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Press Release

Analysis of Criminal Cases Declared by the newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs in view of the Supreme Court order dated 10th of March, 2014 

Detailed reports in English and Hindi + Press Note are attached with this mail

Summary and Highlights

The Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch have analysed the affidavits of 541 newly-elected Members of Parliament out of which 53 have declared criminal cases (where charges have been framed) under Section 8(1) and/or 8(3) of the RP Act. These MPs will face disqualification whereby the seat would be declared vacant if convicted. This includes Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Uma Bharti.

·          23 MPs out of these 53 MPs have been elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time.

·         Average pendency of the criminal cases declared by MPs under 8(1) and 8(3) of the RP Act is 10 years.

·         10 MPs have declared criminal cases where the charges have been framed which fall under Section 8(1) of the RP Act and who would face immediate disqualification if convicted.

The following 10 MPs have declared criminal cases where the charges have been framed which fall under both Section 8(1) and 8(3) of the RP Act:

S.No	Name of the MP	Party	Constituency
1	Brij Bhusan Sharan Singh	BJP	Kaiserganj
2	Mahesh Giri	BJP	East Delhi
3	Uma Bharti	BJP	Jhansi
4	Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi	BJP	Kanpur
5	Lal Krishna Advani	BJP	Gandhinagar
6	Nalin Kumar Katil	BJP	Dakshina Kannada
7	Suresh Angadi	BJP	Belgaum
8	Ganesh Singh	BJP	Satna
9	Shrimant Chh. Udayanraje Pratapsinha Bhonsale	NCP	Satara
10	Anbumani Ramadoss	Pattali Makkal Katchi	Dharmapuri

 MPs with Highest Number of declared criminal cases where charges have been framed which fall under Section 8(1) and/or 8(3) of the RP Act (the complete list is in the report):

S.No	Name	Party	Constituency	Total Cases
1	Rajesh Ranjan Urf Pappu Yadav	RJD	Madhepura	13
2	Shrimant Chh. Udayanraje Pratapsinha Bhonsale	NCP	Satara	6
3	P Karunakaran	CPI(M)	Kasaragod	6
4	Tathagata Satpathy	BJD	Dhenkanal	6
5	Adv.Joice George	IND	Idukki	4
6	P K Sreemathi	CPI(M)	Kannur	4

Party wise MPs with declared criminal cases where charges have been framed which fall under Section 8(1) and/or 8(3) of the RP Act:

Party	Number of MPs
BJP	24
Shiv Sena	5
AITC	4
AIADMK	3
RJD	3
CPI(M)	2
INC	1
JMM	1
LJP	1
NCP	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	1
BJD	1
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1
Swabhimani Paksha	1
TRS	1
IND	2
Total	53

First time Lok Sabha MPs with declared criminal cases where charges have been framed which fall under Section 8(1) and/or 8(3) of the RP Act:

S.No	Name	Party	State	Constituency
1	V.Sathyabama	AIADMK	Tamil Nadu	Tiruppur
2	Vijay Kumar Hansdak	JMM	Jharkhand	Rajmahal
3	Ashwini Kumar	BJP	Haryana	Karnal
4	Jadhav Sanjay (Bandu) Haribhau	Shiv Sena	Maharashtra	Parbhani
5	Hari G	AIADMK	Tamil Nadu	Arakkonam
6	P K Sreemathi	CPI(M)	Kerala	Kannur
7	Bhairon Prasad Mishra	BJP	Uttar Pradesh	Banda
8	Kunwer Sarvesh Kumar	BJP	Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad
9	Naba Kumar Sarania	IND	Assam	Kokrajhar
10	Saumitra Khan	AITC	West Bengal	Bishnupur
11	Parbhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava	BJP	Gujarat	Bardoli
12	Barne Shrirang Chandu	Shiv Sena	Maharashtra	Maval
13	A.Arunmozhithevan	AIADMK	Tamil Nadu	Cuddalore
14	B Sreeramulu	BJP	Karnataka	Bellary
15	Balka Suman	TRS	Andhra Pradesh	Peddapalle
16	Shewale Rahul Ramesh	Shiv Sena	Maharashtra	Mumbai South Central
17	Vinayak Bhaurao Raut	Shiv Sena	Maharashtra	Ratnagiri Sindhudurg
18	Lallu Singh	BJP

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