West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: Roughly 22 percent of candidates in fray in the second phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections are crorepatis, while around 23 per cent candidates have criminal cases, including 16 candidates facing murder charges.

How many candidates face criminal cases?

According to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), out of 1,445 candidates analysed, 338 (23 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves and 295 (20 percent) have declared serious criminal cases against themselves, including16 candidates with cases of murder, and 80 who face attempt to murder charges.

Among the major parties, 102 (72 per cent) out of 141 candidates analysed from the BJP, 49 (35 per cent) out of 142 candidates from TMC, 51 (51 per cent) out of 100 candidates from CPI(M) and 37 (26 per cent) out of 142 analysed from the Congress have declared criminal cases against themselves in their poll affidavits, the ADR report said.

Out of 142 constituencies, 63 (44 per cent) are “red alert” constituencies which have three or more candidates with criminal cases, it said.

What is the number of crorepatis in Bengal polls?

As per the report, 321 out of 1,445 candidates (roughly 22 percent), are crorepatis with declared assets worth over Rs 1 crore.

Among the major parties, 103 (73 per cent) out of 142 candidates analysed from TMC, 73 (52 per cent) out of 141 candidates analysed from the BJP, 36 (25 per cent) out of 142 candidates from the Congress and 33 (33 per cent) out of 100 candidates analysed from the CPI(M) have declared assets valued more than Rs 1 crore, the ADR said.

The average of assets per candidate contesting in the West Bengal assembly elections 2026 Phase II is Rs 1.21 crore, it added.

Among major parties, the average assets per candidate for 142 TMC candidates analysed is Rs 5.05 crore, for 141 BJP candidates is Rs 3.28 crore, for 100 CPI(M) is Rs 1.22 crore and for 142 Congress candidates is Rs 1.04 crore, the report said.