Keralites, would you like to do a quick check on the politician you’re voting to power before you head to the polling booths on 16 May? Here is a compact aggregate statistics of candidates who urge you to mandate. Take a call wisely, folks!
After analysing the affidavits submitted by 1203 candidates contesting the assembly elections in Kerala, Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have collated a statistical report of of 1125 candidates(78 Candidates were not analysed due to unclear affidavits available on the website of the ECI & CEO, Kerala).
Criminal background
Courtesy: ADR
48constituencies in the Kerala assembly elections have 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases.
*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases contesting elections.
Party wise criminal share
Courtesy: ADR
Share of wealth among candidates
Courtesy: ADR
Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 1125 candidates, 202 (18%) are crorepatis!
Party-wise crorepatis
Courtesy: ADR
Zero asset candidates
7 candidates have declared zero assets in their self-sworn affidavits.
Courtesy: ADR
High asset candidates
Courtesy: ADR
A total of 496 (44%) candidates out of the 1125 analyzed have not declared their PAN details.
Average value of assets held by candidates (INR) (in Crores)
