The ADR, in collaboration with Maharashtra Election Watch, examined the self-sworn affidavits of all 227 winning candidates.
The analysis found that 54 winners, or 24%, have declared criminal cases against themselves. Of these, 29 candidates, accounting for 13%, face serious criminal charges.
According to the ADR report, party-wise data shows that 33% of winners from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have declared criminal cases.
This is followed by 24% from Shiv Sena and 15% from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray). Smaller parties also reported candidates with pending cases, as per the ADR findings.
The report defines serious criminal cases as offences that attract a maximum punishment of five years or more, non-bailable and cognisable offences, electoral offences, crimes involving loss to the exchequer, and grave offences such as assault, murder, kidnapping and rape.
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It also includes offences listed under the Representation of the People Act and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Wealth profile of BMC winners
The financial disclosures indicate a strong presence of wealthy candidates in the civic body. Around 79% or 180 of the 227 winners are crorepatis. The average assets of winning candidates stand at ₹7.18 crore, as per the report.
Party-wise analysis by ADR shows that 76% of BJP winners, 83% from Shiv Sena (UBT), 93% from Shiv Sena and 92% from the Indian National Congress (INC) have declared assets worth more than ₹1 crore. Several smaller parties also recorded a high proportion of crorepati winners.
The ADR report further notes that women make up about 60% of the elected corporators. Nearly 70% of the winners fall within the 41-70 age group.
Around half of the successful candidates have educational qualifications at graduate level or above, according to the analysis by ADR.
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