• Out of the 360 candidates analyzed for the 6th phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, 128 candidates or 36 % declared criminal cases against them. In 2007 assembly elections for the whole of Uttar Pradesh, 27% candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.
• Amongst major parties, every party has given tickets to candidates who have declared criminal cases. SP has 31 out of 68 (46 %), BJP has 30 out of 67 (45 %), BSP has 20 out of 68 (29 %), INC has 16 out of 34 (47 %), RLD has 11 out of 32 (34 %), JD(U) has 10 out of 34 (29 %), Peace Party has 9 out of 46 (20 %), Quami Ekta Dal has 1 out of 3 (33 %) candidates with pending criminal cases.
• Out of these 128 candidates with declared criminal cases, 52 have declared serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, rape, robbery, extortion etc. SP has 15, BJP has 8, BSP has 7, INC has 5, RLD has 6, JD(U) has 4 and Peace Party has 7 such candidates.
• Among these 128 candidates of 6th Phase who have declared criminal cases against themselves, ManVeer Singh of JD (U), contesting from Jewar constituency) has declared maximum number of criminal cases. He has declared 31 criminal cases including 14 charges related to murder. He is followed by Pushpa Sharma (BSP, Mathura constituency) who has declared 19 criminal cases including 2 charges related to murder and 4 charges related to theft and ShriBhagwan Sharma (SP, Debai constituency) has declared 13 criminal cases including 1 charge related to murder and 1 charges related to rape.
• Among other major parties, the following candidates have declared the highest number of serious criminal cases against them: 1) Bijendra Singh (of INC contesting from Atrauli) has declared 2 cases against himself including 2 charges related to illegal payments in connection with election. 2) Yogendra Upadhyaya (of BJP contesting from Agra South constituency) has declared 3 cases against himself including 1 charge related to murder.
• A total of 210 candidates out of 360 analyzed i.e. 58% were crorepatis. In 2007, there were 22% crorepati candidates.
• The candidates with maximum assets in 6th Phase is Najir Ahmed of INC from Agra South constituency with assets worth Rs. 141.39 Crores followed by Vinod Kumar of BSP from Debai with Rs. 45.19 Crores and Mahesh Kumar Sharma of BJP from Noida constituency with assets worth Rs. 37.45 crores.
• 6 Candidates have declared assets of less than 1 lakh.
• A total of 3 candidates out of 360 analyzed declared assets less than Rs. 11000.
• A total of 21 (6%) candidates out of 360 analyzed declared liabilities of Rs. 1 crore or above.
• Among major parties, the average asset per candidate for BSP is 4.81 Crore, for INC is 8.73 Crore, for RLD is 4.02 crores, for SP is 3.78 Crore, for BJP is 3.62 Crore, for JD(U) is 75.01 Lacs, for Peace Party is 56.11  Lacs, for Bundelkhand Congress is 11.49 Lacs and for Quami Ekta Dal is 2.86 Lacs.
• 52% candidates(186 of 360 analyzed)were graduates and above.
• Out of 1103 candidates contesting for 6th phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2012, only 85 (8%) candidates are women.

• Number of re-contesting MLAs analyzed for 6^th  phase of UP 2012 Assembly Elections– 49
• The average asset of these MLAs as declared in 2007 is Rs1,26,35,429   (1.26 crores).
• The average asset of these MLAs as declared in 2012 is, Rs 3,38,55,108   (3.38 crore).
• Average asset growth for these re-contesting MLAs is Rs 2,12,19,678   (2.12 crore).
• Average percentage growth in assets for these MLA is 168%.
• Lakhi Ram Nagar of BSP from Kithore constituency has the highest increase in asset worth Rs.11.31 Crores (from 8.42 Crores in 2007 to 19.73 Crores in 2012), followed by Pooran Prakash of RLD from Baldev constituency with an asset increase of Rs. 6.63 Crores (from 27.1 Lakhs in 2007 to 6.9 Crores in 2012) and Madhusudan Sharma of BSP from Bah constituency with an asset increase of Rs. 4.95 Crores (from 3.66 Crores in 2007 to 8.61 Crores in 2012).
• The highest percentage increase (3776%) has been for Satveer Singh Gujjar of BSP from Dadri constituency. His assets rose from 2.51 lakhs in 2007 to 97.48 lakhs in 2012. He is followed by Pooran Prakash of RLD from Baldev constituency with a percentage increase of 2456% (27.01 lakhs in 2007 to 6.9 Crores in 2012) and Hazi Jameer Ullah of SP from Koil constituency with an increase of 1681% (6.00 lakhs in 2007 to 1.06 crores in 2012).

Highlights (Analysis of ITR and PAN details of candidates)

• Najir Ahmed (INC) has the highest annual income at Rs. 22.69 Crore followed by Zafar Aalam (SP) at Rs. 1.55 Crore, Anil Kumar Tanwar (INC) at Rs. 1.43 Crore and Mahesh Kumar Sharma (BJP) at Rs. 1.38 Crore as per their last filed Income Tax Returns.
• A total of 105 candidates (29%) out of the 360 candidates analyzed by the Uttar Pradesh Election Watch have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.
• Out of the 105 candidates analyzed who have never filed income tax returns, JD(U) has the maximum number of candidates 18 (53% of the 34 candidates analyzed) followed by Peace Party with 22 (48% of the 46 candidates analyzed), BJP with 15 (22% of the 67 candidates analyzed), RLD with 6 (19% of the 32 candidates analyzed), INC with 6 (18% of the 34 candidates analyzed) who have never filed ITR.
• Top 3 candidates with maximum assets but who have never filed IT returns are Zakir Ali of BSP contesting from Loni has the highest total assets of Rs. 16.95 crores, followed by Syed Himayat Ali of SP from Anupshahar with assets of Rs. 9.87 crores and Mazahir Hasan of SP from Saharanpur Nagar with Rs. 6.52 crores respectively.
• 54 (15%) candidates have not declared their PAN details of which Peace Party has the maximum number of candidates (16) who have not declared their PAN details. JD(U) has 10 out of 34, SP has 7 out of 68, BJP has 6 out of 67, Bundelkhand Congress has 5 out of 8, BSP has 4 out of 68, INC has 3 out of 34 and RLD has 2 out 32 candidates analyzed who have not declared their PAN card details.
• Top three candidates with maximum assets but not declared their PAN card detailsare Jagat Singh of BSP contesting from Siwalkhas constituency has the highest assets with worth Rs. 3.66 Crores followed by Surendra Kumar Munni of INC from Muradnagar with assets of Rs. 2.72 crores and Vikram Singh of BJP from Saharanpur with Rs. 2.47 crores respectively.
• Uttar Pradesh Election Watch and ADR appeal to the voters of Uttar Pradesh to know what their candidates write in their affidavits so that they can make an informed choice on 28^th February 2012
• Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters to choose honest candidates and SMS MYNETA <Pincode> to9246556070 or 56070 or MYNETA <Constituency name> to 9246556070 or 56070.