164 candidates with criminal records in round four of polls

October 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - At least 67 candidates, contesting the Haryana assembly elections, have criminal cases pending against them for murder, attempt to murder and extortion, an NGO said here Sunday. We have scrutinized the affidavits of 489 candidates of political parties contesting the Haryana assembly polls.

May 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh has once again set a record of sending the maximum number of tainted MPs to the Lok Sabha - 31 of the state's 80 MPs have criminal cases pending against them. Out of these 31, as many as 22 have serious criminal charges against them, according to figures released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an umbrella organisation of NGOs that monitors elections.

May 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - One out of every 10 candidates contesting Lok Sabha polls from Haryana has a criminal background, the National Election Watch (NEW) said here Friday. 'In Haryana, out of the 205 candidates, 21 have a criminal background, with one or more criminal cases registered against them.

April 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Lucknow parliamentary seat is set to make records as Uttar Pradesh goes to polls for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections Thursday. Not only does the constituency have the highest number of candidates, it also tops the list of seats with nominees facing criminal charges.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As many as 33 millionaires and 20 people with criminal records will fight for Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats that go to polls May 7. 'A total of 33 'crorepatis' are contesting elections in Delhi.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The third phase of polls April 30 has a mixed bag of candidates with 258 nominees having criminal records and 223 millionaires, a study by an NGO said Monday. According to an analysis by the National Election Watch (NEW), 'of 1,567 candidates in the fray for the third phase, NEW analysed affidavits of 1,492 candidates.

April 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - There are seven millionaires as also 24 candidates with criminal records, four of them convicted, in West Bengal's first phase of the Lok Sabha polls to be held April 30. With 134 nominees in the race for 14 of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, the percentage of candidates with criminal record is 18, higher than the national average of 17, according to National Election Watch (NEW) in West Bengal.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 300 candidates with criminal records from different political parties are fighting the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 23, with the Congress party topping the list with 40, according to a survey. According to an analysis by an NGO, National Election Watch, of the 1,425 candidates in the fray for the second phase, 288 have criminal records.

April 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - As many as 45, or one out of every six candidates, have declared assets worth more than Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) in Karnataka's first phase of elections slated April 23. According to New Election Watch (NEW), which is tracking assets and criminal records of candidates, Surendra Babu, the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) from Bangalore North constituency, tops the list with assets worth Rs.108 crore (Rs.1.08 billion).

April 13th, 2009 AGARTALA - At least eight of the total 19 candidates contesting the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura were undergraduates while two have criminal cases pending against them, the National Election Watch (NEW) said in a report Monday. There is just one woman candidate in Tripura that goes to the polls April 23.

April 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - As many as nine candidates in Chhattisgarh have criminals cases pending against them and seven have assets worth over Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million), a NGO said here Saturday. 'There are nine candidates with criminal cases pending against them contesting Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh,' Gautam Kumar Bandyopadhyay, coordinator of Chhattisgarh Election Watch, told IANS.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Six major political parties have fielded at least 63 Lok Sabha candidates who face criminal charges or with a criminal past, says a group of election observers. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leads the list with 28 such candidates, says the National Election Watch (NEW), a grouping of NGOs.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As many as 29 Lok Sabha candidates from various parties have criminal records, according to an analysis made as part of a national campaign by NGOs. The parties fielding these candidates include the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the Communist Party of India (CPI), and the Samajwadi Party, the National Election Watch (NEW) said in a statement Thursday.