Delhi MCD Elections Candidates Facts Criminal Cases Crorepatis 2017 Analysis BJP AAP INC
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Delhi MCD Elections Candidates Facts Criminal Cases Crorepatis 2017 Analysis BJP AAP INC
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With less than a week to go for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, the National
Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 2315 candidates out of the total 2537 in the fray.
Delhi MCD Elections Candidates Facts Live 2017
- An analysis of the financial declaration of the candidates revealed that the Congress has fielded the highest number of Crorepati (candidates with assets worth Rs 1 crore or more) in the MCD elections. The BJP follows as a close second.
- ADR analysed the affidavits of 258 out of 271 candidates of the Congress. Of these 258, 163 Congress candidates (64%) are crorepatis. Of the 260 BJP candidates analysed by the ADR, 141 (54%) have assets assets worth Rs 1 crore or more.
- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded the third-highest number of crorepatis. 250 of the AAP’s 272 candidates were analysed and of these, 104 (42%) are crorepatis. 41 (22%) of the 191 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates analysed are crorepatis. With just one crorepati candidate, the CPI (M) has the least number of crorepatis of any major party.
- An assessment of the average wealth of party candidates reveals that the Congress comes out on top here as well. The average wealth of 256 Congress candidates is Rs 4.36 crore whereas the BJP is second with Rs 2.89 crore.
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