According to the election affidavits analyzed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 29 of the 30 current chief ministers are crorepatis, with Andhra Pradesh’s Jagan Mohan Reddy having total assets of Rs 510 crore.

The ADR said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the least assets of around Rs 15 lakh.

ADR and Election Watch (NEW) said they have arrived at this conclusion after analyzing the affidavits of all 30 sitting chief ministers of states and union territories.

There are Chief Ministers of 28 States and two Union Territories – Delhi and Puducherry also have Chief Ministers. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir currently does not have a Chief Minister.

ADR said 29 (97%) of the 30 chief ministers analyzed are crorepatis, with an average net worth of Rs 33.96 crore for each chief minister.

As per the ADR report, 13 (43%) out of 30 chief ministers have declared serious criminal cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and criminal intimidation.

The report states that serious criminal cases are non-bailable offenses with imprisonment of more than five years.

The top three chief ministers in terms of assets are Jagan Mohan Reddy of Andhra Pradesh (more than Rs 510 crore), Pema Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh (more than Rs 163 crore) and Naveen Patnaik of Odisha (more than Rs 63 crore).

The ADR said the three chief ministers with the least declared assets are West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee (more than Rs 15 lakh), Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan (more than Rs 1 crore) and Haryana’s Manohar Lal (more than Rs 1 crore).

The report states that both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal have assets worth more than ₹3 crore.