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Governance

Lok Sabha polls, Phase 6: Scindia and Gambhir among crorepati candidates

May 10, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

34 out of 59 constituencies voting in the May 12th elections have been declared as Red Alert Constituencies, that is constituencies where three or more candidates have declared criminal cases. Find out more such interesting details in the candidate analysis for Phase 6.

Governance

LS elections Phase III: 570 candidates, including Amit Shah, have pending criminal cases

April 25, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of the candidates who contested polls on April 23rd. Out of 1594, 340 candidates (21%) had criminal cases. 230 had records of serious criminal cases, out of which 13 related to murder.

Governance

Dakshina Kannada elections: 13 MP candidates face off in sensitive constituency

April 17, 2019 Arza Safiya

As Mangalore city, falling within the Dakshin Kannada parliamentary constituency goes to vote tomorrow, take a look at the candidate choices that the voter has.

Governance

213 with criminal cases, 401 crorepatis to contest first phase of Lok Sabha elections

April 8, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

India starts voting in the first phase of elections to the Lok Sabha later this week. Who are the richest candidates contesting in the first round? Which parties have fielded the most number of candidates with pending criminal cases? How serious are the allegations against them?

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