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Please find the following reports attached in both Hindi and English- <br /> <br />
1. Asset comparison for MPs recontesting in Lok Sabha 09 (Hindi and English) <br />
2. Analysis for Phase 4 lok sabha elections (Hindi and English) <br />
3. Analysis for Phase 1,2,3 and 4 Lok Sabha Elections (Hindi and English)<br />
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<b>Few Highlights-</b> <br /> <br />
<b>Highlights of Asset Comparison of 229 recontesting MPs (please see reports for full details)</b> <br /> <br />
1. The average individual asset increase of recontesting MPs in this list is 298% or 2.67 Cr <br />
2. The maximum % increase in assets among the analysed MPs is 9137% for an MP from UP. <br />
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<b>Highlights for All India phase 4 analysis :</b> <br />
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1. Total no. of Candidates with Criminal Records = 164 (i.e. 12.60% of 1306 candidates) <br />
2. Most of the major political parties have fielded candidates with criminal records, with top four parties being BSP (13), INC (12), BJP (10) and SP (7). <br />
3. There are 159 charges of heinous nature on the candidates which includes, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, extortion, etc. <br />
4. There are 78 candidates charged with heinous crimes. Out of these BSP has the maximum (9) candidates charged with these crimes, INC is next with 6, SP with 4 and BJP and CPM with 3 such candidates. <br />
5. Most states have candidates with criminal background contesting elections- Uttar Pradesh is at the top with 50 candidates out of 314. (or 16%) <br />
6. There are 24 Red Alert constituencies where 3 or more contesting candidates have criminal background. UP has 9 such constituencies followed by 4 each in Haryana and NCT of Delhi. Rajasthan has 3 and Bihar and Punjab 2 each. <br />
7. 259 “Crorepatis” (20%) are contesting elections in phase 4. Congress has 49, followed by BSP with 39, BJP 36 and SP 18.
8. Percentage of contesting crorepatis has increased from 9% in 2004 to 20 % in 2009. <br />
9. Among major parties, the average asset per candidate for BSP is 13 crores, INC 6 crores and BJP 2 crores.
10. 54.7% candidates have not furnished their PAN card details. <br />
11. Number of women candidates is just 117 (9%) as compared to 1189 of men (91%). <br />
12. About 42.60% of candidates are graduates & above. <br />
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<b>Highlights for phase 1, 2, 3 and 4 Analysis- </b>
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1. Total no. of Candidates with Criminal Records = 1042 (i.e. 15.47% of candidates) <br />
2. Most of the major political parties have fielded candidates with criminal records, with top four parties being INC (108), BJP (106), BSP (100) and SP (47). <br />
3. There are 1295 charges of heinous nature on the candidates which includes, murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, extortion, etc. <br />
4. There are 463 candidates charged with heinous crimes. Out of these BJP &BSP each have 40 candidates charged with such crimes, INC is next with 39 and SP has 28 such candidates. <br />
5. Most states have candidates with criminal background contesting elections- Jharkhand is at top with 51 or 29. 82% contesting candidates with criminal background. This is followed by Bihar with 177 such candidates or 27% of contesting candidates.<br />
6. There are 175 Red Alert constituencies where 3 or more contesting candidates have criminal background. Bihar has 33 such constituencies followed by followed by Maharashtra and UP each with 27 such constituencies. <br />
7. 1090 “Crorepatis” (%) are contesting elections in phase 1, 2, 3 and 4. INC has 244, BJP has 165, BSP has 134 and SP has 57 crorepati candidates. <br />
8. Percentage of contesting crorepatis has increased from 9% in 2004 to 16.18% in 2009. v
9. Among major parties, the average asset per candidate for INC is 5 crores, BSP is 3 crores and BJP and SP is 2 crores each. <br />
10. 61.2% candidates have not furnished their PAN card details. <br />
11. Number of women candidates is just 463 (7%). <br />
12. About 43.9 % of candidates are graduate or above. <br />
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Please see through the reports for full details. <br /> <br />
<b> Download: </b> <br /> <br />
<a href="/files/new/pdfs/LS_all_india_ph_4_report.pdf">Analysis for all India Lok Sabha 2009 Phase 4 Election</a> (PDF, 554.6 KB)
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<a href="/files/new/pdfs/LSall_india_phase 1234_report.pdf">Analysis for Lok Sabha 2009 Elections Phase 1, 2, 3 & 4 combined</a> (PDF, 642.1 KB) <br />
<a href="/files/new/pdfs/press_note_asset comparison.pdf">2004 MP's Recontesting in 2009 Lok Sabha Elections</a> (PDF, 434.7 KB) <br />
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Asset comparison for recontesting MPs, Phase 4 report and Phase 1234 report
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