[National Election Watch] Press Release: 15% of the candidates contesting the Punjab elections have declared criminal cases (all major parties have given tickets to tainted candidates), 65% are crorepatis & only 7% are women

Dear Friends,
Please find attached the report on Analysis of Criminal, Financial and other background details of contesting candidates of Punjab.

Highlights of the Report:

• 61 candidates out of the 408 candidates analyzed with self declared pending criminal cases against them are contesting the Punjab 2012 Assembly Elections.
• Out of these 61 candidates, 22 candidates have declared serious pending criminal cases such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery etc against them.
• All major parties have given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. INC has 23 out of 116 (20%), SAD has 18 out of 93 (19%), BSP has 9 out of 61 (15%), PPP has 7 out of 89
• (8%)candidates analyzed with pending criminal cases.
• A total of 266 candidates out of 408 analyzed i.e. 65% are crorepati. In the Assembly Elections of 2007, a total of 184 candidates out of 462 analyzed (40%) were crorepati.
• Out of 408 candidates analyzed for Punjab Assembly Elections 2012, only 29 (7%) candidates are women; the number of women candidates for INC is 10 out of 116 (9%), for SAD it is 10 out of 83 (12%),for PPP it is 4 out of 89 (4%), for BSP it is 2 out of 61(3%) and for BJP it is 2 out of 21 (10%).
• Education and Age Analysis also attached.
• Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters to choose honest candidates and SMS
• MYNETA <Pincode > to 56070 or MYNETA <Constituency name> to 56070

Contacts:

1. Jaskirat Singh, E: jaskirats@gmail.com, pew@myneta.info, M:+91-9316084953, T:0161-4685801
2. Anil Bairwal, E: anil@adrindia.org/adr@adrindia.org, M: +91-8010394248 ,  +91 9999310100, T: 011 40817601
3. Jagdeep Chhokar, E: jchhokar@gmail.com, M: +91 9999620944
   

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