The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has released a new analytical report detailing the criminal backgrounds of current MLAs, as well as identifying the state with the highest proportion of billionaire MLAs. The report also provides insights into the gender distribution among MLAs and MLAs with criminal cases, in which, out of the 4092 MLAs analyzed from state assemblies, 1861 (45%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Among the total of 4,092 MLAs, 400 (10%) are women. Uttar Pradesh has the largest representation of female MLAs, totaling 51 (13%), followed by West Bengal with 44 (15%) and Bihar with 29 (12%). A state-by-state gender analysis reveals that in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, there were 403 MLAs, comprising 352 men and 51 women. In West Bengal in 2021, the total number of MLAs was 293, with 249 men and 44 women. In Madhya Pradesh in 2023, there were 230 MLAs, including 203 men and 22 women.
On The Sitting MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 4092 MLAs analysed from state assemblies, 1861 (45%) MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Sitting MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 1205 (29%) MLAs from State assemblies have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder,
attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.
State with Highest Percentage of Sitting MLAs with Criminal Cases: 138 (79%) out of 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, 93 (69%) out of 134 MLAs from
Kerala, 82 (69%) out of 119 MLAs from Telangana, 158 (66%) out of 241 MLAs from Bihar, 187(65%) out of 286 MLAs from Maharashtra and 132 (59%) out of
224 MLAs from Tamil Nadu have declared criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.
State with Highest Percentage of Sitting MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 98 (56%) out of 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, 59 (50%) out of 119 MLAs
from Telangana, 119 (49%) out of 241 MLAs from Bihar, 66 (45%) out of 147 MLAs from Odisha, 36(45%) out of 80 MLAs from Jharkhand and 116 (41%) out of
286 MLAs from Maharashtra have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their self-sworn affidavits.
Party wise Sitting MLAs with Criminal Cases: 638(39%) out of 1653 MLAs from BJP, 339(52%) out of 646 MLAs from INC, 115 (86%) out of 134 MLAs from
TDP, 98(74%) out of 132 MLAs from DMK, 95(41%) out of 230 MLAs from AITC, 69(56%) out of 123 MLAs from AAP and 68 (62%) out of 110 MLAs from SP
have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise Sitting MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 436(26%) out of 1653 MLAs from BJP, 194(30%) out of 646 MLAs from INC, 82 (61%) out of 134
MLAs from TDP, 42(32%) out of 132 MLAs from DMK, 78(34%) out of 230 MLAs from AITC, 35(28%) out of 123 MLAs from AAP and 48 (44%) out of 110 MLAs
from SP have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
MLAs with cases related to murder: 54 MLAs have declared cases related to murder (IPC Section-302).
MLAs with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 226 MLAs have declared cases of attempt to murder (IPC Section-307 and BNS Section-109).
MLAs with cases related to Crimes against Women: 127 MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women. Out of 127 MLAs, 13 MLAs have
declared cases related to rape (IPC Section-376) and Whoever commits rape repeatedly on the same woman, shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment
for a term which shall not be less than ten years, but may extend to imprisonment (IPC Section-376(2)(n))
Party-wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 1653 BJP MLAs analysed is Rs. 15.89 Crores, for 646 INC MLAs analysed is Rs 26.86 Crores, for 134 TDP MLAs analysed is Rs 67.97 Crores, for 59 Shiv Sena MLAs analysed is Rs 29.81 Crores, for 123 AAP MLAs analysed is Rs 7.33 Crores and 230 AITC MLAs have average assets worth Rs.3.73 Crores.
The reports gave details of the financial background of the billionaire, which say that Out of the 4092 MLAs analysed from State Assemblies, 119 (3%) are Billionaires. State with Highest Percentage of Billionaire MLAs: 27(16%) out of 174 MLAs from Andhra Pradesh, 31 (14%) out of 223 MLAs from Karnataka, 18 (6%). out of 286 MLAs from Maharashtra, 7(6%) out of 119 MLAs from Telangana, 5(6%) out of 90 MLAs from Haryana, 3(5%) out of 59 MLAs from Arunachal Pradesh and 3(4%) out of 70 MLAs from Delhi have declared assets worth more than Rs. 100 crores.
