Counting of votes polled in the Bihar Assembly elections will get underway early on November 10. While most exit polls have predicted a big win for Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance, or Mahagathbandhan, here are some insights on the financial background of candidates contesting the 2020 state legislative assembly elections.As many as 1,231 or 33 percent of 3,722 candidates contesting for the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections are crorepatis, data analysed by Association For Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch, reveals. The average asset per candidate contesting Bihar state elections this year is Rs 1.72 crore.Of the 3,733 candidates contesting, self-sworn affidavits of 3,722 were analysed by ADR. Affidavits of 11 candidates were not analysed as they were “unclear”, the report said. Close Crorepati candidates increased from 25 percent (860 of 3,450) in 2015 to 33 percent (1,231 of 3,722) in 2020. As many as 782 candidates or 21 percent reported their value of assets at less than 10 lakh in 2020. There were nine candidates who declared zero assets this year and 338 or 9 percent candidates did not declare their permanent account number (PAN) details. related news Farmers’ protest: Should have held talks with stakeholders before enacting farm laws, says BJP MP Brijendra Singh KCR faces BJP, AIMIM scare… Read full this story
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