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Delhi Polls: BJP, AAP, Congress make final push before election Day

1 Feb 2015: Delhi election Candidates overall % accoring their Education, Age and Gender

• Most of the candidates in the fray for the Delhi Assembly elections are under 50 years of age, as per a report released by the Association of Democratic Reform on Friday.
• Sixty-nine per cent of the 673 candidates are between 25 and 50 years old. A total of 71 candidates are aged between 25 and 31, that is 10.54 per cent of all candidates.
• ADR’s report states that 186 candidates are between 31 and 40 years and 208 candidates are aged 41-50 years. Senior citizens account for 69 of the total candidates, including Congress candidate from Ambedkar Nagar, 82-year-old Chaudhary Prem Singh.
• The Aam Aadmi Party might not be so "aam (common)" after all. Arvind Kejriwal's party has fielded almost as many "crorepati" or billionaire candidates in Delhi as have rivals BJP and Congress, says a report by the Association of Democratic Reforms or ADR.
  

• Out of the 70 candidates, those who hold graduate or higher degrees, make up 65.71 per cent of the AAP’s list, 58.57 per cent of the BJP-SAD’s list, and 50 per cent of the Congress’ candidates.

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1 Feb 2015: Delhi polls: Congress, BJP, AAP field just 19 women candidates

A total of 19 women candidates have been fielded by three major political parties in the contest- BJP, Congress and AAP in the election for the 70-member House. The party has fielded eight women including former Union minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar, former DUSU presidents Rekha Gupta from Shalimar Bagh and Nupur Sharma from high-profile New Delhi constituency, Kiran Vaidya from Trilokpuri, Rajni Abbi from Timarpur, homoeopathy practitioner Nandini Sharma from Malviya Nagar and former South Delhi mayor Sarita Chaudhary from Mehrauli.

Close to BJP is the Aam Aadmi Party, which has fielded six women candidates including Rakhi Birla, Bandna Kumari, Saritha Singh, Alka Lambha, Pramila Tokas and Bhavna Gaur. The least number of women candidates have been fielded by the Congress which has given tickets to just five women contestants.

31 Jan 2015, More ‘criminals’, crorepatis in fray for Delhi elections

There are more crorepatis and candidates with criminal charges in the fray for the February 7 Delhi Assembly elections than there were for the December 2013 polls.

As per a report released by Association for Democratic Reform on Friday, the number of candidates with more than Rs.1 crore in assets has gone up from 33 per cent in 2013 and 23 per cent in 2008 to 34 per cent this time round.

There are 230 crorepatis among the 673 candidates in the running for the 70 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal candidate from Rajouri Garden in West Delhi Manjinder Singh Sirsa tops the list with over Rs. 239 crore in assets.

27 BJP, 21 AAP, 12 Congress candidates in Delhi elections have criminal cases

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“114 out of 673 candidates (17 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves. During the 2013 and 2008 Delhi Assembly elections, the percentage of candidates with criminal cases was 16 and 14 respectively,” Jagdeep Chhokar, founder member of ADR, said.

31 Jan 2015, EC finds 5,000 liquor bottles in godown ahead of polls
Election Commission officials seized 5,964 bottles of illicit liquor from a godown allegedly owned by AAP's Uttam Nagar candidate Naresh Balyan last night. "A total of 5964 bottles (4473 litres) of Haryana-made liquor was seized from a godown by flying squad and police in a late night joint-operation," said a senior EC official.

How many candidates filed nominations for Delhi ?

A total of 923 candidates filed nomination papers for the Delhi assembly elections. Of the total, 539 filed their papers Wednesday, the last day for filing nominations. The filing of nomination papers began Jan 14. A total of 1,404 nomination papers were filed till the last day. Scrutiny of papers will be done Jan 24. Read More..>>>

 How many Voters in  Delhi poll ?

According to electoral roll, a total of 1.33 crore people are eligible to vote out of which over 72 lakh are men and around 59 lakh are women voters. Out of 673 candidates in the fray, only 66 are women.

All Party Menifesto for Dehi polls

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Delhi candidate Assets and criminal charges

Delhi polls: Meet crorepatis in Gareeb and Aam Aadmi parties

• 9 AAP candidates are crorepatis
  

• AAP fielding 10 criminals in Delhi polls. Likely to use money and muscle to win polls
  

• Ajay Maken richer than Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal combined
  

Tainted and Crorepati Candidates

• With a net worth of Rs 16 crore, Congress' Ajay Maken is the richest chief ministerial candidate this time While Maken is richer — his office claims his wealth has risen from his share in the family inheritance after his father's death — Kejriwal has been on the wrong side of law many more times. He has 10 cases against him to Maken's one.
• However, Congress candidate from Okhla, Asif Mohd Khan, tops the list with 12 cases, 11 of which are pending. He has been charged with attempt to murder, dacoity, assaulting a public servant, rioting and unlawful assembly.
• Shoaib Iqbal, also of Congress, has mentioned 11 cases lodged against him. The Matia Mahal ex-MLA has been charged with assaulting a public servant, rioting, cheating, and forgery.
  
• Manjinder Singh Sirsa of Akali Dal, who's filed his candidature from Rajouri Garden, faces nine cases with charges including attempt to murder and rioting. Sirsa, however, is also the richest candidate in the capital with a net worth of Rs 239 crore.
  
• Another high net worth candidate, Pramila Tokas, who is AAP's choice from RK Puram, has declared her family's wealth amounts to Rs 30 crore.
  
• Other prominent crorepati candidates are Sharmistha Mukherjee (Rs 2.9 crore), Haroon Yusuf (Rs 3.7 crore), Jagdish Mukhi (Rs 4.8 crore) and Krishna Tirath (Rs 11.87 crore).

• Not every candidate is well off. AAP's Rakhi Birla, who filed her nomination from Mangolpuri, has a net worth of Rs 18,500. Manish Sisodia, senior AAP member fighting from Patparganj, is worth Rs 16.9 lakh. BJP's Nupur Sharma, who'll be taking on Kejriwal in New Delhi, has declared her total assets along with those of her family to be Rs 14.8 lakh.

• There are many candidates who are not well known but have jumped into the poll fray despite their modest means. Nand Kishor Jha, for instance, who's hoping to fight from Rithala on a Rashtriya Bahujan Hitay Party ticket, has declared a net worth of just Rs 5,000.

AAP fields most number of graduates

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