As the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections approaches, we see a striking contrast in the financial status of candidates. Recent findings by the private election monitoring group, the Association for Democratic Rights, reveal that one in every three candidates is a crorepati, while some have declared zero assets.
The candidates with zero assets:
|
S. no |
Name |
Party |
Constituency |
Movable Assets (in ₹) |
Immovable assets (in ₹) |
Total assets (in ₹) |
|
1 |
Arvind Shivaji Tandekar |
IND |
Ramtec (SC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
Kivinsuka Virendra Suryavanshi |
Desh Janhit Party |
Nagpur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
Devendran R |
IND |
Chennai South |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
Vijayan K |
All India Jananayaka Makkal Kazhagam |
Arakkonam |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Pp Jayaprakash |
IND |
Vellore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
Albert Francis Xavier S |
IND |
Krishnagiri |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Sathiyaraj. N |
IND |
Villupuram (SC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
Gunasekaran. K |
IND |
Villupuram (SC) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
R. Anbin Amudhan |
IND |
Tiruchirappalli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
Suresh |
IND |
Tirunelveli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Candidates with lowest assets:
|
S. no |
Name |
Party |
Constituency |
Movable Assets (in ₹) |
Immovable assets (in ₹) |
Total assets (in ₹) |
|
1 |
Ponraj K |
IND |
Thoothukkudi |
320 |
0 |
320 |
|
2 |
Kartik Gendlalji Doke |
IND |
Ramtek (SC) |
500 |
0 |
500 |
|
3 |
Suriyamuthu |
IND |
Chennai North |
500 |
0 |
500 |
|
4 |
G Dhamodharan |
IND |
Arani |
1000 |
0 |
1000 |
|
5 |
J. Sebastin |
SUCI C |
Chennai North |
1500 |
0 |
1500 |
|
6 |
S Sathish Kumar |
IND |
Puducherry |
2000 |
0 |
2000 |
|
7 |
Suresh K |
IND |
Dindigul |
2000 |
0 |
2000 |
|
8 |
Palanisamy K |
IND |
Dindigul |
2000 |
0 |
2000 |
|
9 |
P. Govindarasu |
IND |
Tiruchirappalli |
2000 |
0 |
2000 |
|
10 |
Krishnan S |
IND |
Thoothukkudi |
3500 |
0 |
3500 |
When it comes to wealth, there are 450 crorepati candidates in the first phase, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having 69 such candidates, followed by the Congress with 49, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) with 35, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) with 21, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) with 18, and Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) with 4 each.
Among these, AIADMK candidates have the highest average assets at ₹35.61 crore, followed by DMK with ₹31.22 crore, Congress with ₹27.79 crore, and BJP with ₹22.37 crore.