STORY IN NUMBERS INCREASE IN ASSETS OF RE-CONTESTING MLAs IN Assets of members of the Assam Legislative Assembly who 2016, the assets of several members of the Legislative were elected in 2011 have increased substantially over five Assembly have increased many times in their five-year term. years. According to the election watchdog Association for The increase is secular across party lines. Here is a list of the Democratic Reform (ADR), based on the sworn affidavits of 10 MLAs whose assets have gone up the most dramatically those MLAs elected in 2011 and are seeking re-election in between 2011 and 2016

PALLAB LOCHAN DAS SRI GIRINDRA MALLIK AMINUL ISLAM SIBCHARAN BASUMATARY SUKUR ALI AHMED PARTY 2011: INC 2016: BJP PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: AIUDF 2016: AIUDF PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY 2011: Bihali 2016: Rangapara 2011: Dholai 2016: Dholai (SC) 2011: Dhing 2016: Dhing 2011: Dudhnoi (ST) 2016: Dudhnai (ST) 2011: Chenga 2016: Chenga District in 2016: Tezpur District in 2016: Cachar District in 2016: Nagaon District in 2016: Goalpara District in 2016: Barpeta Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets 2011 1,00,000 2011 53,377 2011 1,93,416 2011 5,94,621 2011 7,81,718 2016 54,55,359 (5,355) 2016 11,61,000 (2,075) 2016 24,69,532 (1,177) 2016 56,38,347 (848) 2016 73,71,378 (843) SRI BASANTA DAS ATUWA MUNDA PRITHIBI MAJHI REKIBUDDIN AHMED BOLIN CHETIA PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: INC 2016: INC PARTY 2011: INC 2016: BJP CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUENCY 2011: Mangaldoi (SC) 2016: Rangapara 2011: Tingkhong 2016: Tingkhong 2011: Lahowal 2016: Lahowal 2011: Chaygaon 2016: Chaygaon 2011: Sadiya 2016: Sadiya District in 2016: Mangaldoi (Darrang) District in 2016: District in Assam 2016: in Assam 2016: Kamrup District in Assam 2016: Sadiya Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets Assets (~) % growth in brackets 2011 22,75,156 2011 30,86,236 2011 90,25,998 2011 34,31,337 2011 16,06,357 2016 2,10,61,904 (826) 2016 2,73,02,511 (785) 2016 7,00,30,943 (676) 2016 2,29,82,456 (570) 2016 90,09,965 (461) INC stands for ; AIUDF stands for All United Democratic Front Source and analysis: Association for Democratic Reform