Kolkata, Apr 24 (GCCurrentAffairs) The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has stated that at least 210 candidates out of 928 candidates – about 23 per cent – contesting the Lok Sabha Phase 4 election on April 29, have criminal cases against them.

The National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 928 out of 943 candidates, who are contesting in the Lok Sabha Phase 4.

There are 15 candidates who have not been analyzed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report.

At least 210 (23 per cent) out of 928 candidates analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.

There are (17 per cent) out of 928 candidates analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

At least 12 candidates have declared convicted cases against themselves.

There are 5 candidates who have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section -302) against themselves.

At least 24 candidates who have declared cases related to attempt to murder (IPC Section 307) against themselves.

There are 4 candidates who have declared cases related to kidnapping such kidnapping for ransom, etc. (IPC Section-364A), kidnapping (IPC Section-363), Kidnapping or abducting with an intent secretly and wrongfully confine person (IPC Section-365) etc, against themselves.

There are 21 candidates who have declared cases related to crime against women such as assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354), husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A) etc., against themselves.

At least 16 candidates have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves.

Among the major parties, 25 (44 per cent) out of 57 candidates from BJP, 18 (32 per cent) out of 57 candidates from INC, 11 (20 per cent) out of 54 candidates from BSP, 12 (57 per cent) out of 21 candidates analysed from SHS, and 60(17 per cent) out of 345 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Among the major parties, 20 (35 per cent) out of 57 candidates from BJP, 9 (16 per cent) out of 57 candidates from INC, 10 (19 per cent) out of 54 candidates from BSP, 9 (43 per cent) out of 21 candidates analysed from SHS, and 45 (13 per cent) out of 345 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

There are 37 out of 71 constituencies which are red alert constituencies.

Red alert constituencies are those constituencies where three or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.