PRESS RELEASE May 6, 2009 Analysis of Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2009 शमल, दन क 6 मई, 2009 : हम चल द श इल सन व च (HPEW), न शनल इल सन व च(NEW), अ भय न क एक ह स ह. NEW म 1200 स अ धक NGO और कई दसर न ग रक स गठन स थ मलकर च न व स ध र, ज त क स ध र एव स श सन क लय क म कर रह ह. यह स गठन ल कसभ म उ म दव र क नगर न भ कर रह ह. इसन हम चल द श क ल क सभ च न व म लड़ रह च र स सद य क 31 म स 30 हलफन म क व षण कय ह. इन सभ उ म दव र क स चन अब http://myneta.info पर भ उपल ध ह. म य ब द : 1. क ल उ म दव र जनक उपर आपर धक म मल दज ह = 1 (15.47% क र य औसत क म क़ बल यह 3.3% ह ) 2. 9 ( य 30% ) उ म दव र क औसत स प एक कर ड़ और उसस अ धक ह. 3. क ल उ म दवर म स 33.3%(30 म स 10) उ म दव र न अपन Pan Card ववरण नह दय ह. 4. 5 उ म दव र पर 20 ल ख स अ धक क द नद र ह. 5. औसत स प INC क उ म दव र क लए 6 कर ड़ ह, BJP क उ म दव र क लए 2 कर ड़ ह. और BSP क उ म दव र क लए 79 ल ख पय ह. 6. क ल 8 उ म दव र ह ज ह न 2004 ल क सभ च न व म भ भ ग लय थ उनक औसत स प म 557% क बढ़त हई ह एक उ म दव र क स प 3722% बढ़ ह. 7. क ल 57% उ म दव र न तक य इसस अ धक श त ह. 8. म एक (3.3%) म हल उ म दव र च न व म द न म ह SMS & ह पल इन अ भय न : न शनल इल सन व च और अस सय शन फ र ड म टक रफ स (ADR) र एक ह पल इन और SMS अ भय न भ चल य ज रह ह. इस अ भय न क म य उ य मतद त ओ क उ म दव र क प ण प भ म क ज नक र स अवगत कर न ह, त क मतद न करत समय व सह फ़ सल ल सक. ह प ल इन क ववरण : ट ल- न : 1800-110-440 ज नक र उपल ध : आपर धक म मल, स प, द नद रय, और श ववरण. ज नक र क त : उ म दव र र हलफन म म द गई ज नक र.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 6, 2009 Analysis of Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2009 Shimla, May 6, 2009: (HPEW), part of National Election Watch (NEW) has been working on electoral & political reforms and is monitoring the candidates for 2009 Lok Sabha Elections. It has come out with analysis of 30 affidavits from 4 constituencies of Lok Sabha Elections in Himachal Pradesh. The following pages give the number and percentage of candidates, constituency wise as well as party wise, criminal records, total assets (more than Rs.1 Crore), PAN card declaration and educational details. All the candidate profiles considered in this report are now available at www.myneta.info (The data is available for 30 of 31candidates, as of now.) Highlights: No. of Candidate with Criminal Record is 1 i.e. 3.3 % compared to nationwide average of 15.47% till now. 9 (or 30%) candidates have total assets of Rs. 1 crore & above. 33.3%of candidates (10 out of 30) have not furnished PAN card details. 5 candidates have liabilities of more than Rs.20 lacs. Average assets value of INC candidates is Rs 6 crores, of BJP is Rs 2 crore s & of BSP is Rs 79 lacs. 8 candidates have been found who contested in 2004 elections. The average increase in individual assets has been 557% with one candidate showing a jump of over 3722%. Around 57% candidates(17 out of 30) are graduates & above. Number of women candidate is only 1(3.3%) from RWS (Rashtrawadi Sena) SMS and Helpline Campaign We have started a helpline and SMS campaign to enable voters to get information on candidates background to help them make an informed choice while voting. Details about the helpline: Toll-free no: 1-800-110-440 Day/Hours of operation: Mon-Sat (10am 6pm) Information given: Criminal records, Assets, Liabilities and Education Qualifications Source of Information: Candidate information given in affidavits. Initially the information based on 2004 affidavits only will be provided. New information based on 2009 affidavits will be provided as and when it becomes available (usually about 7-8 days before the election dates) Details about SMS campaign: NEW will send 3 messages a week starting immediately till elections. The messages will contain factbased information. To register, please send SMS MYNETA <pincode> to 56070 www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 1
Also, the details of affidavit of the candidates are available on our website http://www.nationalelectionwatch.org Contact Details State Mr P R Ramesh +91-9816002341, lkmtheog@yahoo.co.in State Coordinator, HP Election Watch National Anil Bairwal, National Coordinator National Election Watch, and Association for Democratic Reforms Ph : 011-6590 1524, Mob: +91-9999310100 adr@adrindia.org, anil@adrindia.org About HPEW (HP Election Watch) and NEW (National Election Watch): is part of the National Election Watch (NEW) which is a nationwide campaign comprising of more than 1200 NGO and other citizen led organizations working on electoral reforms, improving democracy and governance in India. The National Election Watch is active in almost all states of India and has done election watch for all states and Lok Sabha elections since ADR, along with couple other organizations, won the PIL in Supreme Court in 2002 to making disclosure of educational, financial and criminal background of electoral candidates mandatory. About ADR: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) is a Non-Political, Non-Partisan and a Non-Governmental Organization whose PIL filed in Dec 1999 culminated in a Supreme Court order on Mar 13, 2003 requiring disclosure of criminal, financial and educational background of all contesting candidates. Since then ADR has done Election Watches in almost all State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. It continues to works towards strengthening democracy and governance in India by focusing on fair and transparent electoral and political processes. It is currently conducting election watch is all states going for assembly polls. You can learn more about ADR at: http://www.adrindia.org www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 2
Candidate with criminal background- full details Serious No of Cases No. of Cases Serial Name State/Dist Constituency Party Age IPC Counts in which Accused in which Convicted Total 1 ONKAR HIMACHAL SHAD PRADESH Mandi CPM 49 0 1 0 1 Cases (Accused) IPC Section Description 143 Being member of an unlawful assembly 1. IPC Sections - 147 rioting 341,147,143, 341 wrongful restraint Other Details - Crore Patis Party Wise Party Crorepatis Total Percent INC 3 4 75.00 BJP 3 4 75.00 IND 1 9 11.11 BSP 1 3 33.33 LJP 1 1 100.00 Total 9 21 42.86 Serial Name Total assets of Rs.1 crore & above Constituency Party Age Movable Assets (Rs) Immovable Assets (Rs) Total Assets (Rs) 1 VIRBHADRA SINGH Mandi INC 75 3,77,78,748 18,74,50,000 22,52,28,748 22 Cror+ Y 2 DR. RAJENDER SHARMA Hamirpur IND 64 11,24,374 4,69,00,000 4,80,24,374 4 Cror+ Y 3 KESHAB Kangra LJP 53 2,84,41,500 1,39,50,000 4,23,91,500 4 Cror+ Y 4 MAHESHWAR SINGH Mandi BJP 61 85,81,060 1,92,00,000 2,77,81,060 2 Cror+ Y 5 ANURAG SINGH Hamirpur BJP 34 91,14,356 1,50,35,747 2,41,50,103 2 Cror+ Y PAN Given www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 3
THAKUR 6 SOM NATH Shimla BSP 51 4,70,000 1,86,00,000 1,90,70,000 1 Cror+ Y 7 DHANI RAM SHANDIL Shimla INC 68 65,55,300 1,03,30,000 1,68,85,300 1 Cror+ Y 8 CHANDER KUMAR Kangra INC 65 13,56,433 97,15,509 1,10,71,942 1 Cror+ Y 9 DR. RAJAN SUSHANT Kangra BJP 53 13,90,873 96,34,000 1,10,24,873 1 Cror+ Y Top 5 candidates with highest Liabilities Serial Name State/Dist Constituency Party Age Liabilities (Rs) PAN Given 1 KESHAB HIMACHAL Kangra PRADESH LJP 53 12500000 1 Cror+ Y 2 ANURAG SINGH HIMACHAL Hamirpur THAKUR PRADESH BJP 34 2504550 25 Lacs+ Y 3 DR. RAJAN HIMACHAL Kangra SUSHANT PRADESH BJP 53 2488285 24 Lacs+ Y 4 ROSHAN LAL HIMACHAL Kangra PRADESH IND 55 2400000 24 Lacs+ N 5 GURNAM SINGH HIMACHAL Shimla CHANDEL PRADESH SP 36 2000000 20 Lacs+ N Average assets per candidate of various parties Party Avg Assets Candidates Considered INC Rs 6,50,75,248 ~ 6 Cror+ 4 LJP Rs 4,23,91,500 ~ 4 Cror+ 1 BJP Rs 2,09,85,345 ~ 2 Cror+ 3 BSP Rs 79,04,833 ~ 79 Lacs+ 3 IND Rs 71,32,833 ~ 71 Lacs+ 8 RRD Rs 45,10,000 ~ 45 Lacs+ 1 SHS Rs 15,23,562 ~ 15 Lacs+ 3 CPM Rs 13,42,000 ~ 13 Lacs+ 1 RWS Rs 9,98,233 ~ 9 Lacs+ 3 SP Rs 50,000 ~ 50 Thou+ 1 www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 4
PAN Report PAN Filled 20 PAN Not Filled 10 Total 30 Party Wise PAN Report Party/PAN PAN Given PAN Not Given INC 4 4 BJP 4 4 IND 3 6 9 SHS 3 3 BSP 2 1 3 RRD 1 1 RWS 1 2 3 CPM 1 1 LJP 1 1 SP 1 1 Total 20 10 30 / 30 www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 5
Asset Comparison for re contesting candidates Difference in Assets (Rs) % Increase in Assets Constituency Name Assets in Party (in 2009 ) 2004 (Rs) Assets in 2009 (Rs) Mandi VIRBHADRA SINGH* INC 142,897,362 225,228,748 82,331,386 58% Shimla DHANI RAM SHANDIL INC 9,272,958 16,885,300 7,612,342 82% Shimla SOM NATH BSP 6,520,000 19,070,000 12,550,000 192% Mandi MAHESHWAR SINGH BJP 21,041,817 27,781,060 6,739,243 32% Mandi SHAN MOHAMMAD IND 6,342,500 1,946,000-4,396,500-69% Kangra CHANDER KUMAR INC 7,304,760 11,071,942 3,767,182 52% Kangra DHANI RAM IND 381,056 1,868,888 1,487,832 390% Kangra ROSHAN LAL IND 82,000 3,134,000 3,052,000 3722% Average % increase in assets 557% *2003 Assembly affidavits. Education Report Education Group Count Literate 2 8th Pass 3 10th Pass 5 12th Pass 3 Graduate 5 Graduate Professional 1 Post Graduate 8 Doctorate 3 Total 30 www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 6
Parties and candidates- Total contesting candidates made available by ECI: 31 Total Independents contesting = 9 Total women candidates = 1 (from RWS) The party breakdown of candidates is as follow: Party Female Male Abbv Party Name Candidates Candidates Total BJP Bharatiya Janata Party 4 4 BSP Bahujan Samaj Party 4 4 CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 1 INC Indian National Congress 4 4 IND Independent 9 9 LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party 1 1 RRD Rashtriya Raksha Dal 1 1 RWS Rashtrawadi Sena 1 2 3 SHS Shivsena 3 3 SP Samajwadi Party 1 1 Grand Total 1 30 31 www.adrindia.org, www.nationalelectionwatch.org, adr@adrindia.org, 011 6590 1524 7