New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) With assets worth over Rs 374 crores, Congress candidate from Guna Jyotiraditya Scindia is the richest candidate contesting in Lok Sabha sixth phase elections.
While BJP’s cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir is the second in the list with assets over Rs 147 crore, National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Friday.
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Scindia, who is also in charge of the Congress in western Uttar Pradesh, topped the list of 967 candidates.
The ADR has analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 967 out of 979 candidates, who are contesting in the sixth phase that goes to polls on May 12.
“There are 12 candidates who have not been analysed due to unavailability of their properly scanned and complete affidavits, at the time of making this report,” it said.
Among the major parties 46 out of 54 candidates from BJP, 37 out of 46 candidates from Congress, 31 out of 49 candidates from BSP, six out of 12 candidates from AAP and 71 out of 307 Independents have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore.
“The average asset per candidate contesting in the sixth phase is Rs 3.41 crores,” it said.
It also said Shiv Sena‘s candidate Rajib Mahato from West Bengal’s Purulia constituency has declared zero assets.
The ADR said 395 candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between Class 5 and 12, while 509 candidates have declared they are graduate or hold a better degree.
A total of 35 candidates have declared just that they are literate while 10 said they are illiterate.
In the sixth phase there 83 female candidates when 59 constituencies from seven states.
Jyotiraditya Scindia who is seeking his fifth term from the Guna-Shivpuri Parliamentary Seat had on April 20 filed his nomination.
Scindia has represented the seats five times since 2002. He entered Lok Sabha for the first time in 2002 in by-polls after the death of his father who was the then incumbent MP from the seat. Jyotiraditya Scindia had in 2004 Polls won the seats with 80,000 votes.
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Apart from his, father Madhorao Scindia and Grandmother Vijayaraje Scindia also represented the Lok Sabha Seat of Guna several times.
Guna Lok Sabha Seat will go to polls on May 12. Lok Sabha Polls 2019 has already begun and is being across seven phases from April 11 to May 19.
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