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Revision as of 10:26, 12 July 2013
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CRIME & POLITICS
TNN & AGENCIES 2013/07/12
450 ‘tainted’ constituencies have at least 1 candidate facing criminal charges
104 seats have 2 tainted candidates
& 56 constituencies have more than 5 contesting tainted candidates
Voters tend to choose clean candidates. In seats where only 1 candidate had a criminal record, voters chose 83% of the clean candidates But percentage of clean candidates went down to 35% in seats with more than 5 tainted candidates
Between 2004 and 2009, number of MPs with criminal charges has risen from 128 to 162
The silver lining was number of MPs charged with rape, murder, kidnapping & extortion dipped from 296 in 2004 to 274 in 2009
Party-wise sitting MPs & MLAs with criminal cases (2013)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 82%
RJD | 64%
Samajwadi Party | 48%
BJP | 31% (Out of 1,017 BJP MPs & MLAs, 313 have criminal cases)
Congres | 21% (Out of 1,433 Cong MPs & MLAs, 305 have criminal cases)
