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Party wise comparison of pending criminal cases on candidates in Lok Sabha 2004 & Lok<br />
Sabha 2009<br />
A comparison between candidates with pending criminal cases in Lok Sabha 2004 and Lok Sabha 2009 elections shows<br />
that <strong>for</strong> INC, BJP, SP, BSP, CPM, NCP, AITC, BJD and ADMK the number of candidates with pending criminal cases has<br />
increased in Lok Sabha 2009 as compared to Lok Sabha 2004. The number of candidates with pending criminal cases<br />
has decreased <strong>for</strong> JD (U) and DMK in Lok Sabha 2009 as compared to Lok Sabha 2004.<br />
Table: Comparison Lok Sabha 2004 vs Lok Sabha 2009<br />
Party<br />
Lok Sabha 2004 Lok Sabha 2009<br />
Number of<br />
candidates<br />
analysed by<br />
NEW<br />
Candidates<br />
with pending<br />
criminal cases<br />
% of candidates<br />
with pending<br />
criminal cases<br />
Number of<br />
candidates<br />
analysed by<br />
NEW<br />
Candidates<br />
with pending<br />
criminal<br />
cases<br />
BJP 338 67 20% 428 116 27%<br />
INC 389 57 15% 438 117 27%<br />
BSP 348 54 16% 493 107 22%<br />
SP 177 40 23% 192 55 29%<br />
JD(U) 46 19 41% 53 17 32%<br />
SHS 37 16 43% 46 16 35%<br />
CPM 61 12 20% 81 20 25%<br />
NCP 26 10 38% 68 20 29%<br />
DMK 14 5 36% 21 4 19%<br />
AITC 30 3 10% 33 7 21%<br />
ADMK 8 2 25% 21 9 43%<br />
BJD 12 1 8% 18 5 28%<br />
Top 20 candidates with pending criminal cases<br />
% of candidates<br />
with pending<br />
criminal cases<br />
The table below lists top 20 candidates with serious pending criminal cases. Almost all of them had pending criminal<br />
cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, dacoity etc. Dinesh Rathour of Araria constituency in Bihar had 58<br />
serious IPC counts including murder, attempt to murder etc pending against him. Kameshwar Baitha of Palamau,<br />
Jharkhand had 51 charges of serious IPC counts including murder, attempt to murder & kidnapping etc pending against<br />
him. Out of these 20 candidates with most serious pending criminal cases, only 3 won and rest 17 were rejected by the<br />
voters. The detailed list is given below.<br />
S<br />
No<br />
Name State Constituency<br />
1 DINESH<br />
RATHOUR<br />
Party Serious<br />
IPC Counts<br />
Total<br />
No<br />
of<br />
Cases<br />
Brief details of serious<br />
IPC counts<br />
BIHAR Araria IND 58 52 4 charges related to<br />
murder, 6 charges<br />
related to attempt<br />
to murder, 4 charges<br />
related to extortion,<br />
13 charges related<br />
to dacoity & 7<br />
charges of robbery<br />
Won/<br />
Lost<br />
34 A <strong>Report</strong> by ADR<br />
Lost
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