Goa Elections 2017 Analysis of Financial Criminal Background of candidates

Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates, Goa Assembly Elections 2017

Criminal Background

Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 251 candidates analysed,38(15%) candidates have declared criminal cases against them.

Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 19 (8%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against them.

Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 2 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women.

Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases: 3 (8%) out of 39 candidates from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 6 (17%) out of 36 candidates from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 9 (24%) out of 37 candidates from Indian National Congress (INC), 2 (8%) out of 25 candidates from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak , 5 (29%) out of 17 candidates from Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and 9 (16%) out of 58 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against them in their affidavits.

Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 6 (16%) out of 37 candidates from INC, 3 (8%) out of 36 candidates from BJP, 2 (8%) out of 25 candidates from Maharahtrawadi Gomantak, 1 (6%) out of 17 candidates from NCP and 4 (7%) out of 58 Independent candidates have declared serious criminal cases against them in their affidavits.

Red Alert Constituencies*: 1 constituency namely St. Andre in the Goa assembly elections has 3 or more candidates with declared criminal cases. All the three candidates are contesting independently.

Share of wealth among candidates : The share of wealth amongst the candidates contesting in assembly elections Goa is as follows:

Value of assets(in Rs)	No of candidates	Percentage of candidates
10 crores and above	30	12%
5 crores to 10 crores	37	15%
1 crores to 5 crores	89	35%
20 lakhs 1 crores)	53	21%
less than 20 lakhs)	42	17%

Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 251 candidates analysed, 156 (62%) are crorepatis.

Party wise Crorepati Candidates: 34 (92%) out of 37 candidates from INC, 35 (97%) out of 36 candidates from BJP, 19 (49%) out of 39 candidates from AAP, 13 (52%) out of 25 candidates from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, 10 (59%) out of 17 candidates fielded by NCP and 27 (47%) out of 58 Independent candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs. 1 crore.

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Average assets: The average of assets per candidate contesting in the Goa Assembly Elections 2017 is Rs 4.75 Crores

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Party wise average assets: Among the major parties, the average assets per candidate for 37 INC candidates is Rs 8.07 Crores, 36 BJP candidates have average assets of Rs 7.61 Crores, 39 AAP candidates have average assets worth Rs 4.21 Crores, 25 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak candidates have average assets worth Rs 3.60 crores, 17 NCP candidates have average assets worth Rs 2.27 Crores, and 58 Independent candidates have average assets of Rs. 3.20 Crores.

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High asset candidates*: The top 3 candidates with highest assets contesting in the Goa 2017 Assembly Elections are given below:

Name – Ranjit Cotta Carvalho

District – SOUTH GOA

Constituency- FATORDA

Party- AAP

Movable Assets Rs. - 19,16,28,880

Immovable Assets Rs. - 46,62,50,000

Total Assets Rs. – 65,78,78,880 65 Crore+

Name – Michael Vincent Lobo

District – NORTH GOA

Constituency- CALANGUTE

Party- BJP

Movable Assets Rs. - 17,30,51,558

Immovable Assets Rs. - 37,29,30,000

Total Assets Rs. – 54,59,81,558, 54 Crore+

Name – Pratapsingh R Rane

District – NORTH GOA

Constituency- PORIEM

Party- INC

Movable Assets Rs. - 5,14,15,805

Immovable Assets Rs. - 44,86,00,858

Total Assets Rs. – 50,00,16,663, 50 Crore+

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Undeclared PAN: A total of 6(2%) out of the 251 candidates analyzed have not declared their PAN details.

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S.No. - Name - Party Constituency - District Total Asset (Rs)

Total income shown by candidate in ITR (Self+Spouse+Dependent) (Rs)

Self-income shown by candidate in ITR (Rs)

Michael Vincent Lobo - BJP - CALANGUTE NORTH GOA

54,59,81,558 54 Crore+

3,25,27,303 3 Crore+

1,63,23,004 1 Crore+

Rohan Khaunte IND PROVORIM NORTH GOA

9,34,03,413 9 Crore+

1,70,43,238 1 Crore+

1,51,21,619 1 Crore+

Agnelo Nicholas Fernandes INC SALIGAO NORTH GOA

17,87,67,510 17 Crore+

1,65,51,000 1 Crore+

80,23,470 80 Lacs+

Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane INC VALPOI NORTH GOA

21,31,05,484 21 Crore+

1,16,00,371 1 Crore+

69,47,870 69 Lacs+

Glenn John Vijay Ambrose E. Souza Ticlo BJP ALDONA NORTH GOA

9,91,78,678 9 Crore+

1,06,00,740 1 Crore+

53,25,630 53 Lacs+

Pravin Zantye BJP MAEM NORTH GOA

13,23,20,247 13 Crore+

1,04,17,118 1 Crore+

96,60,305 96 Lacs+

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Candidates with high Assets who have not declared Income Tax Details*: 4 candidates with assets worth more than Rs. 1 Crore have not declared income tax details. Their details are as given below:

S.No. Name District Constituency Party

Total Income (Rs)

Movable Assets (Rs)

Immovable Assets (Rs)

Total Assets (Rs)

PAN Given Self Income

1 Sanjay Krishnarao Prabhu Desai NORTH GOA MANDREM IND

Total income - 0

15,14,664 6,

18,00,000 6,

33,14,664 6 Crore+

ITR not filed

2 Carlito Edrich Correia SOUTH GOA VELIM IND

Total Income (Rs) - 0

36,85,889 1,

30,68,990 1,

67,54,879 1 Crore+

ITR not filed

3 Douglas Lawrence Sequeira NORTH GOA TIVIM NCP

Total Income (Rs) - 0

1,53,16,

641 10,

80,000 1,

63,96,641 1 Crore+

ITR not filed

4 Derick Dias SOUTH GOA CUNCOLIM IND

Total Income (Rs) - 0

77,000

1,40,00,000

1,40,77,000 1 Crore+

ITR not filed

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Education details of candidates: 127 (51%) candidates have declared their educational qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 102 (41%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above.

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Age details of candidates: 159 (63%) candidates have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years while 92 (37%) candidates have declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.

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Gender details of candidates: 18 (7%) women candidates are contesting in the Goa assembly election, 2017.

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Candidates with self-declared criminal cases: Out of the 251 candidates, 38 (15%) candidates have declared criminal cases against them, while 19 (8%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases against them

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There are 6 candidates who have not given their PAN details

Source – ADR

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