Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Puducherry Election Watch have analyzed the criminal, financial and other background details of all 30 sitting MLAs. This analysis is based on the affidavits submitted by the candidates prior to the 2016 Assembly elections and by-elections conducted thereafter.
Results of the Analysis
MLAs with criminal cases: Out of 30 sitting MLAs analysed, 11 (37%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
MLAs with serious criminal cases: 4 (13%) MLAs have declared serious criminal cases.
MLAs with declared cases related to murder: 1 MLA has declared case related to murder (IPC section 302).
MLAs with declared cases related to attempt to murder:1 MLA has declared case related to attempt to murder (IPC section 307).
Party wise sitting MLAs with criminal cases:6 (40%) out of 15 MLAs from INC, 2 (29%) out of 7 MLAs from ALL INDIA N.R. CONGRESS, 1 (25%) out of 4 MLAs from AIADMK and 2 (67%) out of 3 MLA from DMK have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise sitting MLAs with serious criminal cases: 3 (20%) out of 15 MLAs from INC and 1 (14%) out of 7 MLAs from ALL INDIA N.R. CONGRESS have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Crorepati MLAs: Out of 30 sitting MLAs analysed , 25 (83%) are crorepatis.
Party wise crorepati MLAs:13 (87%) out of 15 MLAs from INC, 5 (71%) out of 7 MLAs from ALL INDIA N.R. CONGRESS, 3 (100%) out of 3 MLAs from DMK, 3 (75%) out of 4 MLAs from AIADMK and 1 (100%) out of 1 MLA from IND have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore.
Average assets: The average of assets per sitting MLA is 9.66crore.
Party wise average assets:The average assets per MLA for 15 INC MLAs analysed is Rs.63 crores , 7 ALL INDIA N.R. CONGRESS MLAs analysed is Rs.9.06 crore, 4 AIADMK MLAs analysed is Rs.5.69 crores, 3 DMK MLAs analysed is Rs.19.31 crores and 1 IND MLA has average assets of Rs.1.09 crores.