04-12-2009
72 candidates (27%) with self declared pending criminal charges contesting in third & fourth phase of Jharkhand assembly election 2009 on 8th & 12th December, 2009
Out of these 72 candidates, 38 candidates (14%) have declared serious IPC charges murder and attempt to murder charges against them
All major parties give ticket to candidate with serious pending criminal charges like kidnapping, murder, attempt to murder, dacoity etc. JMM‐7, AJSU‐5, INC‐3, JVM(P)‐3, BJP‐2, RJD‐1
603% Average increase in the assets of the 13 MLAs find to be recontesting in second phase
20 candidates declare their asset more than one crore
Ranchi, December 04, 2009: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGOs and other citizen led organizations, has been working on electoral reforms, improving democracy and governance in India.
NEW has analysed 266 affidavits of candidates contesting for 25 seats of Third & Fourth phase in Jharkhand. This report is based on the analysis of these affidavits.
The following pages give the candidate wise, party wise analysis of criminal, financial and other background of the contesting candidates.
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