Punjab Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 117 newly elected MLAs in the Punjab 2017 Assembly Elections.

 

 

Final Party Positions in 2017 Punjab Assembly Elections

Party

Total Seats Won

Bharatiya Janata Party

3

Indian National Congress

77

Aam Aadmi Party

20

Shiromani Akali Dal

15

Lok Insaaf Party

2

Total

117

Criminal background

·         MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 117 MLAs analysed, 16(14%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab Assembly elections in 2012, 19 (16%) MLAs haddeclared criminal cases against themselves.

·         MLAs with serious criminal cases: 11(9%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery etc. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab Assembly elections in 2012, 5 (4%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

                                                             Figure: Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2012 and 2017

 

·         MLAs with cases related to murder and attempt to murder: 3 MLAs have declared cases related tomurder and attempt to murder. Out of the total 3, 2 MLAs are from INC and 1 is from Lok Insaaf Party.

·         MLAs with cases related to crimes against women: 1 MLA has declared cases related to crimes against women. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria of INC from Raja Sansi constituency.

·         Party wise MLAs with criminal cases: 9 (12%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 4 (20%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs Lok Insaaf Party have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

·         Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases: 7 (9%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 1 (5%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 1 (7%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs Lok Insaaf Party have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Financial background

 

 

 


 

·         Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst MLAs contesting in Punjab assembly elections 2017 as follows:

Value of assets (Rs)

No of MLAs

% of MLAs

5 crores and above

59

50%

1 crores to 5 crores

36

31%

25 lakhs to 1 crores

14

12%

less than 25 lakhs

8

7%

Table: Share of wealth amongst MLAs

·         High asset MLAs*:  The top three MLAs with high assets are given below:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Rana Gurjit Singh

KAPURTHALA

KAPURTHALA

INC

1,09,25,25,000

60,64,35,000

1,69,89,60,000
169 Crore+

Y

2

Sukhbir Singh Badal

FAZILKA

JALALABAD

SAD

43,35,33,204

58,72,28,318

1,02,07,61,522
102 Crore+

Y

3

Sukhpal Singh

KAPURTHALA

BHOLATH

AAP

1,02,32,582

65,80,00,000

66,82,32,582
66 Crore+

Y

Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets

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

·         Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 117 newly elected MLAs, 95 (81%) are crorepatis. Out of 117 MLAs analysed during Punjab 2012 assembly elections, 103 (88%) MLAs were crorepatis.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                      

 

·         Low asset MLAs: 3 MLAs in Punjab with lowest assets are as follows:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Rupinder Kaur Ruby

BATHINDA

BATHINDA RURAL (SC)

AAP

1,74,831

0

1,74,831
1 Lacs+

N

2

Kulwant Singh Pandori

SANGRUR

MEHAL KALAN (SC)

AAP

2,70,448

0

2,70,448
2 Lacs+

Y

3

Pirmal Singh Dhaula

BARNALA

BHADAUR (SC)

AAP

3,02,457

0

3,02,457
3 Lacs+

Y

Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets

·         Party wise crorepati MLAs: 67 (87%) out of 77 MLAs from INC, 15 (100%) out of 15 MLAs from SAD,8 (40%) out of 20 MLAs from AAP, 3 (100%) out of 3 MLAs from BJP and 2 (100%) out of 2 MLAs from Lok Insaaf Party have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

·         Average assets: The average of assets per MLA who won in the Punjab 2017 assembly elections is Rs. 11.78 crores whereas the average asset for each candidate who contested in the 2017 assembly elections was Rs. 3.49 crores. In 2012, the average assets per 117 MLAs analyzed was Rs. 10.10 crores.

Figure: Comparative analysis of average assets of MLAs and contesting candidates in 2012 & 2017

·         Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 77 INC MLAs analysed isRs 12.43 crores, 20 AAP MLAs have average assets of Rs 8.33 crores, 15 SAD MLAs have average assets worthRs. 14.54 crores, 3 BJP MLAs have average assets worth Rs. 5.20 crores and 2 Lok Insaaf Party MLAs have average assets of Rs. 10.14 crores

 

·         MLAs with high liabilities: The top three MLAs with highest liabilities are as given below:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets(Rs)

Liabilities (Rs)

Disputed liabilities (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Rana Gurjit Singh

KAPURTHALA

KAPURTHALA

INC

1,09,25,25,000
109 Crore+

60,64,35,000
60 Crore+

1,69,89,60,000
169 Crore+

81,71,22,000
81 Crore+

0

Y

2

Sukhbir Singh Badal

FAZILKA

JALALABAD

SAD

43,35,33,204
43 Crore+

58,72,28,318
58 Crore+

1,02,07,61,522
102 Crore+

# 39,86,61,119
39 Crore+

6,69,000
6 Lacs+

Y

3

Aman Arora

SANGRUR

SUNAM

AAP

16,68,99,000
16 Crore+

49,19,62,000
49 Crore+

65,88,61,000
65 Crore+

15,48,84,000
15 Crore+

0

Y

Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities

# Disputed liabilities

 

·         MLAs who have not declared PAN details: 2 (2%) MLAs have not declared PAN details. They are as follows:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

1

Santokh Singh

AMRITSAR

BABA BAKALA (SC)

INC

18,87,024

18,00,000

36,87,024
36 Lacs+

N

2

Rupinder Kaur Ruby

BATHINDA

BATHINDA RURAL (SC)

AAP

1,74,831

0

1,74,831
1 Lacs+

N

Table: MLAs who have not declared PAN details

·         MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*: 6 MLAs have declared total annual income of more thanRs 1 crore. The top three MLAs with high declared total annual income are given below:

S.No.

Name

Party Name

Constituency

District Name

Total Asset (Rs)

The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by MLA

Total income shown by MLA in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)

Self income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs)

1

Navjot Singh Sidhu

INC

AMRITSAR EAST

AMRITSAR

45,90,98,908

45 Crore+

2015-2016

9,90,99,930

9 Crore+

9,66,28,470

9 Crore+

2

Aman Arora

AAP

SUNAM

SANGRUR

65,88,61,000

65 Crore+

2015-2016

4,23,91,349

 4 Crore+

1,52,33,276

1 Crore+

3

Rana Gurjit Singh

INC

KAPURTHALA

KAPURTHALA

1,69,89,60,000

169 Crore+

2015-2016

2,98,06,967

2 Crore+

2,93,67,212

 2 Crore+

Table: MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns

 *Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents

·         MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 10 (9%) MLAs out of 117 analyzed have not declared income tax details.

* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns

·         Crorepati MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 3 MLAs with assets worth more than Rs 1 crore have not declared their income tax details. They are as follows:

S.No.

Name

District

Constituency

Party Name

Total Income (Rs)

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given

Self Income

1

Jagdev Singh

BATHINDA

MAUR

AAP

0

27,81,630

4,00,00,000

4,27,81,630 4 Crore+

Y

ITR not filed

2

Sukhjit Singh

MOGA

DHARAMKOT

INC

0

1,04,55,268

3,08,65,000

4,13,20,268 4 Crore+

Y

ITR not filed

3

Darshan Singh Brar

MOGA

BHAGHA PURANA TEHSIL

INC

0

25,75,424*

1,00,00,000*

1,25,75,424 1 Crore+

Y

ITR not filed

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

* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same

* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Return

Other background details

·         Education Details of MLAs:  45 (38%) MLAs have declared their education qualification to be between5th pass and 12th pass while 70 (60%) MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

 

·         Age details of MLAs: 51 (44%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 65 (56%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. 1 MLA is above 80 years of age.

 

·         Gender details of MLAs: Out of 117 MLAs, 6 (5%) MLAs are women. In 2012, out of 117 MLAs, 14 (12%) MLAs were women.

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