Analysis of
Financial, Criminal and Other details of newly elected MLAs in the Meghalaya Assembly Elections, 2013
Summary
and Highlights:
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Meghalaya Election Watch (MGEW) has analyzed
affidavits of all 60 newly elected
MLAs in the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly Elections.
Out of the 60 newly elected MLAs, 29 are from INC, 8 are from UDP, 4 are
from HSPD, 2 are from NPP, 2 are from NCP, 1 is from NESDP, 1 from GNC and 13
are Independent MLAs.
Financial:
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Crorepati
MLAs: Out of these 60 MLAs, 36
(or 60%) are crorepatis. In the 2008 assembly elections, 15 out of 60
MLAs analyzed (or 25%) were crorepatis.
·
Average
Assets: The
average asset per MLA in the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly Elections is Rs
7.77 Crore. In 2008 Meghalaya Assembly Elections for the 60 MLAs
analyzed, the average asset per MLA was Rs
1.12 Crore.
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Party-wise
Average Assets: Among major parties, the average
asset per MLA for INC (29 MLAs) is Rs 12.35 Crore, for UDP (8 MLAs) is Rs
6.73 Crore, for NPP (2 MLAs) is Rs 3.52 Crore, for HSPD (4 MLAs) is Rs
52.65 Lakhs, for NCP (2 MLAs) is Rs 3.26 Crores, for NESDP (1 MLA)
is Rs 13.01 Crore and for GNC (1 MLA) is Rs 42.12 Lakhs. The
average asset per Independent MLA (13 MLAs) is Rs. 1.94 crore. In 2008, the
average asset per MLA for INC (25 MLAs) was Rs. 98 Lakhs, for UDP (11
MLAs) was Rs. 2.59 Crores and for NCP (15 MLAs) was 68 Lakhs.
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Highest Asset MLAs: The top three MLAs with highest declared
assets are (in decreasing order): Ngaitlang Dhar of INC from Umroi
(ST) constituency who has declared assets worth Rs. 235.64 crores, followed by Metbah Lyngdoh of UDP
from Mairang (ST) constituency with Rs. 37.29 crores worth of assets
and Comingone
Ymbon of INC from Raliang (ST) constituency with assets worth Rs. 25.48
crores. (Please find later in
the report the list of top 20 newly elected MLAs with highest declared assets from
the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly Elections)
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Low
Asset MLAs: Only 5 MLAs have declared assets
less than Rs. 25 Lakhs.
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Lowest
Asset MLAs:
Michael T Sangma an
Independent MLA from Tikrikilla(ST) constituency has declared that he has
assets worth only Rs.6.47 Lakhs, followed by Embhahlang Syiemlieh
of UDP from Mawlai(ST) constituency with assets worth only Rs. 9.86
Lakhs and Kenethson R Sangma of INC from
Dalu(ST) constituency with assets worth Rs. 17.67 Lakhs.
·
Liabilities: A total of 12
MLAs out of 60 analyzed have declared liabilities of Rs. 10 lakhs or above.
·
Highest
Liability MLAs:
The top three MLAs with highest declared liabilities are
(in decreasing order):
Metbah Lyngdoh,
a UDP MLA from Mairang (ST) constituency who has declared the highest
liabilities worth Rs. 11.11 Crores followed by Ngaitlang Dhar of INC
from Umroi(ST) constituency with liabilities of Rs. 9.89
Crores and Sniawbhalang
Dhar an INC MLA
from Nartiang(ST) constituency with liabilities of Rs. 1.29 Crores.
·
Undeclared
PAN:
10 out of 60 (17%)
MLAs from the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly Elections have not declared their PAN
details.
·
Undeclared PAN Party-wise: 6 out of 29 MLAs of INC have not declared their PAN.
Similarly, 1 out of 8 for UDP, 1 out of 4 of HSPD, 1 out of 1 of GNC and 1
Independent MLA out of 13 have not declared PAN details.
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MLAs
who declared Income:
1 MLA declared an annual
income in their
ITR namely Abu Taher Mondal of INC from Phulbari constituency. (Almost
all other MLAs have claimed to be exempted from paying Income Tax under Section
10(26) of the Income Tax Act).
·
Chances of Winning based on assets: Among the candidates with assets of Rs. 5 crore and above 13 have got
elected out of 30 who contested, which means that if a candidate has Rs. 5
crore and more the chances of his winning the election is 43%. But chances of
winning drops to only 4% if a candidate has assets less than Rs. 25 Lakhs, as
only 5 candidates out of 116 with assets less than Rs. 25 lakhs have managed to
win their elections.
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Lakhpati candidates win over Crorepati candidates: Despite, the overwhelming number of crorepati MLAs in the Meghalaya
Assembly. In 16 constituencies, Lakhpati candidates have emerged as winners,
defeating higher asset crorepati candidates in their respective constituencies.
Criminal:
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MLAs with Criminal Cases: Out of the 60 MLAs, 1 MLA (or 2%) has declared a criminal case against himself. In 2008 assembly elections, 2% of MLAs (1 out of
the 60 MLAs) declared criminal cases against themselves.
·
Party wise MLAs
with Criminal Cases: 1 MLA of INC namely Ngaitlang Dhar from Umroi(ST) constituency has declared criminal cases against himself.
Other Background details (Education, Gender,
Age):
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MLAs’
Education: A total of 36 (60%) MLAs are graduates or have
higher educational qualifications in the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly. 11
MLAs (18%) are 10th Pass or below.
·
MLAs’ Age: A total of 4 MLAs, are aged 70 or more. 15
MLAs are aged 40 or less.
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Women MLAs: Out of all 60 MLAs, 4 (7%) are women in the Meghalaya 2013 Assembly . All 4
women MLAs are from the INC. In Meghalaya 2008 Assembly, there was only 1 woman MLA.
Asset Comparison of Re elected MLAs:
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MLAs who have been re elected again: 23
MLAs have been re elected again from the 2008
Meghalaya Assembly to the Meghalaya Assembly, 2013.
·
Average
Assets in 2008 Elections: The average assets of these 23 re-elected MLAs
as declared in the Meghalaya 2008 Assembly Elections was Rs 1,51,03,966 (1.51 Crore).
·
Average
Assets in 2013 Elections: The average assets of these 23 re-elected MLAs
now in 2013 is Rs 5,28,00,836 (5.28 Crore).
·
Average Asset growth in 5 years (2008-2013): The average asset growth for these 23 re-elected
MLAs, between the Meghalaya Assembly Elections of 2008 and 2013, is Rs
3,76,96,869 (3.76 Crore).
·
Percentage
growth in 5 years (2008-2013): Average percentage growth in assets for these 23 re-elected MLAs is 250%.
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Highest growth In Assets in 5
years (2008-2013): Comingone Ymbon of INC
from Raliang (ST) constituency has declared maximum increase in assets with an
increase of Rs 24.26 crore i.e from Rs 1.21 crores in 2008 to Rs. 25.48
crores in 2013 (In
2008, Comingone Ymbon (a) didn’t provide information related to the value of 2
Motor Vehicles and gold possessed by his wife. Also, Rs. 1.21 crore in 2008
elections does not include values of 18 insurance policies of worth 59 Lakhs). Assets of Metbah Lyngdoh (of UDP from Mairang (ST) constituency) have increased by Rs 16.29 crore, from Rs 21 crore in 2008 to Rs 37.29 crore in
2013*. Assets of Dr.Mukul Sangma (of
INC from Ampati (ST) constituency have risen by Rs 11.07 crore, from Rs 3.43
crore in 2008 to Rs 14.50 crore in 2013(In 2008, Mukul Sangma (a) didn’t
provide information related to the value of 7 Motor Vehicles, 5 pieces of non
agricultural land (b)this does not include values of 8 insurance policies of
worth 47 Lakhs). (* this
figure contains only that sum of money that has been explicitly provided in the
affidavits, this figure doesn’t include the value of assets for which value
wasn’t provided in the affidavits)
Highest Percentage growth
in 5 years (2008-2013): The highest percentage increase (39439%) in assets has been declared by Sniawbhalang Dhar of INC from
Nartiang (ST) constituency. His assets increased from Rs. 75,074 in 2008 to Rs 2.96 Crore in 2013 (In 2008, Sniawbhalang Dhar didn’t provide information related to the
value of 3 Motor Vehicles,25 tolas gold possessed by his wife,1 Building and
another plot of land). Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh of INC from East Shillong(ST)
constituency has declared an increase of 9196% in her assets, her assets have
risen from Rs. 23,518 in 2008 to Rs 21.86
Lakhs in 2013(This does not include value of Motor Vehicles). Nihim D Shira of NPP from Songsak
(ST) constituency falls in third position with 3535% increase in assets; his
assets have grown from Rs 2.72 Lakhs in
2008 to Rs 99.17 Lakhs* in 2013 (In 2008, Nihim D Shira (a) didn’t provide
information related to the value of 1 Motor Vehicle (b) this does not include
value of 2 insurance policies worth Rs 1 lakh).
Please find enclosed the following reports that contain the analysis of
self-declared information provided by the MLAs who have been elected in
the Meghalaya Assembly Election 2013:
- MLAs Report containing the analysis of MLAs' self declared attributes such as Financial Assets, PAN details , Criminal records, Education, Age, Gender and Growth of Assets during 5 years (2008-2013)
- An Integrated Report containing the comparison of the various aspects of MLAs' attributes who have got elected in the recently held Assembly Elections in all the three states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura
Contact Details
Meghalaya Election Watch (MGEW):
National Election Watch/Association
for Democratic Reforms:
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Media & Journalist Helpline
+91 80103 94248
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Mr. Anil Bairwal,
National Coordinator
National Election Watch,
Association for Democratic Reforms
+91 80103 94248
+91 9999310100
adr@adrIndia.org,
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Prof Trilochan Sastry
IIM
Bangalore
Founder Member,
National Election Watch,
Association for Democratic Reforms
+91 9448353285,
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Prof Jagdeep Chhokar
IIM Ahmedabad (Retd.)
Founder Member
National Election Watch, Association for
Democratic
Reforms
+91 9999620944
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