10th April- Phase 3 of General Election in Haryana

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National Election Watch (NEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1391 candidates out of 1419 candidates who are contesting in the Phase 3 of Lok Sabha 2014 Elections. The rest of the candidates were not analysed due to unclear/incomplete affidavits uploaded on the ECI website at the time of making of this report.

• Candidates with Criminal Cases: Out of the 1391 candidates analysed, 262 candidates (19%) have declared criminal cases against themselves
  
• Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 147 candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, rape, robbery etc.
  
• Candidates with multiple serious IPC counts : 96 candidates have declared multiple serious IPC counts. Kameshwar Baitha of AITC from Palamau Constituency, Jharkhand has declared 109 serious IPC counts followed by Narendra Mohanty of AAP from Kandhamal constituency, Orissa with 28 serious IPC counts and Keshwar Yadav of SP from Chatra constituency with 20 serious IPC counts.
  
• Candidates with cases related to murder: 9 candidates have declared cases related to murder.
  
• Candidates with cases related to Attempt to Murder: 29 candidates have declared cases of attempt to murder.
  
• Candidates with cases related to Crimes against Women: 9 candidates have declared cases related to crimes against women. Shahnawaj Rana of SP from Bijnor constituency, Uttar Pradesh has declared a case related to rape. Ashok Bisi of CPI from Bargarh constituency, Orissa has declared one case related to charge related to Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section-498A). 5 candidates have declared cases related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354).

http://www.loksabha.adrindia.org/lok-sa ... candidates