Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch Declare 96 Crorepati Candidates

President Elections in Municipal Councils of Pune and Latur districts, Maharashtra 2016.

Summary and Highlights

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Maharashtra Election Watch have analysed the self- sworn affidavits of 93candidates, who are contesting for post of Presidents in second phase of Municipal Council elections in Pune and Latur districts, 2016, scheduled to be held on 14^th December, 2016. President Elections are happening directly on all 14Municipal Councils, viz., 10 councils of Pune and 4 councils of Latur, in above 2 districts. Details of final contesting candidates is as follows –

S.N.	District	Municipal Council	Total Contesting Candidates
1.	Pune	Baramati	10
2.	Pune	Lonavala	6
3.	Pune	Daund	8
4.	Pune	Talegaon Dabhade	8
5.	Pune	Aalandi	3
6.	Pune	Indapur	4
7.	Pune	Jejuri	2
8.	Pune	Junnar	9
9.	Pune	Saswad	7
10.	Pune	Shirur	13
11.	Latur	Udgir	5
12.	Latur	Ausa	8
13.	Latur	Nilanga	6
14.	Latur	Ahmedpur	4
		Total	93

Table 1: District wise list of final contesting candidates

Financial Background

· Crorepati Candidates: Out of the 93 candidates analyzed,23 (25%) are crorepatis.

· Average Assets: The average assets per candidate analyzed for this election, is Rs. 1.42 crores +.

· High Assets: The candidate with highest declared total assets is Sharif Syedsikandar Syedwho is contesting from Ausa Municipal Council (Latur),with assets worth Rs. 20 crores +. The top ten candidates with highest declared assets are: –

S.No.	Name	Name of Municipal Council	Movable Assets (Rs)	Immovable Assets (Rs)	Total Assets (Rs)
1	Sharif Syedsikandar Syed	ausa	14,55,000	20,32,59,250	20,47,14,250 20 Crore+
2	Mithilesh Madhusudan Kendre	talegaon-dabhade	98,88,811	13,74,20,000	14,73,08,811 14 Crore+
3	Makarand Shursen Rajenimbalkar	shirur	1,30,40,350	8,31,69,200	9,62,09,550 9 Crore+
4	Vasudev Narhari Dhage	ahmadpur	2,31,89,071	5,72,60,000	8,04,49,071 8 Crore+
5	Anita Sajjan Salunke	indapur	2,20,19,515	4,86,00,000	7,06,19,515 7 Crore+
6	Vasant Ramchandra Yamgekar	jejuri	31,58,962	5,90,25,669	6,21,84,631 6 Crore+
7	Jafarali Hyderali Momin	shirur	26,46,100	4,94,40,000	5,20,86,100 5 Crore+
8	Parveen Firoz Memon	junnar	1,16,81,538	3,85,00,000	5,01,81,538 5 Crore+
9	Madhukarrao Bhanudas Tawade	shirur	39,97,521	4,37,00,000	4,76,97,521 4 Crore+
10	Laxmi Rajendra Karhadkar	junnar	2,46,65,956	1,76,50,000	4,23,15,956 4 Crore+

Table 2: Candidates declaring high assets

· Zero Assets: There are only 2 candidates who declared zero assets in above 2 districts.

· Low Assets: There are 16 (excluding those declaring zero assets)candidates who declared low assets below Rs. 2 lakhs, in above 2 districts.

· Candidates with high Liabilities: The candidate with highest declared total liabilities is Mithilesh Madhusudan Kendre who is contesting from Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Council (Pune), having liabilities of Rs. 16 crores +. The top tencandidates with highest declared liabilities are given below :-