• The BJP, which is contesting all 89 seats in the first phase, has 79 candidates or 89% of its candidates with assets above ₹1 crore
Less than a week is left for the Gujarat Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in two phases - on December 1 and December 5.
According to the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, of the 788 candidates in the first phase, 211 are "crorepatis", the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accounts for 79 candidates.
This means that 27% of the total candidates in the fray have assets of more than ₹1 crore. The BJP, which is contesting all 89 seats in Phase-I, has 79 candidates or 89% of its candidates with assets of more than ₹1 crore, followed by the opposition Congress with 65 candidates at 73% and the Aam Aadmi Party is with (you). 33 candidates at 38%.
As per the ADR report, Ramesh Tiyala is the richest person with a total declared assets of ₹175 crore. Tiala is contesting as a BJP candidate from Rajkot South Assembly Constituency.
Indranil Rajguru, the Congress candidate from Rajkot East seat, holds assets worth ₹162 crore after Tilala. Jawahar Chavda, the BJP candidate from Manavadar seat, has assets worth ₹130 crore.
On the other hand, Bhupendra Patolia, an independent candidate from Rajkot West assembly seat, has declared zero assets in his affidavit.
Rivaba Jadeja, wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, has declared a combined income of ₹18 crore for herself, her spouse and her dependents for 2021-22. Rivaba is contesting as a BJP candidate from Jamnagar North seat.
Among other candidates, 73 have declared assets above ₹5 crore, 77 others between ₹2 crore and ₹5 crore, 125 candidates between ₹50 lakh and ₹2 crore, 170 between ₹10 lakh and ₹2 crore. 50 lakh, and 343 have declared assets less than ₹10 lakh, according to ADR data.
Party-wise, the average assets are ₹13.40 crore for BJP, ₹8.38 crore for Congress and ₹1.99 crore for AAP.
The report states that in the first phase of the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, 21% of the total 198 or 923 candidates were "crorepatis".
Further sharing the data on the education qualification of the candidates, the ADR report mentions that 62% of the candidates have studied between class 5 and class 12; 185 are graduates, and 21 are diploma holders.
At least 57 candidates are literate, while another 37 are illiterate.
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