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Press Release: Presidential Elections 2017 Analysis of MPs and MLAs

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analyzed 4852 out 4896 affidavits. It includes 774 out of 776 affidavits of MPs and 4078 out of 4120 MLAs from all the states of India. They collectively form the Electoral College, who will be voting for the Presidential Elections on 17th July, 2017 to elect the new President of India. Based on the number of votes these 4852 MPs/MLAs can cast, NEW and ADR have analysed 1091472 out of 1098903 votes.

Figure 1: Composition of Electoral College for Presidential Elections

Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

S.No Elected from House/ Assembly Total MPs/MLAs in the House/ Assembly Total MPs/MLAs Analysed No. of votes which each elected member is entitled to cast Total No. of votes Total votes of Analysed members
1 Lok sabha 543 543 708 384444 384444
2 Rajya Sabha 233 231 708 164964 163548
3 Andhra Pradesh 175 174 159 27825 27666
4 Arunachal Pradesh 60 60 8 480 480
5 Assam 126 125 116 14616 14500
6 Bihar 243 243 173 42039 42039
7 Chhattisgarh 90 90 129 11610 11610
8 Goa 40 40 20 800 800
9 Gujarat 182 174 147 26754 25578
10 Haryana 90 90 112 10080 10080
11 Himachal Pradesh 68 64 51 3468 3264
12 Jammu & Kashmir 87 87 72 6264 6264
13 Jharkhand 81 80 176 14256 14080
14 Karnataka 224 215 131 29344 28165
15 Kerala 140 140 152 21280 21280
16 Madhya Pradesh 230 230 131 30130 30130
17 Maharashtra 288 283 175 50400 49525
18 Manipur 60 60 18 1080 1080
19 Meghalaya 60 60 17 1020 1020
20 Mizoram 40 40 8 320 320
21 Nagaland 60 60 9 540 540
22 NCT of Delhi 70 69 58 4060 4002
23 Odisha 147 147 149 21903 21903
24 Puducherry 30 30 16 480 480
25 Punjab 117 117 116 13572 13572
26 Rajasthan 200 199 129 25800 25671
27 Sikkim 32 32 7 224 224
28 Tamil Nadu 234 225 176 41184 39600
29 Telangana 119 119 132 15708 15708
30 Tripura 60 60 26 1560 1560
31 Uttarakhand 70 70 64 4480 4480
32 Uttar Pradesh 403 402 208 83824 83616
33 West Bengal 294 293 151 44394 44243
Total 4896 4852 – 1098903 1091472
Table 1: Number of MPs/MLAs and Total Votes

Votes of MPs/MLAs Who Have Declared Criminal Cases

MPs/ MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 4852 MPs/MLAs analysed, 1581(33%) members have declared criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections. 184 (34%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 44(19%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs and 1353(33%) out of 4078 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves.
MPs/ MLAs with Serious Criminal Cases: Out of the 4852 MPs/MLAs analysed, 993(20%) members have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in a self-sworn affidavit filed with the ECI before their most recent elections. 117 (22%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 16(7%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs and 860(21%) out of 4078 MLAs (all state assemblies / UTs) analysed have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
Votes by MPs/MLAs who have declared criminal cases: Based on the number of votes that MPs / MLAs who have declared criminal cases, are entitled to cast, a total of 367393 votes (34%) out of 1091472 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Votes of MPs/MLAs Based on Financial Details

Crorepati MPs/MLAs: 3460 (71%) out of 4852 MPs/ MLAs analysed are crorepatis as per their self-sworn affidavits submitted to the ECI at the time of nomination for contesting elections. 445(82%) out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 194 (84%) out of 231 Rajya Sabha MPs, 2721(68%) out of 4078 MLAs from all State / UT assemblies are crorepatis.
Votes by crorepati MPs/MLAs: Based on the number of votes these crorepatis MPs/MLAs are entitled to cast, a total of 75% or 818703 out of 1091472 votes analysed are of MPs/MLAs who are crorepatis. Amongst state assemblies, Karnataka has the maximum number of votes by crorepati MPs/MLAs with 30400(93%) out of 32680 votes analysed.
Women Representation

• Out of the total 4852 MPs/MLAs who are entitled to vote in the upcoming Presidential Elections, only 451(9%) are women.
• Based on the number of votes the MPs/MLAs are entitled to vote, 109708 (10%) out of 1091472 are women votes.
• Among MPs, Lok Sabha has 46020 (12%) votes out of 384444 from 65 women MPs and Rajya Sabha has 16284(10%) out of 163548 votes analysed from 23 women MPs.
• All State / UT assemblies combined have 51383(9%) votes out of 543480 votes from 363 women MLAs.
Among State assemblies, Uttar Pradesh has the maximum amount of women votes with 8320 votes out of 83616(40 out of 402 MLAs) followed by West Bengal with 6191 votes out of 44243 (41 out of 293 MLAs) and Madhya Pradesh with 4192 votes out of 30130(32 out of 230 MLAs).

Thanks and Regards


Association for Democratic Reforms

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