Haryana sees increase in number of candidates with pending criminal cases
New Delhi, Oct 14: The number of candidates with pending criminal cases in the Haryana assembly elections has increased this year when compared to 2014.
A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms states that out of 1,138 candidates analysed, 117(10 per cent) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, out of 1,343 candidates analysed, 94(7 per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves.
70(6 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves. In 2014 Haryana Assembly Elections, 70 (5 per cent) candidates had declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
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Among major parties, 13(15 per cent) out of 87 candidates analysed from INC, 12(14 per cent) out of 86 candidates analysed from BSP, 10(11 per cent) out of 87 candidates analysed from Jannayak Janta Party, 7 (9 per cent) out of 80 candidates analysed from INLD and 3(3 per cent) out of 89 candidates from BJP have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Among
major
parties,
9(11
per
cent)
out
of
86
candidates
analysed
from
BSP,
8(9
per
cent)
out
of
87
candidates
analysed
from
INC,
6(7
per
cent)
out
of
87
candidates
analysed
from
Jannayak
Janta
Party,
5
(6
per
cent)
out
of
80
candidates
analysed
from
INLD
and
1(1
per
cent)
out
of
89
candidates
from
BJP
have
declared
serious
criminal
cases
against
themselves
in
their
affidavits
5
candidates
have
declared
cases
related
to
crime
against
women.
Out
of
5
candidates,
2
candidates
have
declared
cases
related
to
rape
(IPC
Section-376).
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5
candidates
have
declared
cases
related
to
attempt
to
murder
(IPC
Section-307)
against
themselves.
11
candidates
have
declared
convicted
cases
against
themselves.
15(17
per
cent)
out
of
90
constituencies
are
Red
alert
constituencies.
Red
alert
constituencies
are
those
where
3
or
more
contesting
candidates
have
declared
criminal
cases
against
themselves.