Odisha assembly elections: Naveen Patnaik richest among candidates in second phase

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister of Odisha and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is the richest candidate a few of the total 244 in fray for 35 assembly constituencies going to polls right through the second one section on April 18 in the state. Patnaik, who is contesting from Hinjili and Bijepur assembly seats, has declared total assets price Rs 63 crore.

The different wealthy applicants subsequent to him are BJP’s Patnagarh assembly candidate and a member of royal circle of relatives Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo with belongings price Rs 37 crore and BJD’s Jharsuguda assembly candidate Naba Kishore Das with assets price Rs 33 crore.


Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a voluntary organisation operating on electoral reforms, launched the research of the monetary, training, prison backgrounds of applicants to assist electorate in making ‘knowledgeable selection’ right through the elections right here on Monday.

Of the overall 241 applicants 70 (29%) are millionaires and the ruling BJD has maximum collection of 21 (60%) are millionaires. BJP and congress have 20 (57%) and 13 (41%) millionaires respectively. The reasonable asset according to candidate contesting assembly polls in Odisha assembly election in section two is Rs 1.93 crores. Two unbiased assembly applicants Ananta Kanhar and Birendra Kumar Gouda for Phulbani and Bhanjanagar respectively have 0 assets.

Among the 35 Lok Sabha (LS) applicants 31% are millionaires of whom BJP’s Bolangir LS candidate Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo is the richest with belongings price Rs 37 crore followed by way of her opponent from BJD Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo with assets price Rs 20 crore.

Elections will probably be held in 5 Lok Sabha seats of Bargarh, Sundergarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska and 35 assembly seats under them on Aril 18.

As many as 35%, (81 of the 241) applicants for assembly seats have prison cases whilst 28% (68) have severe prison cases in opposition to them like attack, murder, kidnap, rape, crimes in opposition to girls and bribery. Among the LS applicants 5 of the 35 (14%) have severe prison cases in opposition to them.


In the second one section there are 14 pink alert constituencies that have 3 or more applicants with declared prison cases.


For the LS seats there are 14% (5 of the 35) girls applicants for assembly polls best 10% (25 out of 241) applicants are girls.


Among the 241 assembly applicants 3 are doctorates, 32 are post-graduates, 33 are professional graduates, 53 are graduates and 47 are 12 th move. Maximum numbers of 78 applicants are between the age team of 41-50 years whilst 69 applicants are within the age team of 51-60 years.


Among the 35 Lok Sabha applicants two are doctorates, seven are post graduates, two are graduate execs and 11 are graduates, whilst 14 are within the age team of 41 to 50 years.
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