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• 49 candidates i.e. 19.37 % (out of 253 analyzed) with self declared pending criminal charges
contesting in the first phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections.
• 27 candidates out of these 49 analyzed have declared serious IPC charges like murder, attempt
to murder, extortion and theft charges against them.
• All major parties have given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. INC have 10
candidates out of 27 analyzed (37 %), CPI(M) has 8 out of 32 (25 %), BJP has 8 out of 48 (17 %),
SUCI has 5 out of 9 (56 %) and AITC has 4 out of 26 (15%) candidates analyzed with pending
criminal cases.
• A total of 143 candidates (57 %) have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.
• Out of the above 253 candidates analyzed, 92 (36%) have not given PAN details.
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Kolkata/Delhi, April 11th, 2011: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch
(NEW), a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGOs and other citizen led organizations,
has been working on electoral reforms, improving democracy and governance in India. West Bengal
Election Watch (WBEW) has analyzed affidavits of candidates contesting in the first phase of West Bengal
2011 Assembly Election. This report is based on the analysis of these affidavits. There are a total of 54
constituencies going for polls in the first phase of West Bengal 2011 Assembly Elections.
The following pages give party- wise and candidate-wise analysis of criminal, financial, education, PAN
availability, IT, age, gender and other background information of the contesting candidates.
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Contents
Analysis Based on Pending Criminal Cases ..................................................................................................... 3
Top 10 candidates with Serious Pending Criminal Cases ........................................................................... 4
Analysis Based on Assets ................................................................................................................................ 5
Average Asset of a Candidate- Party-wise.................................................................................................. 5
High Asset Analysis of Candidates .............................................................................................................. 6
Low Asset Analysis of Candidates ............................................................................................................... 7
Analysis of Liabilities ................................................................................................................................... 8
Analysis of Income Tax and PAN details of Candidates .................................................................................. 9
Candidates who have not filed Income Tax Returns .................................................................................. 9
Candidates who have never filed Income Tax Returns (ITR) - party-wise ................................................ 10
Top 10 candidates who declared the highest income in Income Tax Returns (ITR) ................................ 11
Number of candidates who have paid tax – year-wise ............................................................................ 11
Details of candidates who have not declared their PAN .......................................................................... 12
Educational Background of the Candidates ................................................................................................. 12
Education analysis of contesting candidates of major party-wise ........................................................... 13
List of candidates who have completed education below 5th standard................................................... 14
List of candidates who have Doctorate and above .................................................................................. 14
Age Analysis of Candidates ........................................................................................................................... 14
Analysis on the basis of age – party-wise ................................................................................................. 15
Gender Analysis of Candidates ..................................................................................................................... 16
Party-wise analysis Based on Gender ....................................................................................................... 16
Contacts: ............................................................................................................................................... 17
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Analysis Based on Pending Criminal Cases
1. General Information
WBEW has analyzed a total of 253 candidates so far in the first phase of West Bengal 2011 Assembly
Elections. It will continue to analyze the remaining candidates and will update its reports accordingly.
• There are 49 candidates out of the 253 analyzed, (i.e. about 19.37 %) who have criminal cases
pending against them as per their self sworn affidavits given to the Election Commission.
• Out of the 49 candidates analyzed with pending criminal cases, 27 have declared pending serious
criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, theft, extortion etc. on them.
• All major parties analyzed have given tickets to candidates with criminal backgrounds. INC have
10 candidates out of 27 analyzed (37 %), CPI(M) has 8 out of 32 (25 %), BJP has 8 out of 48
(16.7%), SUCI has 5 out of 9 (55.6 %) and AITC has 4 out of 26 (15.4%) candidates analyzed with
pending criminal cases.
• All major parties have also given tickets to candidates with serious pending criminal cases like
murder, attempt to murder, theft, and extortion etc. in the first phase of West Bengal 2011
Assembly Elections. Of the candidates analyzed, CPI (M) and INC each has 5, BJP has 4, AIFB has
3, AITC and GJM each has 2 such candidates.
The party- wise list of candidates with pending criminal cases, who have been given tickets by parties in
the West Bengal 2011 Assembly election, is as follows:
Total
number of Candidates % of candidates candidates with % of candidates with
Candidates with Pending with pending serious pending serious pending
Party analyzed Criminal Cases criminal cases criminal cases criminal cases
AIFB 10 3 30.00% 3 30.00%
INC 27 10 37.00% 5 18.50%
CPI(M) 32 8 25.00% 5 15.60%
JMM 8 1 12.50% 1 12.50%
CPI(ML)(L) 8 2 25.00% 1 12.50%
RSP 9 2 22.20% 1 11.10%
BJP 48 8 16.70% 4 8.30%
AITC 26 4 15.40% 2 7.70%
BSP 35 1 2.90% 1 2.90%
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Total
number of Candidates % of candidates candidates with % of candidates with
Candidates with Pending with pending serious pending serious pending
Party analyzed Criminal Cases criminal cases criminal cases criminal cases
PDCI 2 1 50.00% 1 50.0 %
GJM 3 2 66.70% 2 66.70%
JD(U) 3 1 33.30% 1 33.30%
SUCI 9 5 55.60% 0 0.00%
IND 3 1 33.30% 0 0.00%
49
Table: Party-wise candidates with pending criminal cases
Following is the list of top 10 candidates with serious pending criminal cases in the first phase of West
Bengal 2011 Assembly Election.
Serious
Total No
S.No. Name District Constituency Party IPC Brief Details of serious IPC Counts
of Cases
Counts
1 charges related to Murder(IPC section-302)
Krishnendu Narayan ENGLISH
1. MALDA INC 2 6 1 charges related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt(IPC
Choudhury BAZAR
section-325) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder(IPC section-307)
2. Ali Imran Ramz UTTAR DINAJPUR CHAKULIA AIFB 4 3 1 charges related to extortion(IPC section-384)
1 charges related to theft(IPC section-379) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder(IPC section-307)
PRAFULLA CHANDRA
3. MALDA GAZOLE (SC) BJP 3 2 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous
SARKAR
weapons or means(IPC section-324) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder (IPC section-
4. UDAYAN GUHA COOCHBEHAR DINHATA AIFB 4 3
307) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder (IPC section-307)
5. Abdur Rahim Boxi MALDA MALATIPUR RSP 2 2 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by
dangerous weapons or means(IPC section-326) and others
PHANSIDEWA 1 charges related to Attempt to murder(IPC section-307)
6. CHHOTAN KISKU DARJEELING CPI(M) 2 1
(ST) 1 charges related to theft(IPC section-379) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder(IPC section-307)
7. ANJALI MALO JALPAIGURI MAL (ST) BSP 3 1 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by
dangerous weapons or means(IPC section-326) and others
1 charges related to Attempt to murder (IPC section-307)
DAKHSIN 1 charges related to theft(IPC section-379)
8. ABDULLAH SHAIKH KUMARGANJ PDCI 3 1
DINAJPUR 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by
dangerous weapons or means(IPC section-326) and others
1 charges related to Promoting enmity between different
groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth,
9. NARAYAN BARMAN COOCHBEHAR DINHATA JD(U) 4 1 residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to
maintenance of harmony(IPC section-153A)
1 charges related to Collecting arms, etc., with intention of
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Serious
Total No
S.No. Name District Constituency Party IPC Brief Details of serious IPC Counts
of Cases
Counts
waging war against the Government of India(IPC section-
122) and others
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous
weapons or means(IPC section-324)
RABINDRA NATH
10. COOCHBEHAR NATABARI AITC 4 1 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by
GHOSH
dangerous weapons or means(IPC section-326)
1 charges related to theft(IPC section-379) and others
A total of 9 candidates out of 253 analyzed i.e. 4% are crorepatis. 11.54% of candidates analyzed of AITC
and 11.11% of candidates of each INC and RSP are crorepatis.
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Party Avg Assets Candidates Considered Candidates Not Considered**
CPI(M) Rs 25,03,490 ~ 25 Lacs+ 31 1
ABGL Rs 22,87,431 ~ 22 Lacs+ 2 0
GNLF Rs 19,72,080 ~ 19 Lacs+ 1 1
BJP Rs 14,96,735 ~ 14 Lacs+ 48 0
MLKSC Rs 12,23,000 ~ 12 Lacs+ 1 0
IND Rs 10,10,266 ~ 10 Lacs+ 3 0
IPFB Rs 8,72,336 ~ 8 Lacs+ 4 0
CPI(ML)(L) Rs 7,95,708 ~ 7 Lacs+ 8 0
BSP Rs 7,79,704 ~ 7 Lacs+ 35 0
JMM Rs 5,90,437 ~ 5 Lacs+ 8 0
LJSP Rs 5,31,221 ~ 5 Lacs+ 1 0
PBRSL Rs 5,07,561 ~ 5 Lacs+ 1 0
JD (U) Rs 4,32,025 ~ 4 Lacs+ 1 0
SUCI Rs 4,14,753 ~ 4 Lacs+ 9 0
JDP Rs 3,12,000 ~ 3 Lacs+ 1 0
JD(U) Rs 2,74,804 ~ 2 Lacs+ 3 0
SJP Rs 2,67,000 ~ 2 Lacs+ 1 0
KPP Rs 2,34,000 ~ 2 Lacs+ 1 0
PDCI Rs 2,08,046 ~ 2 Lacs+ 2 0
AB Rs 1,94,264 ~ 1 Lacs+ 4 0
RPI Rs 1,55,125 ~ 1 Lacs+ 2 0
RPI (A) Rs 10,000 ~ 10 Thou+ 1 0
**Due to Bad scans, pages missing, poor handwriting etc.
Table: Average assets per candidate party-wise.
Out of 253 candidates analyzed, 9 candidates have declared that their assets are more than 1 crore, i.e.
about 4% of the contesting candidates analyzed are crorepatis in the first phase of West Bengal 2011
Assembly Election.
Several candidates have declared very low assets. The following table gives the list of candidates with
assets less than rupees twenty five thousand in the first phase of 2011 Assembly Elections:
Movable
Assets Immovable PAN
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Age (Rs) Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) Given
ASIM MATIGARA-
1 SARKAR DARJEELING NAXALBARI (SC) BJP 36 0 0 0 Y
MUKTER UTTAR
*
2 AHAMED DINAJPUR KARANDIGHI SUCI 43 500 0 500 5 Hund+ Y
*
3 BAPAN JALPAIGURI DABGRAM- AB 28 1,000 0 1,000 1 Thou+ N
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Movable
Assets Immovable PAN
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Age (Rs) Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) Given
GHOSH PHULBARI
ABHIJIT
4 ROY JALPAIGURI ALIPURDUARS SUCI 48 3,515 0 3,515 3 Thou+ N
KAMAL DAKHSIN
5 HEMRAM DINAJPUR HARIRAMPUR BSP 29 7,000 0 7,000 7 Thou+ N
NITAI DAKHSIN
6 KISKU DINAJPUR TAPAN (ST) BSP 30 8,000 0 8,000 8 Thou+ N
UTTAM
KUMAR DAKHSIN GANGARAMPUR
7 BARMAN DINAJPUR (SC) BSP 27 9,000 0 9,000 9 Thou+ N
MOHANTA UTTAR
8 BARMAN DINAJPUR HEMTABAD (SC) RPI (A) 37 10,000 0 10,000 10 Thou+ N
PRASANTA DAKHSIN KUSHMUNDI
9 MANDAL DINAJPUR (SC) BSP 33 10,000 0 10,000 10 Thou+ N
DEEPA
10 CHETTRI DARJEELING KURSEONG CPI(M) 34 23,571 0 23,571 23 Thou+ N
Analysis of Liabilities
A total of 23 candidates out of 253 analyzed declared liabilities of 5 Lakhs or above in their affidavits. The
following table gives the list of those candidates.
PAN
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Age Liabilities (Rs) Given
*
1 DEBA PRASAD ROY JALPAIGURI ALIPURDUARS INC 62 30,01,464 30 Lacs+ Y
2 BROJO GOBINDA BARMAN COOCHBEHAR SITAI (SC) BJP 54 21,00,000 21 Lacs+ Y
DAKHSIN
3 BIPLAB MITRA DINAJPUR HARIRAMPUR AITC 58 20,01,854 20 Lacs+ Y
UTTAR
4 SAYEDA FARHAT AFROZ DINAJPUR ISLAMPUR CPI(M) 46 17,15,228 17 Lacs+ Y
5 AMIYA KUMAR SARKAR COOCHBEHAR DINHATA NCP 47 14,47,832 14 Lacs+ Y
PHANI BHUSHAN DAKHSIN
6 MAHATO DINAJPUR HARIRAMPUR BJP 49 10,00,000 10 Lacs+ Y
ENGLISH
7 NITISH KUMAR MANDAL MALDA BAZAR BSP 46 10,00,000 10 Lacs+ Y
8 RATNA BHATTACHARYA MALDA MANICKCHAK CPI(M) 46 9,02,105 9 Lacs+ Y
DAKHSIN
9 BACHCHU HANSDA DINAJPUR TAPAN (ST) AITC 32 8,48,513 8 Lacs+ Y
10 BHARATI TAMANG DARJEELING DARJEELING ABGL 65 8,40,000 8 Lacs+ Y
11 ABDUR RAHIM BOXI MALDA MALATIPUR RSP 48 8,37,942 8 Lacs+ Y
12 HARENDRA NATH PAUL MALDA MALATIPUR BJP 41 8,00,000 8 Lacs+ Y
DAKHSIN
13 RANJAN KUMAR MONDAL DINAJPUR BALURGHAT BJP 56 7,83,478 7 Lacs+ Y
DABGRAM-
14 GOUTAM DEB JALPAIGURI PHULBARI AITC 54 7,02,000 7 Lacs+ Y
ABDUL KARIM UTTAR
15 CHOWDHARY DINAJPUR ISLAMPUR AITC 65 6,17,540 6 Lacs+ Y
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PAN
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Age Liabilities (Rs) Given
UTTAR
16 SANATAN DUTTA DINAJPUR RAIGANJ SUCI 49 6,16,698 6 Lacs+ Y
MEKLIGANJ
17 JAYANTA KUMAR RAY COOCHBEHAR (SC) INC 48 6,00,000 6 Lacs+ Y
COOCHBEHAR
18 MALATI RAVA (RAY) COOCHBEHAR UTTAR (SC) BJP 46 5,50,000 5 Lacs+ N
JALPAIGURI
19 GOBINDA CHANDRA ROY JALPAIGURI (SC) AIFB 52 5,41,658 5 Lacs+ Y
20 FIROZ AKHTAR MALDA MOTHABARI BSP 43 5,09,700 5 Lacs+ Y
MAYNAGURI
21 JUTHIKA ROY BASUNIA JALPAIGURI (SC) AITC 42 5,00,000 5 Lacs+ N
22 KAMAL CHANDRA SARKAR MALDA GAZOLE (SC) BSP 46 5,00,000 5 Lacs+ Y
GOBINDA CHANDRA ENGLISH
23 MANDAL MALDA BAZAR BJP 53 5,00,000 5 Lacs+ Y
* For candidates whose total values have not been given in the affidavit, the total has been calculated from the details given by the candidate himself/herself in the affidavit
• A total of 143 candidates (57%) out of 253 candidates analyzed have declared that they have never
filed income tax returns.
• Out of the above 143 candidates who have never filed IT returns, 92 (64%) have not even given PAN
details.
Out of 253 candidates analyzed, 143 candidates (57%) have declared that they not filed Income Tax
returns. Among them, Abdur Rahim Boxi of RSP has the highest assets of approximately 1 crore followed
by K B Wattar of CPI(M) with assets worth over 67 lakhs and Bishwanath Gop of RDP with assets worth
over 60 lakhs . The details of top 20 candidates who have not filed income tax returns are as follows:-
Movable Immovabl
Assets e Assets PAN
S. No. Name District Constituency Party Age (Rs) (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) Given
ABDUR RAHIM 1,01,17,752 1 Cror
1 BOXI MALDA MALATIPUR RSP 48 24,15,420 77,02,332 e+ Y
2 K. B. WATTAR DARJEELING DARJEELING CPI(M) 56 73,517 66,73,517 67,47,034 67 Lacs+ N
BISHWANATH
3 GOP JALPAIGURI ALIPURDUARS RDP 53 40,000 60,00,000 60,40,000 60 Lacs+ Y
4 SUNIL CHANDRA DARJEELING PHANSIDEWA (ST) INC 63 30,85,008 23,00,000 53,85,008 53 Lacs+ Y
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Movable Immovabl
Assets e Assets PAN
S. No. Name District Constituency Party Age (Rs) (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) Given
TIRKEY
AKSHAY COOCHBEHAR
5 THAKUR COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN AIFB 58 25,76,944 23,00,000 48,76,944 48 Lacs+ Y
MATHABHANGA
6 ANANTA ROY COOCHBEHAR (SC) CPI(M) 58 26,14,578 22,50,000 48,64,578 48 Lacs+ N
7 KUSUM ROY MALDA MALDAHA (SC) BJP 50 4,20,000 43,50,000 47,70,000 47 Lacs+ Y
BINAY KRISHNA MATHABHANGA
8 BARMAN COOCHBEHAR (SC) AITC 51 5,40,113 40,00,000 45,40,113 45 Lacs+ N
9 ASIF MEHBUB MALDA CHANCHAL INC 29 2,56,153 39,00,000 41,56,153 41 Lacs+ N
CHHABI
10 CHANDRA RAI DARJEELING KURSEONG INC 64 1,87,179 35,60,000 37,47,179 37 Lacs+ N
PRASENJIT COOCHBEHAR
11 BARMAN COOCHBEHAR UTTAR (SC) AITC 77 5,11,611 30,00,000 35,11,611 35 Lacs+ N
ALI IMRAN UTTAR
12 RAMZ DINAJPUR CHAKULIA AIFB 32 9,78,620 25,25,000 35,03,620 35 Lacs+ Y
COOCHBEHAR
13 GAYETRI KAR COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN BJP 51 7,81,990 26,50,000 34,31,990 34 Lacs+ Y
MALATI RAVA COOCHBEHAR
14 (RAY) COOCHBEHAR UTTAR (SC) BJP 46 5,95,500 28,00,000 33,95,500 33 Lacs+ N
JUTHIKA ROY
15 BASUNIA JALPAIGURI MAYNAGURI (SC) AITC 42 21,72,244 11,00,000 32,72,244 32 Lacs+ N
SABINA
16 YEASMIN MALDA MOTHABARI INC 33 12,93,661 17,48,026 30,41,687 30 Lacs+ Y
ABU NASAR
KHAN
17 CHOUDHURY MALDA SUJAPUR INC 76 11,37,708 18,40,000 29,77,708 29 Lacs+ Y
SAFIUR UTTAR
18 RAHAMAN DINAJPUR GOALPOKHAR AIFB 58 2,77,237 26,25,000 29,02,237 29 Lacs+ N
BISWANATH
19 GHOSH MALDA BAISHNABNAGAR CPI(M) 60 8,37,767 19,75,000 28,12,767 28 Lacs+ Y
NARAYAN DAKHSIN
20 BISWAS DINAJPUR HARIRAMPUR CPI(M) 55 2,71,011 24,23,978 26,94,989 26 Lacs+ N
Table: Candidates having PAN but not filed Income Tax Return
Candidates who have never filed Income Tax Returns (ITR) - party-wise
Of major parties CPI (M) has the maximum number of candidates 15(i.e. 47% of the total analyzed) who have
never filed IT returns (ITR) followed by INC who has 11 such candidates (41% of the total analyzed). AITC has 7
and AIFB has 3 candidates who have not filed IT returns.
Total Candidates Total Candidates Filed Total Candidates Not Filed % of candidates not filed
Party
Analyzed ITR ITR ITR
CPI(M) 32 17 15 47 %
INC 27 16 11 41 %
AITC 26 19 7 27 %
AIFB 10 7 3 30 %
RSP 9 5 4 44 %
SUCI 9 2 7 78 %
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Total Candidates Total Candidates Filed Total Candidates Not Filed % of candidates not filed
Party
Analyzed ITR ITR ITR
GJM 3 3 0 0%
GNLF 2 0 2 100 %
CPI 2 1 1 50 %
SP 1 1 0 0%
NCP 1 1 0 0%
Total 253 110 143 57 %
Table: Candidates who have never filed ITR – party wise
Top 10 candidates who declared the highest income in Income Tax Returns (ITR)
Given below are the top 10 candidates with the highest income shown in their income tax returns which includes
the income shown by their spouse and dependents.
Financial
Self income
year for Total income shown by
Sl. Movable Immovable shown by
Name Party Constituency Total Asset which ITR candidate in ITR
No. Asset Asset candidate
filed by (Self+Spouse+Dependent)
in ITR
candidate
RUDRA NATH 74,11,416 43,00,000 1,17,11,416 10,16,285 21,51,348
1 BHATTACHARYA AITC SILIGURI 74 Lacs+ 43 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 2009-2010 10 Lacs+ 21 Lacs+
SUKH BILAS 57,81,000 1,64,00,000 2,21,81,000 13,92,356 13,92,356
2 BARMA INC JALPAIGURI (SC) 57 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 2 Crore+ 2010-2011 13 Lacs+ 13 Lacs+
RABINDRA 51,57,005 66,50,000 1,18,07,005 2,58,025 11,82,919
3 NATH GHOSH AITC NATABARI 51 Lacs+ 66 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 2009-2010 2 Lacs+ 11 Lacs+
SRIKUMAR 41,47,974 25,00,000 66,47,974 79,860 9,61,326
4 MUKHERJEE CPI ITAHAR 41 Lacs+ 25 Lacs+ 66 Lacs+ 2009-2010 79 Thou+ 9 Lacs+
BINAY KRISHNA MATHABHANGA 5,40,113 40,00,000 45,40,113 9,40,113 9,40,113
5 BARMAN AITC (SC) 5 Lacs+ 40 Lacs+ 45 Lacs+ Not Given 9 Lacs+ 9 Lacs+
1,14,97,825 27,44,550 1,42,42,375 4,15,680 9,25,750
6 UDAYAN GUHA AIFB DINHATA 1 Crore+ 27 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 2009-2010 4 Lacs+ 9 Lacs+
DR. HARKA
BAHADUR 6,47,000 27,00,000 33,47,000 5,00,000 9,00,000
7 CHETTRI GJM KALIMPONG 6 Lacs+ 27 Lacs+ 33 Lacs+ 2010-2011 5 Lacs+ 9 Lacs+
NARAYAN 30,000 2,200 32,200 8,00,000 8,00,000
8 BARMAN JD(U) DINHATA 30 Thou+ 2 Thou+ 32 Thou+ 2010-2011 8 Lacs+ 8 Lacs+
11,09,825 27,10,200 38,20,025 7,78,036 7,78,036
9 ROHIT SHARMA GJM KURSEONG 11 Lacs+ 27 Lacs+ 38 Lacs+ 2009-2010 7 Lacs+ 7 Lacs+
SAYEDA 14,37,316 68,00,000 82,37,316 2,31,480 7,44,433
10 FARHAT AFROZ CPI(M) ISLAMPUR 14 Lacs+ 68 Lacs+ 82 Lacs+ 2010-2011 2 Lacs+ 7 Lacs+
Table: Top 10 candidates declared highest assets in Income Tax Return
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S.No. FY for which last return filed Tax payers Percentage
3 2009-2010 61 24 %
4 2008-2009 5 2%
5 2007-2008 1 0%
6 2002-2003 1 0%
candidates who have never filed taxes 143 57 %
*Krishna Chandra Munda of BJP contesting from Habibpur constituency has declared that he has filed ITR for the year 2011-12
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Education analysis of contesting candidates of major party-wise
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List of candidates who have completed education below 5th standard
• A total of 16 candidates out of the 253 analyzed have declared their age to be less than 30
years old
• A total of 6 candidates out of the total analyzed are more than 71 years of age.
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Age Group Number of Candidates
71-80 6
81-110 0
Total 253
Table: Number of candidates in each age group
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Total candidates
Party/Age Group Not given 25-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 66-75 76+ analyzed
SP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
PBRSL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 1 38 56 68 71 15 4 253
Table: Analysis on the basis of age – party-wise
Male 225
Female 28
Total candidates analyzed 253
Total candidates
Party Male Female Analyzed
BJP 44 4 48
BSP 30 5 35
INC 26 1 27
CPI(M) 25 7 32
AITC 22 4 26
AIFB 10 0 10
JMM 8 0 8
SUCI 8 1 9
CPI(ML)(L) 8 0 8
RSP 8 1 9
AB 4 0 4
IND 3 0 3
RDP 3 1 4
JD(U) 3 0 3
GJM 3 0 3
RPI 2 0 2
PDCI 2 0 2
CPI 2 0 2
IPFB 2 2 4
KPP 1 0 1
JD (U) 1 0 1
GNLF 1 1 2
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Total candidates
Party Male Female Analyzed
PBRSL 1 0 1
LJSP 1 0 1
JDP 1 0 1
ABGL 1 1 2
MLKSC 1 0 1
NCP 1 0 1
RPI (A) 1 0 1
SJP 1 0 1
SP 1 0 1
Total 225 28 253
Table: Party-wise analysis based on gender
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
1 charges related to Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting
waging of war, against the Government of India (IPC Section-121)
1 charges related to Conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section
121 (IPC Section-121A)
Name:NARAYAN BARMAN 1 charges related to Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war
District:COOCHBEHAR against the Government of India (IPC Section-122)
Constituency: DINHATA 1 charges related to Promoting enmity between different groups on
3 Party:JD(U) grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and
Total Cases:1 doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony (IPC Section-153A)
Serious IPC:4 1 charges related to Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot-if
Other IPC:2 rioting be committed-if not committed (IPC Section-153)
1 charges related to Punishment of criminal conspiracy (IPC Section-120B)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
1 charges related to Punishment of criminal conspiracy (IPC Section-120B)
1 charges related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common
intention (IPC Section-34)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
1 charges related to Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit
extortion (IPC Section-385)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
1 charges related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325)
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous
weapons or means (IPC Section-326)
Name:BHUPENDRA NATH HALDER(ARJUN) 2 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
District:MALDA 2 charges related to house-trespass (IPC Section-448)
Constituency:MALDAHA (SC) 2 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
13 Party:INC (IPC Section-427)
Total Cases:2 1 charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
Serious IPC:2 1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage
Other IPC:9 her modesty (IPC Section-354)
1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
Other details:14/83,93/83
50/95, 66/95,
1 charges related to Attempt to murder (IPC Section-307)
1 charges related to theft (IPC Section-379)
1 charges related to rioting (IPC Section-147)
1 charges related to Rioting, armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-148)
1 charges related to Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence
Name:CHHOTAN KISKU committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)
District:DARJEELING 1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
Constituency:PHANSIDEWA (ST) discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
15 Party:CPI(M) 1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his
Total Cases:1 duty (IPC Section-332)
Serious IPC:2 1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
Other IPC:8 1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
(IPC Section-427)
1 charges related to wrongful Confinement (IPC Section-342)
Other details:14/83,93/83
50/95, 66/95,
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or
means (IPC Section-324)
Name:KESHAB CHANDRA 1 charges related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325)
RAY District:COOCHBEHARConstituency: SITAI (SC) 1 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
16
Party:INC Total Cases:1 1 charges related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common
Serious IPC:2 Other IPC:2 intention (IPC Section-34)
Other details:14/83,93/83
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
50/95, 66/95,
1 charges related to theft (IPC Section-379)
1 charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his
duty (IPC Section-332)
1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
Name:SUBHAS GOSWAMI
discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
District:UTTAR DINAJPUR
1 charges related to attempting to commit offences punishable with
Constituency:KARANDIGHI
imprisonment for life or other imprisonment (IPC Section-511)
17 Party:INC
1 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
Total Cases:2
1 charges related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common
Serious IPC:1
intention (IPC Section-34)
Other IPC:9
1 charges related to Unlawful assembly (IPC Section-141)
1 charges related to Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly, knowing it
has been commanded to disperse (IPC Section-145)
Other details:14/83,93/83
50/95, 66/95,
1 charges related to theft (IPC Section-379)
2 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
2 charges related to Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of
Name:SITAL PRASAD CHAKRABORTY
others (IPC Section-337)
District:MALDA
2 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
Constituency:CHANCHAL
(IPC Section-427)
18 Party:BJP
2 charges related to Obstructing public servant in discharge of public
Total Cases:2
functions (IPC Section-186)
Serious IPC:1
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his
Other IPC:9
duty (IPC Section-332)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
Constituency:MOTHABARI 1 charges related to Rioting, armed with deadly weapon (IPC Section-148)
Party:CPI(ML)(L) 1 charges related to Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence
Total Cases:1 committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)
Serious IPC:1 1 charges related to house-trespass (IPC Section-448)
Other IPC:8 1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
(IPC Section-427)
1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage
her modesty (IPC Section-354)
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to extort property, or to constrain
to an illegal act (IPC Section-327)
1 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
Total Cases:1 committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149)
Serious IPC:1 1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
Other IPC:7 discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
(IPC Section-427)
1 charges related to wrongful Confinement (IPC Section-342)
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S.No. Candidate Information Brief Details of IPCs
1 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
1 charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
1 charges related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)
Name:SUNIL CHANDRA
1 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
ROY District:COOCHBEHARConstituency:MEKLIGANJ (SC)
31
Party:IND Total Cases:1
Other details:Sec-2(C) of contempt of Court Act 1971. Allegation of
Serious IPC:0 Other IPC:4
hindering the function of judiciary
Sec-2(C) of contempt of Court Act 1971. Allegation of hindering the function
of judiciary
1 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
Name:BISWANATH GHOSH
1 charges related to criminal trespass (IPC Section-447)
District:MALDA
1 charges related to house-trespass (IPC Section-448)
Constituency:BAISHNABNAGAR
1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
32 Party:CPI(M)
(IPC Section-427)
Total Cases:1
1 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
Serious IPC:0
Other IPC:5
Other details:Sec 146,147,151 Indian Railway Act
1 charges related to Punishment (IPC Section-143)
Name:Paban Kumar
1 charges related to Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
Lakra District:JALPAIGURIConstituency:KALCHINI (ST)
33 (IPC Section-283)
Party:AITC Total Cases:1
Serious IPC:0 Other IPC:2
Other details:Sec 146,147,151 Indian Railway Act
1 charges related to criminal trespass (IPC Section-447)
1 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees
Name:Binay Bhusan (IPC Section-427)
Kerketta District:JALPAIGURIConstituency:KALCHINI (ST) 1 charges related to criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506)
34
Party:RSP Total Cases:1 1 charges related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common
Serious IPC:0 Other IPC:4 intention (IPC Section-34)
Other details:G.R.NO.489/93
1 charges related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341)
1 charges related to Voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his
Name:PRAMILA
duty (IPC Section-332)
ROY District:COOCHBEHARConstituency:MEKLIGANJ (SC)
49 1 charges related to Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
Party:SUCI Total Cases:1
discharge of his duty (IPC Section-353)
Serious IPC:0 Other IPC:3
Other details:G.R.NO.489/93
32 KUSUM ROY MALDA MALDAHA (SC) BJP 50 4,20,000 43,50,000 47,70,000 47 Lacs+ Y
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Movable Immovable PAN
S.No. Name District Constituency Party Age Assets (Rs) Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) Given
BINAY KRISHNA MATHABHANGA
33 BARMAN COOCHBEHAR (SC) AITC 51 5,40,113 40,00,000 45,40,113 45 Lacs+ N
AMAL UTTAR
34 ACHARJEE DINAJPUR ITAHAR AITC 56 19,57,859 25,00,000 44,57,859 44 Lacs+ Y
BHARATI
35 TAMANG DARJEELING DARJEELING ABGL 65 38,50,000 5,00,000 43,50,000 43 Lacs+ Y
36 Asif Mehbub MALDA CHANCHAL INC 29 2,56,153 39,00,000 41,56,153 41 Lacs+ N
Narmada DAKHSIN
37 Chandra Roy DINAJPUR KUSHMUNDI (SC) RSP 56 3,43,719 37,73,796 41,17,515 41 Lacs+ Y
HARISCHANDRA-
38 Alam Mostaque MALDA PUR INC 53 8,34,772 32,25,000 40,59,772 40 Lacs+ Y
Gobinda
39 Chandra Roy JALPAIGURI JALPAIGURI (SC) AIFB 52 14,64,537 25,00,000 39,64,537 39 Lacs+ Y
Ananta Deb
40 Adhikari JALPAIGURI MAYNAGURI (SC) RSP 58 3,52,381 36,00,000 39,52,381 39 Lacs+ Y
41 ROHIT SHARMA DARJEELING KURSEONG GJM 56 11,09,825 27,10,200 38,20,025 38 Lacs+ Y
KUMARGRAM
42 SUSHILA LAKRA JALPAIGURI (ST) RDP 59 37,90,500 0 37,90,500 37 Lacs+ Y
Chhabi Chandra
43 Rai DARJEELING KURSEONG INC 64 1,87,179 35,60,000 37,47,179 37 Lacs+ N
ABDUL JALIL COOCHBEHAR
44 AHMED COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN AITC 57 8,70,200 27,00,000 35,70,200 35 Lacs+ Y
RANJAN KUMAR DAKHSIN
45 MONDAL DINAJPUR BALURGHAT BJP 56 3,34,451 32,00,000 35,34,451 35 Lacs+ Y
PRASENJIT COOCHBEHAR
46 BARMAN COOCHBEHAR UTTAR (SC) AITC 77 5,11,611 30,00,000 35,11,611 35 Lacs+ N
BHABENDRA
NATHA
*
47 BARMAN COOCHBEHAR SITALKUCHI (SC BJP 63 5,10,498 30,00,000 35,10,498 35 Lacs+ Y
UTTAR
48 Ali Imran Ramz DINAJPUR CHAKULIA AIFB 32 9,78,620 25,25,000 35,03,620 35 Lacs+ Y
HARISCHANDRA-
49 Tajmul Hossain MALDA PUR AIFB 53 12,56,784 21,80,000 34,36,784 34 Lacs+ Y
COOCHBEHAR
50 GAYETRI KAR COOCHBEHAR DAKSHIN BJP 51 7,81,990 26,50,000 34,31,990 34 Lacs+ Y
MALATI RAVA COOCHBEHAR
51 (RAY) COOCHBEHAR UTTAR (SC) BJP 46 5,95,500 28,00,000 33,95,500 33 Lacs+ N
DR. HARKA
BAHADUR
52 CHETTRI DARJEELING KALIMPONG GJM 54 6,47,000 27,00,000 33,47,000 33 Lacs+ Y
JUTHIKA ROY
53 BASUNIA JALPAIGURI MAYNAGURI (SC) AITC 42 21,72,244 11,00,000 32,72,244 32 Lacs+ N
SABINA
54 YEASMIN MALDA MOTHABARI INC 33 12,93,661 17,48,026 30,41,687 30 Lacs+ Y
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