STORY IN NUMBERS Five richest leaders Tamil Nadu polls: Decoding the candidates !2011 !2016 Figures in ~cr Chief ministerial candidates of three major parties in Tamil Nadu — All India Anna 51.4 113.73 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam J Jayalalithaa (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) leader (AIADMK chief) 117.1 (in 2015*) Vijayakanth — are among the top 10 candidates with the highest assets. They declared assets worth crores of rupees in their affidavit for the upcoming Assembly elections, according to a report by the Tamil Nadu Election Watch and the 44.14 62.99 Association for Democratic Reforms. A total of 553 candidates (56 per cent of the 997 candidates analysed) from 11 major parties in the state are crorepatis, M Karunanidhi says the report. Of the 997 candidates, 283 (28 per cent) have declared (DMK chief) criminal cases against themselves. 157 (16 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, theft and crimes against women, among others. According to the report, 454 (46 per cent) have 27.99 53.56 declared their educational qualification to be between Class V and XII pass, while Vijayakanth** 488 (49 per cent) have declared having educational qualification of graduate or above. (DMDK founder who leads the 3rd front) Six candidates have declared to be simple literates and six other candidates have declared to be illiterate. Percentage of total candidates 2.11 5.84 M K Stalin (DMK treasurer and son of DMK founder) 21 11 21 133.36 337.26 324 178 326 H Vasanthakumar*** No. of candidates with No. of candidates No. of candidates who (Congress) declared criminal cases with declared serious have not declared PAN *By-election; ** including the assets of his wife Premalatha; ***the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu criminal cases Source: National Election Watch 38 45 53 10 Compiled by T E Narasimhan 591 705 831 151 & Gireesh Babu No. of crorepati No. of candidates who No. of total candidates Total women Source: Association for candidates are graduates or above who have filed ITR candidates Democratic Reforms.