Criminals and Wealth are equally abundant in the new 2009 Lok Sabha

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MPs with criminal charges aplenty in new House
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: A total of 8,070 candidates representing 369 parties contested the recent elections to the 15th Lok Sabha. Only 36 parties were successful in sending one or more members to the Lok Sabha. As many as 333 parties did not win even a single seat. Looking at the affidavits of 533 declared winners, National Election Watch (NEW) has found that there are 150 new MPs with criminal cases pending against them. Out of these, 73 MPs face serious charges.
Compared to 2004, the number of MPs with criminal records has gone up. There were 128 MPs with criminal cases in the 2004 Lok Sabha — 55 had serious criminal records. There is an increase of about 17.2 per cent in the number of MPs with criminal records and 30.9 per cent increase in the number of MPs with serious criminal records.
The maximum criminal charges are against Congress MP Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya from Gujarat. He has a total of 16 cases, out of which five are of a serious nature. The maximum number of serious Indian Penal Code charges are against Jagdis Sharma of the JD(U) from Jahanabad, Bihar, NEW said in its analysis.
It said the BJP had the maximum number of MPs with criminal cases — 42 MPs have criminal cases against them; 17 face serious criminal cases. The Congress closely follows with 41 MPs having criminal cases; 12 facing serious charges. The Samajwadi Party has eight MPs with criminal cases, seven of them battling serious charges.
Amongst the States, U.P. has the maximum number of MPs with criminal cases — 31, out of which 22 have serious charges against them. Maharashtra comes next with 23 MPs having criminal cases, out of which nine face serious ones, followed by Bihar (17), Andhra Pradesh (11) and Gujarat (11).
Crorepati MPs
On the financial background of candidates, NEW, which based its analysis on the affidavits of candidates and nomination papers, said there are 300 crorepati MPs — a huge increase from 154 MPs in the last Lok Sabha. The wealthiest is Namma Nageswara Rao of the TDP from Khammam, with a declared asset of Rs. 173 crore. He is followed by Navin Jindal (Congress) from Kurushetra, Haryana, with declared assets of Rs. 131 crore.
Andhra MPs richest bloc; Haryana tops on average wealth

New Delhi (PTI) Andhra Pradesh may not account for even 10 per cent of the total Lok Sabha seats, but the 42 MPs from the state have together emerged as the richest bloc in the lower house of Parliament with a wealth of over Rs 600 crore.

However, in terms of average wealth, Haryana is on the top with the 10 MPs from the state owning assets worth an average over Rs 18 crore.

Nearly 15 per cent of the people in both Andhra Pradesh and Haryana are estimated to be living in abject poverty.
In terms of combined assets of Lok Sabha representatives, AP is on the top with assets worth Rs 606 crore, followed by Maharashtra (close to Rs 500 crore), Tamil Nadu (about Rs 450 crore), Uttar Pradesh (about Rs 400 crore) and Haryana (Rs 181 crore) in the top five.

Karnataka and Punjab are the only two other states where MPs' combined assets top Rs 100 crore -- about Rs 160 crore in the southern state and Rs 150 crore in the agriculture- dominated northern state.

Besides, the total asset size of MPs exceed Rs 10 crore in 15 other states -- including Rajasthan, MP, Bihar, Orissa, Delhi, Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, J&K and Arunachal Pradesh.

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UPA tally goes up to 261, NDA finishes with 159
NEW DELHI: The Congress has won 206 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and its allies 55 in the results for the 542 seats officially declared on Sunday.
The Trinamool Congress has emerged as the largest ally of the Congress, bagging 19 seats, followed by the DMK (18), the NCP (9), the National Conference (3), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Muslim League (two each) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and Kerala Congress(M) (one each).
The UPA now has 261 seats and needs the support of 11 more members to get a majority of 272.
The BJP has won 116 seats and its NDA allies have notched up 43. The result for Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh is yet to be declared. The JD(U) has secured 20, followed by the Shiv Sena (11), the RLD (5), the Akali Dal (4), the TRS (2) and the AGP (1). The NDA has a total of 159.
The Third Front ended with 78 seats. The BSP has emerged as the largest party with 21 seats. The CPI(M) has bagged 16 seats, the BJD (14), the AIADMK (9), the TDP (6), the CPI (4), the JD(S) (3), the RSP (2), the Forward Bloc (2) and the MDMK (1).
The Fourth Front, comprising the SP, the RJD and the LJP, scrapped together 27 seats. The SP has got 23 seats. While the RJD has won four, the LJP has drawn a blank.
Of the remaining 18 seats, nine were won by Independents.
The All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi, the Sikkim Democratic Front, the Nagaland Peoples’ Front, the Swabhimani Paksha, the Bodoland People’s Front, the Assam United Democratic Front and the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) bagged one each. — PTI
Andhra MPs richest bloc; Haryana tops on average wealth
New Delhi (PTI) Andhra Pradesh may not account for even 10 per cent of thebtotal Lok Sabha seats, but the 42 MPs from the state have together emerged as the richest bloc in the lower house of Parliament with a wealth of over Rs 600 crore.
However, in terms of average wealth, Haryana is on the top with the 10 MPs from the state owning assets worth an average over Rs 18 crore.
Nearly 15 per cent of the people in both Andhra Pradesh and Haryana are estimated to be living in abject poverty.
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In terms of combined assets of Lok Sabha representatives, AP is on the top with assets worth Rs 606 crore, followed by Maharashtra (close to Rs 500 crore), Tamil Nadu (about Rs 450 crore), Uttar Pradesh (about Rs 400 crore) and Haryana (Rs 181 crore) in the top five.
Karnataka and Punjab are the only two other states where MPs' combined assets top Rs 100 crore -- about Rs 160 crore in the southern state and Rs 150 crore in the agriculture- dominated northern state.
Besides, the total asset size of MPs exceed Rs 10 crore in 15 other states -- including Rajasthan, MP, Bihar, Orissa, Delhi, Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, J&K and Arunachal Pradesh.
UPA tally goes up to 261, NDA finishes with 159

NEW DELHI: The Congress has won 206 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and its allies 55 in the results for the 542 seats officially declared on Sunday.

The Trinamool Congress has emerged as the largest ally of the Congress, bagging 19 seats, followed by the DMK (18), the NCP (9), the National Conference (3), the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Muslim League (two each) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and Kerala Congress(M) (one each).

The UPA now has 261 seats and needs the support of 11 more members to get a majority of 272.

The BJP has won 116 seats and its NDA allies have notched up 43. The result for Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh is yet to be declared. The JD(U) has secured 20, followed by the Shiv Sena (11), the RLD (5), the Akali Dal (4), the TRS (2) and the AGP (1). The NDA has a total of 159.

The Third Front ended with 78 seats. The BSP has emerged as the largest party with 21 seats. The CPI(M) has bagged 16 seats, the BJD (14), the AIADMK (9), the TDP (6), the CPI (4), the JD(S) (3), the RSP (2), the Forward Bloc (2) and the MDMK (1).

The Fourth Front, comprising the SP, the RJD and the LJP, scrapped together 27 seats. The SP has got 23 seats. While the RJD has won four, the LJP has drawn a blank.

Of the remaining 18 seats, nine were won by Independents.

The All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi, the Sikkim Democratic Front, the Nagaland Peoples’ Front, the Swabhimani Paksha, the Bodoland People’s Front, the Assam United Democratic Front and the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) bagged one each. — PTI

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