With Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh scheduled to be held on November 12, the spotlight is on the 413바카라 웹사이트candidates in the fray for the 68 seats that make up the hill state's Assembly.바카라 웹사이트
The Himachal Pradesh Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has analysed the self-attested affidavits of 412바카라 웹사이트candidates contesting the election this year to find out the literacy and income levels of the candidates as well as their criminal records.바카라 웹사이트Out of 412 candidates analysed, 201 are from National parties, 67 are from State parties, 45 are from registered unrecognized parties and 99 candidates are contesting independently.
The report found that nearly바카라 웹사이트23 percent of바카라 웹사이트candidates contesting the upcoming elections in Himachal바카라 웹사이트face criminal charges The report found that 60 per cent바카라 웹사이트of the candidates appearing for the polls had바카라 웹사이트qualifications of graduate or above.바카라 웹사이트
Criminal history
Despite바카라 웹사이트directions of the Supreme Court, all political parties in Himachal Pradesh have again followed their old practice of giving tickets. This year has seen a larger number of candidates with criminal records contest for power.
Out of 412 candidates analyzed, 94 (23 percent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. The data shows an increase from the바카라 웹사이트2017 state elections, when 61 (18 percent) of the바카라 웹사이트338 candidates analysed바카라 웹사이트had declared criminal cases against themselves.
Moreover, the report also noted that 50 (nearly 12 percent) had바카라 웹사이트declared serious criminal cases against themselves as opposed to바카라 웹사이트31(9 percent) candidates in the last elections.
Among the major parties, 7 (64 percent) out of 11 candidates analysed from CPI(M), 36 (53 percent) out of 68 candidates analysed from INC, 12 (18 percent) out of 68 candidates analysed from BJP, 12 (18 percent) out of 67 candidates analysed from AAP and 2 (4 percent) out of 53 candidates analysed from BSP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
5 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women while two have murder cases registered against them.바카라 웹사이트
Nine (13 percent) out of 68 constituencies going to polls are바카라 웹사이트Red alert constituencies, indicating areas바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트where three바카라 웹사이트or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Average assets바카라 웹사이트
The role of money power in our elections is evident from the fact that all major political parties give tickets to wealthy
candidates.바카라 웹사이트The average assets of candidates contesting this election have been valued at Rs 4.65 crore.바카라 웹사이트A total of 226 candidates who make up 55바카라 웹사이트percent of the bulk contesting this year are crorepatis.
Among the major parties 61(90 percent) out of 68 candidates analysed from INC, 56 (82 percent) out of 68 candidates analysed from BJP, 35 (52 percent) out of 67 candidates analysed from AAP, 4 (36 percent) out of 11 candidates analysed from CPI(M) and 13 (25 percent) out of 53 candidates analysed from BSP have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.
At least 21 percent of candidates have disclosed wealth of over Rs 5 crore while 18 percent have assets valuing from Rs 2 to 5 crore.
Assets of re-contesting MLAs
The average asset of these 58 re-contesting MLAs in 2022 is Rs 12.08 Crores as opposed to바카라 웹사이트Rs 9.30 Crores in 2017.바카라 웹사이트The average asset growth for
these 58 re- contesting MLAs, between the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections of 2017 and 2022 is Rs 2.77 Crores.
As per the ADR, re-contesting MLAs with highest asset increase include:
Balbir Singh Verma of BJP from Chopal constituency who has declared maximum increase in assets with an increase of Rs 37.71 Crores i.e from Rs 90.73 Crores in 2017 to Rs. 128.45 Crores in 2022.
Assets of Anil Sharma of BJP from Mandi constituency has increased by Rs 17.23 Crores, from Rs 40.24 Crores in 2017 to Rs 57.48 Crores in 2022.
Assets of Vikramaditya Singh of INC from Shimla Rural constituency have risen by Rs 17.06 Crores, from Rs 84.32 Crores in 2017 to Rs 101.39 Crores in 2022.
Educational qualifications
A whopping 154 (37 percent) candidates are just "school-pass", having바카라 웹사이트declared their educational qualifications to be between 5th and 12th standard while 246 (60 percent) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. Eight (2 percent) candidates are Diploma holders. While two candidates have declared themselves to be just literate and 2 candidates are Illiterates.