Out of all the 808 candidates contesting for 50 seats spread across six districts of central and western parts of the state, 215 (27%) have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leads the pack with 17 (68%) out of its 25 candidates facing criminal cases as per the affidavit analysed by Association for Democratic Records (ADR).
The Bharatiya Janata Party follows it closely as 21 (62%) out of its 34 candidates face criminal charges while 10 (56%) out of 18 Janata Dal United candidates have such a record.
Other parties are no better with three (43%) out of seven Congress candidates and four (40%) out of 10 Lok Janshakti Party nominees have criminal records.
Smaller parties like Communist Party of India (CPI) has seven (37%) out of 19 candidates, 9 (19%) out of 47 Bahujan Samaj Party candidates, 12 (39%) out of 31 candidates from Samajwadi Party, along with 13 (48%) out of 27 candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) CPI(ML) (L) and 62 (22%) out of 276 Independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
Party wise candidates with serious criminal cases:
11 (32%) out of 34 candidates from BJP
6 (32%) out of 19 candidates from CPI
8 (17%) out of 47 candidates from BSP
8 (44%) out of 18 candidates fielded by JD(U)
10 (32%) out of 31 candidates from SP
16 (64%) out of 25 candidates of RJD
2 (29%) out of 7 candidates fielded by INC
3 (30%) out of 10 candidates of LJP
9 (33%) out of 27 candidates of the CPI(ML) (L) and
46 (17%) out of 276 Independent candidates
have declared serious criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits.
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