The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch issued recent report on information of Lok Sabha elections phase-2 candidates who’ve criminal cases against them. A complete of 250 candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha election have criminal cases against them, with three dealing with homicide expenses. 21 per cent candidates have criminal cases in the second phase of polling, the report stated.
The report quoted an evaluation of self-sworn affidavits of the contestants by the Association for Democratic Reforms and the National Election Watch.
The evaluation was carried out on 1,192 of the 1,198 candidates contesting in the second phase of the election.
| Party | Constituency | Name | Cases | Serious IPC case |
| BJP | Wayanad |  K Surendran | 243 | 139 |
| BJP | Ernakulam | Dr KS Radhakrishnan | 211 | 5 |
| Congress | Idukki | Adv. Dean Kuriakose | 88 | 23 |
Three candidates have homicide cases
Three candidates have homicide cases lodged against them, whereas 24 are implicated in try to homicide cases, it confirmed.
One candidate faces rape cost
Twenty-five candidates have declared cases associated to crimes against girls and one of them faces rape expenses beneath part 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Congress chief Ramchandra Choudhary, who’s contesting from Rajasthan’s Ajmer is dealing with a rape cost beneath IPC Sections – 376. An FIR with case no – 488/2019 was filed with police station Ramganj Ajmer in 2019.
Twenty-one candidates are linked to cases of hate speech, the evaluation confirmed.
It additionally confirmed that 52 per cent of the 87 seats scheduled to go to polls in the second of the seven-phase elections are ‘crimson alert’ constituencies.
‘Red alert’ constituencies are these the place three or extra candidates have declared criminal cases in their affidavits.
The evaluation confirmed that amongst main events, there are criminal cases against 31 out of the 69 candidates from the BJP, 35 out of the 68 candidates from the Congress, all 5 candidates from the CPI, all 4 candidates from the SP, two out of three candidates from the Shiv Sena, two out of 4 candidates from the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and two out of 5 candidates from the JD(U).
In tandem with the revelations on criminal backgrounds, the ADR stated the evaluation additionally highlights wealth disparities amongst candidates.
(With PTI inputs)
