Lok Sabha election 2024: Analysis of candidates contesting in phase 7 polling
The Hindu
Analysis of Lok Sabha candidates reveals high percentage with criminal cases, crorepatis, and low female representation across parties.
For the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 904 contenting candidates and found that 199 (or 22%) of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 151 of which have serious criminal cases against them. 13 candidates have cases related to crime against women and 27 have cases related to attempt to murder, as shown in the table below.
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Barring Biju Janata Dal, Odisha’s leading State party, at least around 40% of the contesting candidates of the parties, as shown in the chart below, have criminal cases declared against themselves. 45% of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidates, and 39% of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress candidates are charged with criminal cases.
The following graphic shows the candidates with the most number of criminal cases against them.
The map below shows the percentage of candidates with criminal cases in each of the constituencies going on poll during the seventh phase. Out of the five constituencies which have the highest share of candidates with criminal charges, 4 are in Uttar Pradesh, namely: Maharajganj (46%), Varanasi (43%), Ghazipur (40%), and Mirzapur (40%).
The chart below also shows the State-wise share of contesting candidates that have criminal cases against them. States with the highest share of candidates with criminal cases are Bihar and Uttar Pradesh with 24% each, and Odisha and West Bengal - with 23%.
Among the major national parties, all of AAP’s contesting candidates are crorepatis, whereas 97% of Congress candidates and 86% of BJP’s candidates are crorepatis, as shown in the bar chart below.
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