6% i.e 30 of 539 Candidates in first phase of Assam Poll with Criminal Background, Facts First phase Assam Polls, Candidate Details First Phase of Assam Polls

6% i.e 30 of 539 Candidates in first phase of Assam Poll with Criminal Background, Facts First phase Assam Polls, Candidate Details First Phase of Assam Polls, Assam Polls First Phase Live Voting, Assam First Phase exit poll, Assam Assembly Election 2016

Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 539 candidates who are contesting in the first Phase of Assam Assembly Elections to be held on 04 April 2016.

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of all the 539 candidates, 30 (6%) candidates have declared criminal cases

against themselves.

Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 25 (5%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases

related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.

Candidates with cases related to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases related to murder (Indian Penal Code

Section-302). Kushal Dowari of the BJP from Thowra constituency has declared 1 charge related to murder.

Janardan Hazarika, of Independent from Amguri constituency has declared 1 charge related to murder.

Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 1 candidate namely Kushal Dowari of BJP from Thowra

constituency has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-307).

Criteria for serious criminal cases

1. Offence for which maximum punishment is of 5 years or more.

2. If an offence is non-bailable

3. If it is an electoral offence (for eg. IPC 171E or bribery)

4. Offence related to loss to exchequer

5. Offences that are assault, murder, kidnap, rape related

6. Offences that are mentioned in Representation of the People Act(Section 8)

7. Offences under Prevention of Corruption Act

8. Crimes against women.

Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 

8 (12%) out of 65 candidates from Indian National Congress (INC), 3 (6%) out of 54 candidates from Bhartiya Janta

Party (BJP), 3 (11%) out of 27 candidates from All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), 1 (10%) out of 10 candidates fielded by Communist Party of India

(Marxist) CPI(M), 1 (17%) out of 6 candidates from Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) (CPI(ML)(L)), and 14 (5%) out of 280 Independent

candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.

Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 6 (9%) out of 65 candidates from INC, 3 (6%) out of 54 candidates from BJP, 2 (7%) out of 27 candidates from AIUDF, 1 (17%) out of 6 candidates fielded by (CPI(ML)(L), and 13 (5%) out of 280 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their

affidavits.

Red Alert Constituencies*: 3 constituencies namely Karimganj North, Sonai and Hailakandi in First Phase of Assam 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.

Information taken from Candidates' affidavits obtained from the ECI website (www.eci.nic.in) with nomination papers is the source of this analysis. Source:-www.adrindia.org, www.myneta.info

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