Shatrughan's wife Poonam Sinha is the richest candidate in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections

According to the National Election Watch (New), Poonam Sinha, Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha and Lucknow, is the richest candidate with assets worth more than Rs 193 crore in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. And Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Sinha has assets worth more than Rs 173 crores, with Vijay Kumar Mishra, Pratiti from Sitapur topped the list of rich candidates with assets of more than Rs 193 crores declared as the candidate of Samajwadi Party (Lohia).

The third person in the list was BJP candidate from Hazaribagh, Jayant Sinha, whose assets were more than 77 crore rupees.

Three candidates have declared zero assets in the election field.

According to new and ADR, 184 out of 668 candidates contesting in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections have assets worth Rs.1 crore or more. Most of these 184 candidates are from the BJP.

The ADR has analyzed the self-affirmative letters of 668 out of 674 candidates contesting the fifth phase of elections in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies in seven states.

The organization said, "Analysis of six candidates has not been properly investigated and due to non-availability of full affidavits."

"In major parties, 38 out of 48 BJP candidates, 32 out of 45 Congress candidates, 17 out of 33 BSP candidates, 17 out of 9 SP candidates and 31 out of 252 independent candidates declared assets worth more than Rs.1 crore It's "said it.

It said that in the fifth phase, the average asset per candidate was 2.57 crores.

"In major parties, 48 BJP candidates have an average asset of Rs 6.91 crore, 45 Congress candidates have average assets of 8.74 crore. 33 BSP candidates have average assets of Rs 3.32 crores, and 9 SP candidates have 31.57 It is the average asset of millions of rupees, "it said.

While 264 candidates declared their academic qualification between class 5 and class 12, 348 candidates declared themselves as undergraduate or above. "In the race, forty candidates are only literate and six candidates are illiterate," he said.

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