New Delhi: Five of the 699 candidates in Delhi are billionaires while 23 of them have serious criminal cases against them.

The richest among the candidates is Karnail Singh, who is fighting on a BJP ticket from Shakur Basti. He has declared assets worth Rs 259.67 crore. Incidentally, three candidates have declared zero assets.

Money and Muscle Power in Delhi Assembly Polls
(Figures given in brackets are those of 2020)

Total Candidates: 699 (672)

Women: 96 (79)

Crime and Candidates

With Serious Cases: 81 (104)

Murder: 2

Attempt to Murder: 5

Crime Against Women: 13

Party and Candidates with Serious Cases

AAP: 29

Congress: 13

BJP: 9

Red Alert Constituencies with three or more candidates with criminal cases:
Money and  Candidates
Billionaires (Rs 100 crore and above): 5

Karnail Singh -- Shakur Basti -- BJP -- 259.67 crore

Manjinder Singh Sirsa -- Rajouri Garden -- BJP -- Rs 248.85 crore

Gurcharan Singh -- Krishna Nagar -- Congress -- Rs 130.90 crore

Parvesh Verma -- New Delhi -- BJP -- Rs 115.63 crore

A Dhanwati Chandela -- Rajouri Garden -- AAP -- Rs 109.90 crore

BJP: 3

AAP: 1

Cong: 1

With assets worth Rs 50 crore or more: 23 (13)

BJP: 8

Cong: 7

AAP: 6

Ind: 2

Candidates who declared Zero Assets: 3

Shabana -- Seelampur -- Rashtriya Republican Party

Yogesh Kumar -- Matiala -- Ind

Mohinder Singh -- Matiala -- Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party

Poorest

Ashok Kumar -- Ambedkar Nagar -- Ind -- Rs 6,586

Anita -- New Delhi -- Ind -- Rs 9,500

Khilkhilakar -- Mangol Puri -- Bahujan Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samta Party -- Rs 10,000

Average assets of Candidates: Rs 5.65 crore

BJP: Rs 22.90 crore

Congress: Rs 14.41 crore

AAP: Rs 11.70 crore

Education

324: Between Class 5 and 12

322: Graduate or above

18:  Diploma

6: Just literate 

29: Illiterates

Age

196: 25-40 years 

394: 41-60 years

160: 61-80 years

3: Above 80 years