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Here are some important facts on the Bengal election of 2016:
Total Assembly seats: 294, spread over 20 districts [Total Lok Sabha seats 42]
Reserved seats: 68 for Scheduled Castes and 16 for Scheduled Tribes
Polling phases: 6 (seven days)
Polling dates: Phase 1: Day 1: April 4 [Monday]
Phase 1: Day 2: April 11 [Monday]
Phase 2: April 17 [Sunday]
Phase 3: April 21 [Thursday]
Phase 4: April 25 [Monday]
Phase 5: April 30 [Saturday] Phase 6: May 5 [Thursday]
Results: May 19 [Thursday]
Date-wise seats going to polls:
April 4: 18 constituencies
April 11: 31 constituencies
April 17: 56 constituencies
April 21: 62 constituencies
April 25: 49 constituencies
April 30: 53 constituencies
May 5: 25 constituencies
Total voters: 6.55 crore
Total polling booths: 77,247
Chief Electoral Officer: Sunil Kumar Gupta
Criminal Background of Candidates
- Candidates with criminal cases: Out of all the 133 candidates, 21 (16%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Candidates with serious criminal cases: 17 (13%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, crimes against women etc.
- Candidates with cases related to murder: 1 candidate namely Shyam Sundar Pandey of CPI(M) from Salboni constituency has declared 2 charges related to murder (Indian Penal Code Section-302).
- Candidates with cases related to attempt to murder: 2 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307). Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder. Chunibala Hansda, of Jharkhand Party (Naren) from Jhargram constituency has declared 1 charge related to attempt to murder.
- Candidates with cases related to crimes against women: 3 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. They are Dhirendra Nath Rajak of AJSU Party from Purulia constituency, Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies and Goutam Kumar Mudi of the SUCI(C) from Ranibandh (ST) constituency.
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Candidates with cases related to robbery and dacoity: 1 candidate has declared a charge related to robbery and dacoity namely Gobordhan Bagdi of the JMM contesting from Raghunathpur (SC) and Para (SC) constituencies.
- Party wise candidates with criminal cases: 3 (17%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates from CPI(M), 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 2 (40%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise Candidates with serious criminal cases: 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 1 (6%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates from CPI(M), 2 (29%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 1 (20%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Red Alert constituencies*: 2 constituencies namely Salboni and Purulia in Phase 1(a) of West Bengal 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 crorepati candidates: Only 3 or (2.3%) candidates of the 133 contesting candidates in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 Crore. All three candidates are from the AITC.
- Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in Phase 1(a) of the West Bengal Assembly Elections is Rs 47.88 Lakhs.
- Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 18 BJP candidates is Rs 16.59 Lakhs, 18 AITC candidates have average assets of Rs 2.80 crores, 17 SUCI (C) candidates have average assets worth of Rs 10.15 Lakhs, 5 INC candidates have average assets worth Rs 16.55 Lakhs, 12 AJSU Party candidates have average assets worth of Rs 4.77 Lakhs, average assets of 11 CPI(M) candidates are Rs 33.92 Lakhs, 5 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 1.80 Lakhs and 19 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 6.01 Lakhs.
- Zero asset candidate: 1 candidate namely Pabitra Bauri of BSP from Para(SC) constituency has declared Zero assets in his self sworn affidavit.
- Undeclared PAN: A total of 40 (30%) candidates have not declared their PAN details.
- Candidates who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 95 (71%) out of 133 candidates have not declared income tax details. * Some candidates may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
- Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 21 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 10 Lakhs have not declared Income Tax details.
- Education details of candidates: 76 (57%) candidates have declared their education qualification to be between 5 th pass and 12th pass, while 53 (40%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above. 2 candidates have declared themselves to be simple literates.
- Age details of candidates: 81 (61%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 52 (39%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.
- Candidates with self-declared criminal cases:Out of the 133 candidates, 21 (16%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. 17 (13%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, rape, kidnapping, robbery, crimes against women etc.
- Party wise candidates with self-declared criminal cases: 3 (17%) out of 18 candidates from BJP, 2 (11%) out of 18 candidates from AITC, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from SUCI (C), 2 (17%) out of 12 candidates fielded by AJSU Party, 1 (9%) out of 11 candidates from CPI(M), 3 (43%) out of 7 candidates of JMM, 2 (40%) out of 5 candidates fielded by INC, and 2 (11%) out of 19 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Source:-www.adrindia.org, www.myneta.info