West Bengal polls: 17% rise in 'red alert' constituencies, 23% candidates with criminal cases, says reportWest Bengal Assembly polls see a 17% rise in "red alert" constituencies, with 129 seats having three or more candidates with declared crimi...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.16 PM IST
Kerala polls 2026: 38% candidates face criminal cases; 39% crorepatis, says ADR reportA new report reveals a significant number of candidates in the Kerala Assembly polls face criminal charges. Nearly 38 percent of contestant...
04 Apr, 2026, 11.48 PM IST
89 pc of newly elected MLAs in Jharkhand are crorepatis: ReportA recent report reveals a significant increase in 'crorepati' MLAs in Jharkhand, rising from 56 in 2019 to 71 in 2024. Congress MLA Rameshw...
25 Nov, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 16’: Amitabh Bachchan calls out contestant for calling unmarried women a ‘burden’In Indian society, unmarried women are frequently viewed as burdens and financial liabilities for their parents. However, in a recent episo...
29 Aug, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
93 sitting MLAs in Madhya Pradesh have criminal cases, says ADR reportA report published by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) revealed that 93 out of 230 sitting MLAs in Madhya Pradesh have criminal...
21 Oct, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
Karnataka elections 2023: More criminal backgrounds, more money, less women leadersAlong with criminal cases filed, the report also analysed the candidates financial backgrounds. It found that 42% - 1,087 out of 2,586 - ca...
05 May, 2023, 03.59 PM IST
Gujarat poll stats: Who has fielded most candidates with criminal cases? Crorepatis? Women candidates?89 of the total 182 Assembly seats will go to polls in the first phase on December 1, with the remaining 93 going to polls in the second ph...
30 Nov, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
Delhi elected 26 MLAs facing criminal cases over candidates with clean background: ADRDelhi elected 43 MLAs facing criminal cases in the recent assembly elections and 26 of them won against a runner up "with a clean backgroun...
25 Mar, 2020, 05.06 PM IST
397 'crorepati' candidates in fray for Gujarat polls131 of these 397 'crorepati' candidates have declared assets worth over Rs 5cr, while 124 others have shown movable and immovable assets in...
09 Dec, 2017, 10.02 AM IST
34% state ministers have criminal cases, 76% crorepatis: ADR"Out of the 609 ministers analysed from state Assemblies, 462 (76 per cent) are crorepatis," Delhi-based think-tank ADR said in its study r...
05 Aug, 2016, 03.48 PM IST
Five states get 428 crorepati MLAs: Association for Democratic ReformsIn 2011, Assam had 39 per cent of crorepati MLAs, while Kerala had 25 per cent, Puducherry (63 per cent), Tamil Nadu (51 per cent) and West...
20 May, 2016, 09.09 PM IST
No Delhi MLAs face murder, rape chargesThe percentage of legislators with criminal cases has dropped marginally from 36% to 34% while the figure for crorepatis has come down from...
12 Feb, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
Delhi Elections 2015: 23 tainted candidates in AAP camp, 27 in BJPIn all, 17% of all candidates in the fray have criminal cases against them, up from 14% in 2008 and 16% in 2013, ADR said after analysing a...
31 Jan, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
60 per cent of Arunachal Assembly candidates are crorepatisAs many as 91 of 152 candidates are crorepatis while average assets declared per candidate is Rs 6.30 crore compared to Rs 3.51 crore in th...
02 Apr, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
This Gujarat village has 117 women crorepatisOf the 400-odd people who have become crorepatis overnight after the GIDC paid hefty compensation for land, a little less than 30% — 117 — ...
24 Dec, 2013, 08.15 AM IST
- 113 crorepatis in fray for Meghalaya polls
Altogether 113 candidates of the total 341 candidates in fray for the February 23 Assembly elections in Meghalaya have property worth over ...
12 Feb, 2013, 07.00 PM IST
- 288 crorepati candidates in second phase for LS
Congress has highest 65 crorepati candidates followed by BJP (46), BSP (28) and SP (16) such candidates. Stars but not star MPs | Netas on ...
20 Apr, 2009, 09.12 PM IST