A total of 504 out of 543 candidates winning Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are crorepatis, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms report, indicating a rapid increase in the number of super-rich politicians making their way into the parliament.
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The ADR report released on Thursday shows that the percentage of rich candidates winning Lok Sabha Elections in 2024 has increased to 93% from 88% in the 2019 elections and 82% in the 2014 elections.
“Out of the 543 Winning candidates analysed, 504 (93%) are crorepatis. Out of 539 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2019 elections, 475 (88%) MPs were crorepatis. Out of 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2014 elections, 443 (82%) MPs were crorepatis and out of 543 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha 2009 elections, 315(58%) MPs were crorepatis,” read the ADR report.
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Who are the top 3 richest winning candidates of Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
The top three richest candidates who won the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani from Andhra Pradesh, Konda Vishweshwar Reddy from Telangana, and Naveen Jindal from Haryana. The Lok Sabha winning candidate with lowest asset, Jyotirmay Singh Mahato, is also from the BJP.
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TDP’s Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani is the richest Lok Sabha 2024-winning candidate
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate, Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani is the richest Lok Sabha 2024 winning candidate. The TDP leader won the election from Guntur constituency of Andhra Pradesh and has a total asset of ₹5,705 crore. The politician from Andhra Pradesh has movable assets worth ₹5,598 crores, whereas immovable assets worth ₹106 crore.
BJP’s Konda Vishweshwar ranks 2nd on the list
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate who won the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Chevella constituency in Telangana is the second richest winning candidate of LS polls. Vishweshwar has a total asset of ₹4568 crore.
BJP’s Naveen Jindal ranks 3rd on the list
Industrialist and politician, Naveen Jindal is the third richest Lok Sabha-winning candidate with a total asset of more than ₹1241 crore. He won the LS polls from Kurukshetra constituency of Haryana.
BJP has the richest candidates
According to the average assets per winner data accumulated by the ADR in its report, the average assets per winner for 240 BJP winning candidates is ₹50.04 Crores. The 99 INC winning candidates have average assets of ₹22.93 crores, whereas 37 SP winning candidates have average assets worth ₹15.24 crores, 29 AITC winning candidates have average assets worth ₹17.98 Crore, 16 TDP.
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Published: 06 Jun 2024, 01:40 PM IST
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