The Karnataka Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 207 out of 224 MLAs. 17 MLAs have not been analysed because either they are no longer members of Karnataka assembly or due to badly scanned affidavits. This report has been prepared on the basis of the affidavits submitted by the MLAs prior to Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2013. For more information, please visit: https://adrindia.org/content/karnataka-assembly-elections-2013-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender
Summary and Highlights
Criminal Background
- MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 207 MLAs analysed, 68 (33%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves.
- MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 35 (17%) MLAs had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
- Party wise MLAs with Criminal Cases: 36(32%) out of 114 MLAs from Indian National Congress (INC), 13 (33%) out of 40 MLAs from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 11 (31%) out of 35 MLAs from JD(S), 1(25%) out of 4 MLAs from KJP, 1(33%) out of 3 MLAs from BSRC, 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from SP, 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from KMP and 4(44%) out of 9 Independents MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
- Party wise MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: 17(15%) out of 114 MLAs from Indian National Congress (INC), 8 (20%) out of 40 MLAs from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 5(14%) out of 35 MLAs from JD(S), 1(100%) MLA each from SP and KMP and 3(33%) out of 9 Independents MLAs had declared serious criminal cases including cases related to attempt to murder, dacoity and kidnapping etc.
Figure: Party Wise MLAs with Declared Criminal Cases
Financial Background
Share of wealth among MLAs : The share of wealth amongst the MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly is as follows
Figure: Share of Wealth among MLAs
- Crorepati MLAs: Out of the 207 MLAs analysed, 193 (93%) are crorepatis.
- Party wise Crorepati MLAs: 109 (96%) out of 114 from INC, 36(90%) out of 40 MLAs from BJP, 33 (94%) out of 35 MLAs from JD(S), 4 (100%) out of 4 MLAs from KJP, 2 (67%) out of 3 MLAs from BSRC, 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from KMP, 1(100%) out of 1 MLA from SP and 7(78%) out of 9 Independent MLAs had declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
Figure: Party Wise Crorepati MLAs
- Average assets: The average of assets per MLA in the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2013 was Rs.24.54 Crores.
- Party wise average assets: Among major parties, the average assets per MLA for 114 INC MLAs was Rs.32.60 Crores, 40 BJP MLAs had average assets of Rs.13.23 Crores, 35 JD(S)MLAs had average assets of Rs.12.80 Crores, 4 KJP MLAs had average assets of Rs.2.99 Crores, 3 BSRC MLAs had average assets of Rs.2.92 Crores, 1 KMP MLA had average assets ofRs.145.21 Crores, 1 SP MLA had average assets of Rs.13.08 Crores and 9 Independents MLAs had an average assets of Rs.23.04 crores.
- High asset MLAs*: The details of top 5 MLAs in the Karnataka 2013 Assembly Elections are given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | Priyakrishna | B.B.M.P(SOUTH) | GOVINDARAJANAGAR | INC | 8,15,37,61,857 | 95,61,00,000 | 9,10,98,61,857 910 Crore+ |
Y |
| 2 | N.Nagaraju [M.T.B] | BANGALORE RURAL | HOSAKOTE | INC | 1,85,60,49,648 | 2,84,53,07,600 | 4,70,13,57,248 470 Crore+ |
Y |
| 3 | Anil H Lad | BELLARY | BELLARY CITY | INC | 1,73,48,99,755 | 1,15,49,76,843 | 2,88,98,76,598 288 Crore+ |
Y |
| 4 | D.K.Shivakumar | RAMANAGARAM | KANAKAPURA | INC | 60,34,46,455 | 1,91,16,49,874 | 2,51,50,96,329 251 Crore+ |
Y |
| 5 | Santhosh Lad | DHARWAD | KALAGHATGI | INC | 1,73,06,90,210 | 13,33,19,110 | 1,86,40,09,320 186 Crore+ |
Y |
Table: Top five MLAs with highest declared assets
- Low asset MLAs: The five MLAs with lowest assets are as follows :
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party | Movable Assets (Rs) | Immovable Assets (Rs) | Total Assets (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | H P Rajesh | Davangere | Jagalur | INC | 7,50,000 | 0 | 7,50,000 7 Lacs+ |
Y |
| 2 | Doddamani Ramakrishna Shidlingappa | Gadag | Shirahatti | INC | 16,67,000 | 24,00,000 | 40,67,000 40 Lacs+ |
N |
| 3 | G. Ram Krishana | Gulbarga | Gulbarga Rural | INC | 10,76,672 | 40,00,000 | 50,76,672 50 Lacs+ |
N |
| 4 | B.B. Ningaiah | Chikmagalur | Mudigere | JD(S) | 5,07,917 | 47,50,000* | 52,57,917 52 Lacs+ |
Y |
| 5 | R. Varthur Prakash | Kolar | Kolar | IND | 66,43,621 | 0 | 66,43,621 66 Lacs+ |
Y |
Table: Top 5 MLAs with declared lowest assets
* on assets value indicates that the candidate has not provided the total in their affidavits, it has been calculated on the basis of details provided by them in the same
- MLAs with high liabilities: 182(88%) out 207 MLAs had declared liabilities. The top five MLAs with highest liabilities are as given below:
| S.No. | Name | District | Constituency | Party Name | Total Assets(Rs) | Liabilities (Rs) | # Disputed liabilities (Rs) | PAN Given |
| 1 | Priyakrishna | B.B.M.P(SOUTH) | Govindarajanagar | INC | 9,10,98,61,857 910 Crore+ |
# 7,77,79,07,204 777 Crore+ |
75,44,52,340 75 Crore+ |
Y |
| 2 | D.K.Shivakumar | RAMANAGARAM | Kanakapura | INC | 2,51,50,96,329 251 Crore+ |
1,05,23,13,167 105 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
| 3 | M.Krishnappa | B.B.M.P(SOUTH) | Vijayanagar | INC | 1,47,43,48,896 147 Crore+ |
78,29,06,332 78 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
| 4 | Anil H Lad | BELLARY | Bellary City | INC | 2,88,98,76,598 288 Crore+ |
# 73,30,42,818 73 Crore+ |
1,73,44,664 1 Crore+ |
Y |
| 5 | H.D.Kumara Swamy | RAMANAGARAM | Ramanagaram | JD(S) | 1,37,77,07,113 137 Crore+ |
66,94,03,008 66 Crore+ |
0 | Y |
Table: Top five MLAs with high liabilities
# Disputed liabilities
- Undeclared PAN: A total of 9 (4%) out of the 207 MLAs analysed had not declared their PAN details.
- MLAs with high income as declared in the ITR*: 5 MLAs had declared total annual income of more than Rs 6 crore. The details of these top 5 MLAs is as given below:
| S.No. | Name | Party | Constituency | District | Total Asset (Rs) | The financial year for which the last income tax return has been filed by MLA | Total income shown by MLA in ITR
* (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs) |
Self-income shown by MLA in ITR (Rs) |
| 1 | N. A. Haris | INC | SHANTINAGAR | B.B.M.P
(CENTRAL) |
1,33,76,05,689 133 Crore+ | 2011-2012 | 49,98,76,490 49 Crore+ | 49,98,10,230 49 Crore+ |
| 2 | N.Nagaraju [M.T.B] | INC | HOSAKOTE | BANGALORE RURAL | 4,70,13,57,248 470 Crore+ | 2011-2012 | 21,12,30,156 21 Crore+ | 20,68,37,915 20 Crore+ |
| 3 | Pramod Madhwaraj | INC | UDUPI | UDUPI | 1,05,17,48,405 105 Crore+ | 2011-2012 | 18,21,40,780 18 Crore+ | 18,12,20,780 18 Crore+ |
| 4 | Manju A | INC | ARAKALGUD | HASSAN | 15,96,80,492 15 Crore+ | 2012-2013 | 11,47,35,318 11 Crore+ | 9,22,81,559 9 Crore+ |
| 5 | Shamanur Shivashankarappa | INC | DAVANAGERE SOUTH | DAVANGERE | 67,89,78,344 67 Crore+ | 2011-2012 | 6,14,01,212 6 Crore+ | 6,14,01,212 6 Crore+ |
Table: MLAs with high income as declared in ITR
*Total income includes income of self, spouse and dependents
- MLAs who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 26(13%) out of 207 MLAs analysed had not declared income tax details.
* Some MLAs may be exempted from filing Income Tax Returns
Other Background Details
- Education details of MLAs: 79 (38%) MLAs had declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 128 (62%) MLAs had declared having educational qualification of graduate and above.
- Age details of MLAs: 19 (9%) MLAs had declared their age to be between 25 and 40 years while 140 (68%) MLAs had declared their age to be between 41 and 60 years. 46(22%) MLAs had declared their age to be between 61 and 80 years and two MLAs had declared their age above 80 years
.
- Gender details of MLAs: There are 6 (3%) women MLAs out of 207 MLAs analysed.