REVEALED: Crorepati and criminal candidates in Phase II of LS polls

New Delhi: The second phase of elections in the country will begin on 9th April in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalya, Mizoram and Nagaland. A total of 37candidates will be contesting for the 5 Lok Sabha constituencies. A detailed report released by National Election Watch (NEW) and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) details the educational, financial and criminal background of all the 37 candidates based on their self-sworn affidavits. Criminal Cases Out of the total of 37 candidates contesting from the 5 Lok Sabha constituencies one has declared a criminal case against him. One Sebu Kechu, who is contesting as an independent from Arunachal Pradesh constituency, has declared a criminal case against himself for damaging Rs. 50 note.

23 out of the thirty seven candidates contesting the elections are Crorepatis. Congress leads the number of Crorepatis with 5 candidates, Bjp with 4 and Aap with 4 candidates respectively. Rs. 9.12 crore is the average asset per candidate worth in this category. The average asset for 7 Congress candidates is Rs. 10.56 crore, 4 BJP candidates is Rs. 4.53 crore, 4 AAP candidates is Rs. 2.24 candidates, 2 NPF candidates is Rs16.46 crore and 2 AITC candidates is Rs. 94.79 crore.

Gender Only 5 per cent are females out of the total fielded contestants from all the parties combined.

Education In terms of percentage terms 3 per cent are illiterate, 14 per cent are senior secondary pass and below, 81 per cent are graduates and above, while information about 2 per cent is not given.