There are 162 newly elected MPs with criminal cases pending against them. Out of these, there are 76 MPs having serious charges against them. Here is the high level summary of the new Lok Sabha:
- Affidavits available for MPs - 543
- MPs with criminal charges - 162 (29.83 %)
- MPs with serious criminal charges - 76 (14.00 %)
- Total criminal cases against MPs - 522
- Total serious IPC sections against MPs - 275
- Total crorepati MPs - 314
As compared to 2004, the number of MPs with pending criminal cases has gone up. There were 128 MPs with pending criminal cases against them in 2004 Lok Sabha out of which 58 had serious pending criminal cases. There is an increase of about 26% in MPs with pending criminal cases and 31% increase in the number of MPs with serious pending criminal cases. There however is a decrease of about 7% in the number of serious pending criminal cases on these MPs.
