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Kolkata, Apr 5 (UNI) The Arunachal Pradesh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Friday stated that at least 29 candidates out of 184 candidates – about 16 per cent- contesting the Arunachal Assembly election, have declared criminal cases against themselves.

In 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections, out of 148 candidates analysed, 9 (6 per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves.

There are 26 (14 per cent ) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

In 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections, 7 (5 per cent) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

There are 7 (12 per cent) out of 60 candidates from BJP, 9(20 per cent) out of 46 candidates from INC, 8(27 per cent) out of 30 candidates form NPP, 2(13 per cent) out of 15 candidates from JD(U), 1(8 per cent) out of 12 candidates from JD(S) and 1(9 per cent) out of 11 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

There are 4 (7 per cent) out of 60 candidates from BJP, 9(20 per cent) out of 46 candidates from INC, 8 (27 per cent) out of 30 candidates form NPP, 2(13 per cent) out of 15 candidates from JD(U), 1 (8 per cent) out of 12 candidates from JD(S) and 1 (9 per cent) out of 11 independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Out of the 184 candidates, 131(71 per cent) are crorepatis.

In 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections, out of 148 candidates, 88(60 per cent) were crorepatis.

Among the major parties, 54(90 per cent) out of 60 candidates from BJP, 30(65 per cent) out of 46 candidates from INC, 21(70 per cent) out of 30 candidates form NPP, 11(73 per cent) out of 15 candidates from JD(U), 7(58 per cent) out of 12 candidates from JD(S) and 5(46 per cent) out of 11 independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections is Rs 9.86 Crores. In 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections, average assets per candidate for 148 candidates was Rs. 5.04 crores.

Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 60 BJP candidates is Rs. 14.13 crores, 46 INC candidates is Rs 11.95 crores, 30 NPP candidates have average assets of Rs 6.43 crores,15 JD(U) candidates have average assets worth Rs 7.79 crores, 12 JD(S) candidates have average assets worth Rs 4.30 crores, 9 PPA candidates have average assets worth Rs 1.71 crores and 11 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs 3.38 crores.

There is one candidate namely Dayum Para (INC) from Tali constituency who has declared zero assets.

Out of 184 candidates , 35 (19 per cent) candidates’ spouse ,HUF and dependents have more than 60 per cent of the total assets declared in the affidavit.

None of the candidates have declared their ITR details. As per section 10 (26) of IT Act 1961, a member of ST residing in the specific area of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura or Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir is exempt from paying IT.

A total of 2 (1 per cent) candidates have not declared their PAN details.

There are 68 (37 per cent) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th and 12th, while 106 (58 per cent) candidates have declared having educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 candidates are literate while 5 are illiterate.

There are 35(19 per cent) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 to 40 years while 130 (71 per cent) candidates

The average assets of re-contesting MLAs in 2014 was Rs 10.45 crores.

The average assets of re-contesting MLAs in 2019 is Rs 18.42 crores.

Average growth in assets of re-contesting MLAs from 2014 to 2019:
The growth in average assets of re-contesting MLAs is Rs 7.96 crores
i.e. by 76 per cent.
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