Candidates with Criminal Cases:
Criminal Background
Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of 836 candidates analyzed, 168 (20%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 143 (17%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.
- Candidates with cases related to murder: 15 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).
- Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 42 candidates have declared cases related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).
- Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 5 candidates have declared cases related to cases, including assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (Indian Penal Code Section-354) and rape (IPC Section-376).
- Candidates with cases related to Kidnapping: 2 candidates have declared cases related to kidnapping for ransom, etc. (Indian Penal Code Section-364A).
- Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 29(40%) out of 73 candidates fromBhartiya janta Party (BJP), 28 (38%) out of 73 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP), 19 (33%) out of 57 candidates from Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD), 15 (29%) out of 51 candidates from Samjwadi Party ( SP),6 (25%) out of 24 candidates from Indian National Congress(INC),and 38 (13%) out of 293 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 26(36%) out of 73 candidates from BSP, 22 (30%) out of 73 candidates from BJP, 15 (26%) out of 57 candidates from RLD, 13(26%) out of 51 candidates from SP, and 34 (12%) out of 293 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Red Alert Constituencies*: There are 26 constituencies in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections having 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. *Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.
Financial Background
- Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in the first phase of assembly elections Uttar Pradesh is as follows:
| Value of assets (Rs.) | No of candidates | Percentage of Candidates |
| Rs.5 cr and above | 119 | 14% |
| Rs.2 crores to 5 crores | 103 | 12% |
| Rs. 50 lakhs to 2 crores | 167 | 20% |
| Rs.10 lakhs to 50 lakhs | 203 | 24% |
| less than Rs. 10 lakhs | 244 | 30% |
Table: Share of wealth amongst contesting candidates
- High asset candidates: The 3 richest candidates contesting in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections are given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | Nazir Ahamad | AGRA | AGRA SOUTH | INC | 1,94,21,70,975 | 17,25,40,000 | 2,11,47,10,975 211 Crore+ | Y |
| 2 | Satish Kumar Sharma | MATHURA | MANT | BJP | 16,77,76,333 | 97,52,05,508 | 1,14,29,81,841 114 Crore+ | Y |
| 3 | Rani Pakshalika Singh | AGRA | BAH | BJP | 3,16,74,813 | 55,13,24,000 | 58,29,98,813 58 Crore+ | Y |
Table: Top three candidates with highest declared assets
- Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 836 candidates, 302 (36%) are crorepatis.
Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 66(90%) out of 73 candidates from BSP, 61(84%) out of 73 candidates from BJP, 40 (78%) out of 51 candidates from SP, 18(75%)out of 24 candidates from INC, 41(72%) out of 57 candidates from RLD and 43 (15%) out of 293 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections is Rs 2.81 Crores.
- Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 24 INC candidates is Rs. 13.18 crores, 73 BJP candidates is Rs 7.40 Crores, 73 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 6.77 Crores, 57 RLD candidates have average assets worth Rs 5.15 Crores, 51 SP candidates have average assets worth Rs 5.98 crores, and 293 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 80.57 lakhs.
- Zero asset candidate: 1 candidate namely Parvez Ali, independent candidate from Thana Bhawan constituency has declared zero assets in his self sworn affidavits.
- Low asset candidates: The three candidates with lowest assets (excluding candidate with zero asssets) are as follows:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party Name | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1. | Ambedkari Hasanuram Ambedkari* | AGRA | KHERAGARH | IND | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 1 Thou+ | N |
| 2. | Geeta | BAGHPAT | BAGHPAT | Sarv Sambhaav Party | 4,000 | 0 | 4,000 4 Thou+ | N |
| 3. | Raj Kumar | MEERUT | HASTINAPUR (SC) | Rashtriya Kisan Majdoor Party | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 5 Thou+ | N |
Table: Candidates with declared lowest assets
*Candidate is contesting from Agra Rural constituency as well
- Candidates with high liabilities: The top three candidates with highest liabilities are as given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party | Total Assets(Rs) | Liabilities (Rs) | Disputed liabilities (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | Ashraf Qureshi | AGRA | AGRA SOUTH | IND | 34,05,04,157 34 Crore+ | 16,61,74,785 16 Crore+ | 0 | Y |
| 2 | Satish Kumar Sharma | MATHURA | MANT | BJP | 1,14,29,81,841 114 Crore+ | # 14,50,18,965 14 Crore+ | 1,71,01,655 1 Crore+ | Y |
| 3 | Jagan Prasad Garg | AGRA | AGRA NORTH | BJP | 16,78,04,565 16 Crore+ | 11,47,85,000 11 Crore+ | 0 | Y |
Table: Top three candidates with high liabilities
#Disputed Liabilities
- Undeclared PAN: A total of 186 (22%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
- Candidates with high income as declared in the ITR*: 3 candidates have declared total annual income of more than Rs 3 Crore. These candidates are as given below:
| S.No. | Name | Party | Constituency | District | Total Asset (Rs) | The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by candidate | Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs) | Self income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs) |
| 1 | Nazir Ahamad | INC | AGRA SOUTH | AGRA | 2,11,47,10,975 211 Crore+ | 2015-2016 | 16,09,99,819 16 Crore+ | 15,80,04,606 15 Crore+ |
| 2 | Mukesh Kumar Chaudhary | SP | CHARTHAWAL | MUZAFFARNAGAR | 11,44,31,171 11 Crore+ | 2014-2015 | 3,48,85,464 3 Crore+ | 3,32,27,332 3 Crore+ |
| 3 | Zafar Alam | SP | ALIGARH | ALIGARH | 40,94,69,000 40 Crore+ | 2016-2017 | 3,45,55,477 3 Crore+ | 3,35,96,747 3 Crore+ |
Table: Candidates with high income as declared in ITR
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
- Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 432(52%) out of 836 candidates have not declared income tax details.
* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
- Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 46 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore have not declared Income Tax details. The top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared their IT returns are as given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party Name | Total Income (Rs) | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given | Self Income |
| 1 | Amar Singh Yadav | HATHRAS | SIKANDRA RAO | IND | 0 | 10,76,087 | 20,76,05,000 | 20,86,81,087 20 Crore+ | Y | ITR not filed |
| 2 | Zakir Ali | GHAZIABAD | LONI | BSP | 0 | 71,46,228 | 18,26,04,000 | 18,97,50,228 18 Crore+ | Y | ITR not filed |
| 3 | Anil Kumar | SHAMLI | KAIRANA | RLD | 186040 | 28,35,363 | 10,41,14,000 | 10,69,49,363 10 Crore+ | Y | ITR not filed |
Table: Top three candidates with highest assets who have not declared ITR details
* Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
Other Background Details
- Education details of candidates: 402 (48%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th and 12th, while 336 (40%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 64 candidates have declared themselves to be just literates and 15 candidates have declared to be illiterate.
- Age details of candidates: 581 (69%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 239 (29%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years. While 3 candidate has disclosed to be older than 80 years of age, 13 candidates have not disclosed their age details.
Gender details of candidates: 70 (8%) female candidates are contesting in first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly election this year.
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