Zero MLAs with serious criminal charges: Delhi's new assembly is the cleanest in India

In a welcome change from the politics we are used to seeing in India, it turns out that most of the newly elected Delhi MLA’s don’t have serious criminal charges against them. In a report analysing the Delhi poll result, the Association of Democratic Reforms has said, “Out of the 70 MLAs, 24 (34%) have declared criminal cases against themselves. 23 (34%) AAP MLAs out of 67 MLAs have declared criminal cases while 1 (33%) out of 3 BJP MLAs has declared criminal cases. Out of 70 MLAs in the Delhi Assembly elections in 2013, 25 (36%) MLAs had declared criminal cases against themselves and in the 2008 Delhi Assembly Elections 29 (43%) out of 68 MLAs analysed had declared criminal cases.” “There were no MLAs who declared heinous criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women etc which is a welcome change and is unusual as compared to the rest of the country.”

The report also analysed the newly elected MLAs on the basis of wealth, education and gender. In terms of wealth, it turns out that 63 percent of the elected legislators are crorepatis, which is a ten percent drop from the number of crorepatis who were elected in 2013. It is also lower than the 69 percent crorepatis in the 2008 assembly. The new assembly is also a lot younger than ever before. 70 percent of the MLAs are between 25 and 70 years of age. In fact the average age of the MLAs is 42 years, primarily due to 28 newly-elected MLAs, who fall in the 25-40 years age bracket, a 35 percent rise as compared to the last Assembly. You can read the whole report here:

ADR: Delhi Winners Analysis