09-12-2009
Average expenses of candidates of all parties nowhere close to 25 lakhs expense limit
19% candidates who contested elections didn't even file expenses
2 MPs and several contestants including that of major parties have not filed expenses till now
Average election expense of candidates of all parties is between 50-55% (or less) of the prescribed limit of 25 Lakhs
Former CEC Lyngdoh, Former Super Cop Julio Rebeiro, General (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury and former DGP I C Dwevedi of National Election Watch ask for deeper scrutiny of expenses and accountability of political parties
Other main points of the analysis -
Only 4 candidates have shown expenses more than the expense limit.
When analyzed party wise, most candidates of the major parties reached nowhere close to the maximum expense limit prescribed.
When analysed state wise, in none of the states the average spending reached even 50% of the expense limit.
Other than the four candidates whose election expenses were more than the maximum expense limit, only 30 candidates spent money during election between 90% of the expense limit, (i.e. 22.5 Lakhs) and the maximum limit (i.e. 25 Lakhs). The list of all these candidates is attached with report.
When analyzed party wise, most candidates of the major parties reached nowhere close to the maximum expense limit prescribed. The average election expenses of the candidates party wise show that average spending of BSP candidates was Rs 6.2 lakhs, for INC was Rs 13.7 lakhs, for BJP was Rs 12.5 lakhs and for SP was Rs 8.9 lakhs.
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