The third phase polls will be held on April 23. Total 1,612 candidates are contesting in the third period of the Lok Sabha elections, out of which numorous 570 applicants have declared criminal cases against them, stated by Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) data published on April 18, after screening the candidates' self-sworn affidavits.
The data cites that among the primary parties, 40 away from 90 Congress candidates and 38 away from 97 candidates of the Bhartiya Janta Party have unlawful claims amongst them. Whereas, the Communist Party of India-Marxist possesses the least number of candidates with criminal cases against them.
Fourteen candidates have actually announced that they have been convicted.
Thirteen candidates have announced murder cases against them, twenty nine have announced claims pertaining to criminal activity against women such as rape, assault or criminal force to woman with an intent to outrage her virtue, husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty, against themselves. Only twenty six candidates have announced cases related to hate speech. Apart from criminal cases, the sworn statements of applicants were also screened on financial and education background. According to the data, 63 out of the 115 constituencies have actually been placed in the “red alert” category, where three or more contesting candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. The ADR concluded in its report that 392 candidates have announced individual wide range in crores. The report additionally estimates that an average ₹2.95 crore have been recognized in the declaration of every applicant, who has announced wide range over of ₹1 crore.
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