Kolkata, Apr 5 (UNI) Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Friday stated that there are 401 candidates- about 32 per cent- contesting the Lok Sabha Phase I election on April 11, have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more.
The National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1266 out of 1279 candidates, who are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase I.
There are 13 candidates who have not been analysed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report.
Among the major parties 69 (83 per cent) out of 83 candidates from INC, 65 (78 per cent) out of 83 candidates from BJP, 15(47 per cent) out of 32 candidates from BSP, 25 (100 per cent) candidates from TDP, 22 (88 per cent) out of 25 candidates from YSRCP and 17 (100 per cent) candidates from TRS have declared assets worth more than Rs 1crore.
The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha phase I election is Rs. 6.63 crores. Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 83 INC candidates is Rs. 21.93 crores, 83 BJP candidates is Rs 14.56 crores, 32 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 12.63 crores, 25 YSRCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 62.94 crores, 25 TDP candidates have average assets worth Rs 57.77 crores, and 17 TRS
candidates have average assets of Rs 45.87 crores.There are 23 candidates who have declared zero assets.
There are 114 candidates have not given PAN details. There are 33 candidates who have declared their annual total income to be more than Rs 1 crore. There are 690 (55 per cent) candidates have not declared their
income tax details. There are 70 candidates with assets worth more than Rs 1 crore
who have not declared their ITR details.