Indian voters continue to elect criminals to the Lok Sabha. Among the 539 winners analysed in the 17th Lok Sabha, 233 have declared criminal cases against them.
This means nearly 50 percent of the MPs in the new Lok Sabha have criminal records.
According to India Today , this is an increase of 44 percent in the number of MPs with criminal cases against them since 2009. In effect, the chances of a candidate with declared criminal cases winning is 15.5 percent, while a candidate with a clean background has a 4.7 percent chance.
Out of the 542 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, 185 (34 per cent) winners had declared criminal cases against themselves while out of 543 winners analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2009, 162 (30 per cent) had declared criminal cases against themselves.
34 percent of the winners in the 2014 elections had declared criminal cases against them, while the number stood at 30 percent in 2009.
The report was released by National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) after analysing self-sworn affidavits.
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