General elections 2019: Criminal cases against 213 candidates in first phase: Report

As many as 16 candidates have declared cases related to crime against women such as rape, assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty, husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty against themselves while 12 candidates have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves.

Among major parties, 30 (36 percent) out of 83 candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party, 35 (42 percent) out of 83 candidates from Congress, eight (25 percent) out of 32 candidates from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), 13 (52 percent) out of 25 candidates from YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), four (16 percent) out of 25 candidates from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and five (29 percent) out of 17 candidates from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have declared criminal cases against themselves.

Among the major parties, 16 (19 percent) out of 83 candidates from BJP, 22 (27 percent) out of 83 candidates from Congress, four (13 percent) out of 32 candidates from BSP, 10 (40 percent) out of 25 candidates from YSRCP, two (8 percent) out of 25 candidates from TDP and three (18 percent) out of 17 candidates from TRS have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.

As many as 37 out of 91 constituencies are red alert constituencies. Red alert constituencies are those constituencies where three or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. There are 401 (32 percent) candidates who have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more.

Among the major parties, 69 (83 percent) out of 83 candidates from Congress, 65 (78 percent) out of 83 candidates from BJP, 15 (47 percent) out of 32 candidates from BSP, 25 (100 percent) candidates from TDP, 22 (88 percent) out of 25 candidates from YSRCP and 17 (100 percent) candidates from TRS have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore. The average asset per candidate contesting in the Lok Sabha phase one election is Rs 6.63 crore.

Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 83 Congress candidates is Rs 21.93 crores, 83 BJP candidates is Rs 14.56 crores, 32 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 12.63 crore, 25 YSRCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 62.94 crores, 25 TDP candidates have average assets worth Rs 57.77 crore, and 17 TRS candidates have average assets of Rs 45.87 crore.

Congress candidate from Telangana Konda Vishweshwar Reddy has declared highest assets worth Rs 895 crore while Prem Janata Dal candidate Nalla Prem Kumar from the same state has declared lowest asset, of Rs 500.

As many as 114 candidates have not given PAN details while 690 (55 percent) candidates have not declared their income tax details. There are 33 candidates who have declared their annual total income to be more than Rs 1 crore. There are 70 candidates with assets worth more than Rs 1 crore who have not declared their ITR details.