Thursday, December 13, 2018

                                        13th December, 2018

Dear Friends,

Rajasthan Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 199 newly elected MLAs of 2018 out of 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly. Due to the demise of one BSP candidate, Laxman Singh from Ramgarh constituency, the election to this constituency was adjourned. For the complete report, please go to https://adrindia.org/content/rajasthan-assembly-elections-2018-criminal-financial-and-other-background-details-mlas 
Figure: Final Party Position



·        MLAs with criminal cases: Out of the 199 MLAs analysed, 46(23%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan Assembly elections in 201336 (18%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.
MLAs with serious criminal cases:28(14%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping etc. Out of199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan Assembly elections in 201319 (10%) MLAs haddeclared serious criminal cases against themselves.    


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                                                 Figure: Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2008, 2013 and 2018

·        MLAs with declared cases related to murder:  1 MLA, Parsadi Lal of INC who contested from Lalsot Constituency of Dausa district, declared 1 charge related to murder (IPC Section 302).
·        MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder:  4 MLAs, all from INC, have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307)
·        Party wise MLAs with criminal cases:25(25%) out of 99 MLAs from INC12 (16%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP and 2 (33%)  out of 6 MLAs from BSP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
·        Party wise MLAs with serious criminal cases:  16(16%) out of 99 MLAs from INC7 (10%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP and 2 (33%)  out of 6 MLAs from BSPhave declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.


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Figure: Party wise Comparison of MLAs with declared criminal cases in 2013 and 2018


Crorepati MLAsOut of the 199 newly elected MLAs, 158 (79%) are crorepatis. Out of199 MLAs analysed during Rajasthan 2013 assembly elections145 (73%) MLAs were crorepatis    
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Figure: Comparision of crorepati MLAs: 2008, 2013 and 2018


  • Partywise crorepati MLAs: 82 (83%)out of 99 MLAs from INC58 (79%) out of 73 MLAs from BJP11(85%) out of 13 Independent MLAs and 5(83%) out of 6 BSP MLAs have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.

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Figure: Party wise Comparison of Crorepati MLAs in 2013 and 2018

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Figure: Share of Wealth among MLAs

  • Average assets:The average of assets per MLA in the Rajasthan 2018 assembly elections is Rs. 7.39 crores. In 2013, the average assets of 199 MLAs analyzed was Rs 5.81 crores.
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                                                                                            Figure: Comparision of Average Assets (Rs. in Crores): 2008, 2013 and 2018
  

  • Party wise average assets: The average assets per MLA for 99 INC MLAsanalysed is Rs 9.33 crores and 73 BJP MLAs have average assets of Rs 5.38crores , 13 Independent MLAs have average assets worth Rs. 7.36 crores6 BSPMLAs have average assets of Rs 8.70 crores.

  • 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
SIKAR
DHOD (SC)
INC
5,37,78,000
1,67,38,59,000
1,72,76,37,000
 172 Crore+
Y
2
CHITTORGARGH
NIMBAHERA
INC
55,89,86,373
51,97,60,000
1,07,87,46,373
 107 Crore+
Y
3
BHARATPUR
DEEG KUMHER
INC
10,68,65,948
93,84,00,000
1,04,52,65,948
 104 Crore+
Y
 Table: Top three MLAs with highest declared assets
  • Low asset MLAs: The details of  three MLAs with the lowest assets are given below:
S.No.
Name
District
Constituency
Party Name
Movable Assets (Rs)
Immovable Assets (Rs)
Total Assets (Rs)
PAN Given
1
DUNGARPUR
CHORASI (ST)
Bhartiya Tribal Party
1,02,000
20,000
1,22,000
 1 Lacs+
Y
2
NAGAUR
LADNUN
INC
5,92,106
0
5,92,106
 5 Lacs+
Y
3
NAGAUR
PARBATSAR
INC
6,45,869
0
6,45,869
 6 Lacs+
Y
Table: Three MLAs with lowest declared assets
  • MLAs with high liabilities: 36(18%) MLAs have declared liabilities of Rs 1 crore and above, and the details of the top 3 MLAs are as follows:
S.No.
Name
District
Constituency
Party Name
Total Assets(Rs)
Liabilities (Rs)
PAN Given
1
BHILWARA
MANDALGARH
BJP
49,08,66,556
 49 Crore+
34,24,62,453
 34 Crore+
Y
2
JAIPUR
ADARSH NAGAR
INC
49,38,89,846
 49 Crore+
33,23,11,570
 33 Crore+
Y
3
BUNDI
HINDOLI
INC
26,13,11,168
 26 Crore+
21,41,92,200
 21 Crore+
Y
 Table: Top three MLAs with high liabilities


  • MLAs with high income as declared in ITR*:The table below shows MLAswho have declared highest income in their Income Tax Returns.
S.No.
Name
Party
Constituency
District
Total Asset (Rs)
Self Source of Income
Spouse's Source of Income
The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by winner
Total income shown by winner in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)
Self income shown by winner in ITR (Rs)
1
INC
NIMBAHERA
CHITTORGARGH
1,07,87,46,373
107 Crore+
Business
Income From Other Sources, Interest, Profits & Agricultural Income
2017-2018
2,35,78,955  2 Crore+
1,97,23,555  
1 Crore+
2
IND
GANGAPUR
SAWAI MADHOPUR
39,96,63,334
39 Crore+
Business & Agriculture
Business & Agriculture
2017-2018
1,77,61,490  1 Crore+
1,04,99,668  
1 Crore+
3
INC
DHOD (SC)
SIKAR
1,72,76,37,000  172 Crore+
Income from Partnership Firm, Interest, Pension and Income from Agriculture, Total-9945903/-
Income from Partnership Firm, Interest, and Income from Agriculture, Total-5054664/-
2017-2018
1,50,00,567 
1 Crore+
99,45,903 
 99 Lacs+
Table: Top 3 MLAs with high income as declared in income tax returns
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents


  • Sources of Income 2 (1%) out of 199 MLAs have not declared their sources of income.
  • MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*:24 (12%) MLAs out of 199analyzed have not declared income tax details.
* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
  • MLAs with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 9 MLAs with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The details of the top three MLAs 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
GANGANAGAR
SURATGARH
BJP
0
3,20,39,515 3 Crore+
Y
ITR not filed
2
ALWAR
KISHANGARH BAS
BSP
0
2,91,22,000 2 Crore+
Y
ITR not filed
3
JHALAWAR
DAG (SC)
BJP
0
1,77,65,477 1 Crore+
Y
ITR not filed
 Table: Top three MLAs with highest assets who have not declared ITR details
* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns


·        Education Details of MLAs:  59 (30%) MLAs have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass while 129 (65%)MLAs have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or aboveThere are 7 MLAs who have declared themselves to be just literate.
  • Age details of MLAs:3 (2%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 25 and30 years while 24 (12%) MLAs have declared their age to be between 3and 40 years. There are 159(80%) MLAs who have declared their age to be between 41 and 70 years while 12 MLAs have declared their age to be between 71 and 80 years while 1 has declared his age to be above 80 years.

Gender details of MLAs: Out of 199 MLAs, 23 (12%) MLAs are women. In 2013, out of 199 MLAs, 28 (14%) MLAs were women.


  • Number of re-elected MLAsNumber of re-elected MLAs analysed in the assembly elections of 2018 is 57.
  • Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2013 was Rs 6.15 crores
  • Average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018: The average assets of re-elected MLAs in 2018 is Rs 7.68 crores.
  • Average growth in assets of re-elected MLAs from 2013 to 2018: The growth in average assets of re-elected MLAs is Rs 1.52 crores i.e. by 25%.
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