Press Release Uttarakhand Assembly Elections, 2017 Analysis of Asset

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Uttarakhand Assembly Elections, 2017

Analysis of Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MLAs

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Executive Summary

 Recontesting MLAs: Uttarakhand Election Watch (UKEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 60 MLAs recontesting in the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly Elections.  Average Assets in 2012 Elections: The average assets of these 60 re-contesting MLAs from various parties including independent MLAs in 2012 was Rs 1.85 crores (Rs 1,85,41,331)

 Average Assets in 2017 Elections: The average assets of these 60 re-contesting MLAs in 2017 is Rs 3.62 crores (Rs. 3,62,66,619).

 Average Asset change from 2012 to 2017: The average assets of these 60 re- contesting MLAs, between the Uttarakhand Elections of 2012 and 2017 has increased by Rs. 1.77 crores (Rs. 1,77,25,289).

 Percentage change in assets from 2012 to 2017: The average percentage increase in assets for these 60 re-contesting MLAs is 96%.

Average Asset of Re-Contesting MLAs ( Rs. in crores)

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Average Average Asset ofRe 2012 2017 Election Years

 Highest growth in Assets from 2012 to 2017: Party in Party in Uttarakhand Constituency in Constituency in Assets in Uttarakhand Assets in % Increase in S.No. Name Asset Increase Uttarakhand 2017 2012 Uttarakhand 2017 Uttarakhand 2012 2017 Uttarakhand 2012 Asset

1. Shailendra Mohan Singhal BJP INC JASPUR JASPUR 35,63,50,376 3,19,53,804 32,43,96,572 1015% 35 Crore+ 3 Crore+ 32 Crore+

2. Nav Prabhat INC INC VIKASNAGAR VIKASNAGAR 9,73,20,060 3,60,08,784 6,13,11,276 170% 9 Crore+ 3 Crore+ 6 Crore+ 3. Rekha Arya BJP INC SOMESHWAR(SC) SOMESHWAR (SC) : BYE- 12,78,13,693 6,72,15,490 6,05,98,203 90% ELECTION ON 21-07- 12 Crore+ 6 Crore+ 6 Crore+ 2014 Table 1: Highest growth in Assets (Top 3)

 Average asset change of re-contesting MLAs: Party-Wise: Following table illustrates the party wise assortment of the average increase in assets of the re-contesting MLAs: Party in Uttarakhand Total Number of Average Assets in S.No. Average Assets in Uttarakhand 2012 Average Asset Increase Average % Increase in Asset 2017 Winners Uttarakhand 2017 4,42,93,946 2,39,06,897 2,03,87,049 1 BJP 29 85% 4 Crore+ 2 Crore+ 2 Crore+ 2,81,65,414 1,37,13,034 1,44,52,380 2 INC 28 105% 2 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 2,62,33,152 84,57,449 1,77,75,703 3 IND 2 210% 2 Crore+ 84 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 5,03,74,887 1,83,00,000 3,20,74,887 4 BSP 1 175% 5 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 3 Crore+ 3,62,66,619 1,85,41,331 1,77,25,289 GRAND TOTAL 60 96% 3 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ Table 2: Average Asset change of Re-contesting MLAs - Party-wise

Comparison of Assets of Re-contesting MLAs in Uttarakhand 2017 Assembly Elections

Party in Party in Constituency in Constituency in Uttarakhand Assets in Assets in % Increase S.No. Name Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Asset Increase Uttarakhand 2017 2012 Uttarakhand 2017 Uttarakhand 2012 in Asset 2017 2012

1. Shailendra Mohan Singhal BJP INC JASPUR JASPUR 35,63,50,376 3,19,53,804 32,43,96,572 1015% 35 Crore+ 3 Crore+ 32 Crore+

4. Pritam Singh INC INC CHAKRATA(ST) CHAKRATA (ST) 8,10,21,731 2,78,34,140 5,31,87,591 191% 8 Crore+ 2 Crore+ 5 Crore+

5. Dinesh Agarwal INC INC DHARAMPUR DHARAMPUR 6,45,31,498 1,96,61,256 4,48,70,242 228% 6 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 4 Crore+

6. Surendra Singh Jeena BJP BJP SULT SALT 10,52,98,662 7,04,26,727 3,48,71,935 50% 10 Crore+ 7 Crore+ 3 Crore+

7. Ganesh Godiyal INC INC SRINAGAR SHRINAGAR 4,79,26,401 1,34,16,684 3,45,09,717 257% 4 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 3 Crore+

8. Sarwat Kareem Ansari BSP BSP MANGLORE MANGLOR 5,03,74,887 1,83,00,000 3,20,74,887 175% 5 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 3 Crore+

9. Harish Singh INC INC DHARCHULA DHARCHULA 3,60,19,122 41,75,000 3,18,44,122 763% 3 Crore+ 41 Lacs+ 3 Crore+

10. Dinesh Dhanai IND IND TEHRI TEHRI 3,06,98,041 41,63,255 2,65,34,786 637% 3 Crore+ 41 Lacs+ 2 Crore+

11. Surendra Singh Negi INC INC KOTDWAR KOTDWAR 3,18,57,318 80,46,141 2,38,11,177 296% 3 Crore+ 80 Lacs+ 2 Crore+

12. Sanjay Gupta BJP BJP LAKSAR LAKSAR 2,86,74,148 68,78,148 2,17,96,000 317% 2 Crore+ 68 Lacs+ 2 Crore+

13. Premchand Aggarwal BJP BJP RISHIKESH RISHIKESH 3,24,06,964 1,33,03,143 1,91,03,821 144% 3 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+

14. Ganesh Joshi BJP BJP MUSSOORIE MUSSOORIE 3,27,53,164 1,47,01,413 1,80,51,751 123% 3 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 15. Mamta Rakesh INC INC BHAGWANPUR(SC) BHAGWANPUR (SC) : BYE- 3,58,49,770 1,82,71,899 1,75,77,871 96% ELECTION ON 11-04-2015 3 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+

16. Hemesh Kharkwal INC INC CHAMPAWAT CHAMPAWAT 1,97,14,211 43,98,710 1,53,15,501 348% 1 Crore+ 43 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

17. Mr. Madan Kaushik BJP BJP HARDWAR HARIDWAR 2,45,01,689 97,53,108 1,47,48,581 151% 2 Crore+ 97 Lacs+ 1 Crore+ 18. Harish Chandra Singh Rawat INC INC KICHHA DHARCHULA : BYE- ELECTION ON 6,31,14,882 4,84,35,891 1,46,78,991 30% 21-07-2014 6 Crore+ 4 Crore+ 1 Crore+

19. Subodh Uniyal BJP INC NARENDRANAGAR NARENDRANAGAR 1,65,06,034 30,84,362 1,34,21,672 435% 1 Crore+ 30 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

20. Umesh Sharma Kau BJP INC RAIPUR RAIPUR 3,07,52,400 1,78,77,086 1,28,75,314 72% 3 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+

21. Sahdev Singh Pundir BJP BJP SAHASPUR SAHASPUR 1,90,25,009 72,43,699 1,17,81,310 163% 1 Crore+ 72 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

22. Jeet Ram INC INC THARALI (SC) THARALI (SC) 1,52,69,401 41,48,177 1,11,21,224 268% 1 Crore+ 41 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

23. Madan Singh Bisht INC INC DWARAHAT DWARAHAT 1,22,34,500 12,45,000 1,09,89,500 883% 1 Crore+ 12 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

24. Vijaypal Singh Sajwan INC INC GANGOTRI GANGOTRI 1,66,75,593 59,62,301 1,07,13,292 180% 1 Crore+ 59 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

25. Ajay Bhatt BJP BJP RANIKHET RANIKHET 1,37,21,213 31,37,910 1,05,83,303 337% 1 Crore+ 31 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

26. Manoj Tewari INC INC ALMORA ALMORA 1,57,23,445 54,87,180 1,02,36,265 187% 1 Crore+ 54 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

27. Furkan Ahmad INC INC PIRANKALIYAR PIRANKALIYAR 2,62,22,546 1,60,90,637 1,01,31,909 63% 2 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+

28. Narayan Ram INC INC GANGOLIHAT(SC) GANGOLIHAT (SC) 1,80,41,015 84,36,563 96,04,452 114% 1 Crore+ 84 Lacs+ 96 Lacs+

29. Mayukh Mahar INC INC PITHORAGARH PITHORAGARH 3,99,00,000 3,07,00,000 92,00,000 30% 3 Crore+ 3 Crore+ 92 Lacs+

30. Pritam Singh Panwar IND UKDP DHANOLTI YAMUNOTRI 2,17,68,262 1,27,51,643 90,16,619 71% 2 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 90 Lacs+

31. Pradeep Batra BJP INC ROORKEE ROORKEE 3,80,80,896 2,93,15,453 87,65,443 30% 3 Crore+ 2 Crore+ 87 Lacs+ 32. Kunwar Parnav Singh BJP INC KHANPUR KHANPUR 1,87,91,000 1,03,40,000 84,51,000 82%

Champion 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 84 Lacs+

33. Shaila Rani Rawat BJP INC KEDARNATH KEDARNATH 1,50,00,475 70,25,000 79,75,475 114% 1 Crore+ 70 Lacs+ 79 Lacs+

34. Govind Singh Kunjwal INC INC JAGESHWAR JAGESHWAR 1,82,85,916 1,07,82,500 75,03,416 70% 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 75 Lacs+

35. (Dr) Harak Singh Rawat BJP INC KOTDWAR RUDRAPRAYAG 2,68,95,976 1,97,10,408 71,85,568 36% 2 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 71 Lacs+

36. Raj Kumar INC INC RAJPUR ROAD(SC) RAJPUR ROAD (SC) 1,01,75,246 29,96,652 71,78,594 240% 1 Crore+ 29 Lacs+ 71 Lacs+

37. Sarita Arya INC INC NAINITAL(SC) NAINITAL (SC) 95,24,916 25,10,000 70,14,916 279% 95 Lacs+ 25 Lacs+ 70 Lacs+

38. Lalit Mohan Singh Farswan INC INC KAPKOTE KAPKOT 1,13,59,091 46,80,000 66,79,091 143% 1 Crore+ 46 Lacs+ 66 Lacs+

39. Daleep Singh Rawat BJP BJP LANSDOWNE LANSDOWNE 1,61,39,523 98,09,010 63,30,513 65% 1 Crore+ 98 Lacs+ 63 Lacs+

40. Bansidhar Bhagat BJP BJP KALADHUNGI KALADHUNGI 1,34,02,479 73,02,728 60,99,751 84% 1 Crore+ 73 Lacs+ 60 Lacs+

41. Bheem Lal Arya INC BJP GHANSHALI(SC) GHANSALI (SC) 54,87,973 4,16,000 50,71,973 1219% 54 Lacs+ 4 Lacs+ 50 Lacs+

42. Harish Chandra Durgapal INC IND LALKUWA LALKUWAN 2,02,88,865 1,54,56,894 48,31,971 31% 2 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 48 Lacs+

43. Yatishwaranand BJP BJP HARDWAR RURAL HARIDWAR RURAL 55,20,976 7,19,000 48,01,976 668% 55 Lacs+ 7 Lacs+ 48 Lacs+

44. Dan Singh INC BJP BHIMTAL BHIMTAL 66,77,054 26,47,162 40,29,892 152% 66 Lacs+ 26 Lacs+ 40 Lacs+

45. Arvind Pandey BJP BJP GADARPUR GADARPUR 62,80,563 24,61,226 38,19,337 155% 62 Lacs+ 24 Lacs+ 38 Lacs+

46. Shri Harbans Kapoor BJP BJP DEHRADUN CANTT DEHRADUN CANTONMENT 1,21,66,325 84,50,984 37,15,341 44% 1 Crore+ 84 Lacs+ 37 Lacs+

47. Vikram Singh Negi INC INC PRATAPNAGAR PRATAPNAGAR 77,50,053 41,34,984 36,15,069 87% 77 Lacs+ 41 Lacs+ 36 Lacs+ 48. Hira Singh Bisht INC INC DOIWALA DOIWWALA : BYE- ELECTION ON 1,44,52,995 1,18,47,567 26,05,428 22% 21-07-2014 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 26 Lacs+

49. Rajkumar Thukral BJP BJP RUDRAPUR RUDRAPUR 66,08,183 40,91,800 25,16,383 61% 66 Lacs+ 40 Lacs+ 25 Lacs+

50. Chandan Ram Dass BJP BJP BAGESHWAR(SC) BAGESHWWAR 49,62,000 33,40,000 16,22,000 49% 49 Lacs+ 33 Lacs+ 16 Lacs+

51. Prem Singh BJP BJP NANAK MATTA(ST) NANAKMATA (ST) 17,03,515 4,81,705 12,21,810 254% 17 Lacs+ 4 Lacs+ 12 Lacs+

52. Anusuya Prasad Mekhuri INC INC KARNPRAYAG KARANPRAYAG 1,28,84,750 1,16,90,810 11,93,940 10% 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+ 11 Lacs+

53. Rajendra Singh INC INC BADRINATH BADRINATH 84,58,838 79,72,969 4,85,869 6% 84 Lacs+ 79 Lacs+ 4 Lacs+

54. Pushkar Singh Dhami BJP BJP KHATIMA KHATIMA 49,15,197 45,95,533 3,19,664 7% 49 Lacs+ 45 Lacs+ 3 Lacs+

55. Adesh Chauhan BJP BJP B.H.E.L. RANIPUR BHEL RANIPUR 79,94,535 77,02,745 2,91,790 4% 79 Lacs+ 77 Lacs+ 2 Lacs+

56. Malchand BJP BJP PUROLA(SC) PUROLA (SC) 3,59,64,167 3,78,65,700 -19,01,533 -5% 3 Crore+ 3 Crore+

57. Vishan Singh BJP BJP DIDIHAT DIDIHAT 78,69,547 1,01,08,111 -22,38,564 -22% 78 Lacs+ 1 Crore+

58. Puran Singh Fartyal BJP BJP LOHAGHAT LOHAGHAT 1,46,39,384 1,80,35,219 -33,95,835 -19% 1 Crore+ 1 Crore+

59. Rajesh Shukla BJP BJP KICHHA KICHHA 25,97,86,332 26,63,70,517 -65,84,185 -2% 25 Crore+ 26 Crore+

60. Indira Hridayesh INC INC HALDWANI HALDWANI 4,18,64,403 5,65,11,048 -1,46,46,645 -26% 4 Crore+ 5 Crore+ Table: Comparison of Assets of Re-contesting MLAs

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