. VIJAY PRATAP IND GAURA GONDA
2. RAKESH PRATAP SINGH SP GAURIGANJ AMETHI
3. KHALID KHAN BSP KAISERGANJ BAHRAICH
4. RAM KARAN ARYA SP MAHADEWA (SC) BASTI
5. PRAMOD KUMAR RLD RUDHAULI BASTI

For Full Reports in Hindi and English click here: http://adrindia.org/content/analysis-criminal-and-financial-background-details-contesting-candidates-uttar-pradesh-2


Criminal Background

  • Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 612 candidates analyzed, 117 (19%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
  • Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 96 (16%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.
  • Candidates with cases related to murder: 9 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).
  • Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 24 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).
  • Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 8 candidates have declared cases like assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (Indian Penal Code Section-354), rape (IPC Section-376) and husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A).
  • Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 4 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping for ransom, etc. (Indian Penal Code Section- 364, 365).
  • Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 21(41%) out of 51 candidates from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 23 (45%) out of 51 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), 8 (27%) out of 30 candidates from Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD), 17(41%) out of 42 candidates from Samajwadi Party ( SP),3(21%) out of 14 candidates from Indian National Congress(INC), and 19(9%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
  • Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 19(37%) out of 51 candidates from BSP, 14 (28%) out of 51 candidates from BJP, 7 (23%) out of 30 candidates from RLD, 12(29%) out of 42 candidates from SP, 2 (14%) out of 14 candidates from INC and 17(8%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
  • Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 22 constituencies in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections having 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.

Financial Background

 

  • Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the fifth phase of assembly elections Uttar Pradesh is as follows:
Value of assets (Rs.) No. of candidates Percentage of Candidates
Rs.5 cr and above 51 8%
Rs.2 crores to 5 crores 80 13%
Rs. 50 lakhs to 2 crores 102 17%
Rs.10 lakhs to 50 lakhs 195 32%
less than  Rs. 10 lakhs 184 30%

Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates

 

  • High asset candidates: The 3 richest candidates contesting in  the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh  Assembly Elections are given below:
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Name Movable Assets (Rs) Immovable Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) PAN Given
1 Ajay Pratap Singh GONDA COLONELGANJ BJP 2,79,62,192 46,26,00,000 49,05,62,192
49 Crore+		 Y
2 Ameeta Singh AMETHI AMETHI INC 8,60,81,633 28,16,50,000 36,77,31,633
36 Crore+		 Y
3 Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh AMETHI TILOI BJP 4,31,70,454 28,39,59,000 32,71,29,454
32 Crore+		 Y

Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets

 

  • Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 612 candidates, 168 (27%) are crorepatis.
  • Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 43(84%) out of 51 candidates from BSP, 38(75%) out of 51 candidates from BJP, 32 (76%) out of 42 candidates from SP, 7(50%)out of 14 candidates from INC, 9(30%) out of 30 candidates from RLD and 14(6%) out of 220 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
  • Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections is Rs 1.56 Crores.
  • Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 14 INC candidates is Rs.4.40 crores, 51 BJP candidates is Rs 4.64 crores, 51 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 4.16 crores, 42 SP candidates have average assets worth Rs 3.48 crores, 30 RLD candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.20 crores, and 220 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 44.96 lakhs.
  • Zero asset candidate:  There are no candidates who have declared zero assets in their self sworn affidavits.
  • Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets (excluding  candidate with zero asssets) are as follows:  
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Name Movable Assets (Rs) Immovable Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) PAN Given
1 Ramesh Kumar AMBEDKAR NAGAR ALAPUR (SC) Uttar Pradesh Republican Party 1,000 0 1,000
1 Thou+		 N
2 Radheshyam BASTI KAPTANGANJ IND 10,290 0 10,290
10 Thou+		 N
3 Indrajeet BAHRAICH BALHA (SC) IND 12,000* 0 12,000
12 Thou+		 Y

Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets

  * Candidates who have 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 top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Name Total Assets(Rs) Liabilities (Rs) Disputed liabilities (Rs) PAN Given
1 Sri Rakesh Srivastav BASTI BASTI SADAR IND 16,49,93,996
16 Crore+		 6,18,00,000
6 Crore+		 0 Y
2 Smt Rubab Sayeda BAHRAICH BAHARAICH SP 9,93,12,472
9 Crore+		 5,94,00,000
5 Crore+		 0 Y
3 Santosh Kumar GONDA COLONELGANJ BSP 4,61,29,320
4 Crore+		 4,36,17,000
4 Crore+		 0 Y

Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities

# disputed liabilities

 

  • Undeclared PAN: A total of 156 (25.5%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
  • Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: Only 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 50 lakhs. The top 3 candidates  with highest income are as given below:
S.No. Name Party Constituency District Total Asset (Rs) 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 Ritesh BSP JALALPUR AMBEDKAR NAGAR 21,08,13,416  21 Crore+ 2015-2016 59,68,608  59 Lacs+ 59,68,608  59 Lacs+
2 Yash Bhadra Singh Monu RLD ISAULI SULTANPUR 11,39,14,141  11 Crore+ 2016-2017 54,76,170  54 Lacs+ 34,80,927  34 Lacs+
3 Ameeta Singh INC AMETHI AMETHI 36,77,31,633  36 Crore+ 2015-2016 51,45,290  51 Lacs+ 11,27,660  11 Lacs+

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

*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

 

  • Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 365(60%) out of 612 candidates have not declared income tax details.

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Return

  • Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 18 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below:
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Name Total Income (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) PAN Given Self Income
1 Ajay Pratap Singh GONDA COLONELGANJ BJP 0 49,05,62,192 49 Crore+ Y ITR not filed
2 Mashhoor Alam SANT KABIR NAGAR KHALILABAD BSP 0 15,75,68,642 15 Crore+ Y ITR not filed
3 Rustam Ali Saida BAHRAICH BAHARAICH NCP 0 6,00,23,220 6 Crore+ Y ITR not filed

Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

 

Other Background Details

  • Education details of candidates: 266 (43%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th and 12th, while 285 (47%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 38 candidates have declared themselves to be just literates and 9 candidates have declared to be illiterate.
  • Age details of candidates: 429(70%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 181 (29.5%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 2 candidates have not disclosed their age details.

Gender details of candidates: 43 (7%) female candidates are contesting in fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election this year.

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