Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 |Meet the billionaires in fray

Karnail Singh, the BJP candidate from ticket Shakur Basti, who has declared assets worth Rs 259.67 crore is the richest in the fray.

New Delhi: Five of the 699 candidates in Delhi are billionaires while 23 of them have serious criminal cases against them.

The richest among the candidates is Karnail Singh, who is fighting on a BJP ticket from Shakur Basti. He has declared assets worth Rs 259.67 crore. Incidentally, three candidates have declared zero assets.

Money and Muscle Power in Delhi Assembly Polls

(Figures given in brackets are those of 2020)

Total Candidates: 699 (672)

Women: 96 (79)

Crime and Candidates

With Serious Cases: 81 (104)

Murder: 2

Attempt to Murder: 5

Crime Against Women: 13

Party and Candidates with Serious Cases

AAP: 29

Congress: 13

BJP: 9

Red Alert Constituencies with three or more candidates with criminal cases: 16

Money and  Candidates

Billionaires (Rs 100 crore and above): 5

Karnail Singh -- Shakur Basti -- BJP -- 259.67 crore

Manjinder Singh Sirsa -- Rajouri Garden -- BJP -- Rs 248.85 crore

Gurcharan Singh -- Krishna Nagar -- Congress -- Rs 130.90 crore

Parvesh Verma -- New Delhi -- BJP -- Rs 115.63 crore

A Dhanwati Chandela -- Rajouri Garden -- AAP -- Rs 109.90 crore

BJP: 3

AAP: 1

Cong: 1

With assets worth Rs 50 crore or more: 23 (13)

BJP: 8

Cong: 7

AAP: 6

Ind: 2

Candidates who declared Zero Assets: 3

Shabana -- Seelampur -- Rashtriya Republican Party

Yogesh Kumar -- Matiala -- Ind

Mohinder Singh -- Matiala -- Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party

Poorest

Ashok Kumar -- Ambedkar Nagar -- Ind -- Rs 6,586

Anita -- New Delhi -- Ind -- Rs 9,500

Khilkhilakar -- Mangol Puri -- Bahujan Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samta Party -- Rs 10,000

Average assets of Candidates: Rs 5.65 crore

BJP: Rs 22.90 crore

Congress: Rs 14.41 crore

AAP: Rs 11.70 crore

Education

324: Between Class 5 and 12

322: Graduate or above

18:  Diploma

6: Just literate 

29: Illiterates

Age

196: 25-40 years 

394: 41-60 years

160: 61-80 years

3: Above 80 years

(Source: Association for Democratic Rights)

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 | The first of two state assembly polls this year sees a three-way contest between AAP, Congress, and BJP in the nation's capital. AAP decided to contest the polls alone, causing rumours of a rift in I.N.D.I.A. BJP, meanwhile, is hoping the liquor excise policy scam and pollution in Delhi will give the saffron party an edge over AAP. Kejriwal, on the other hand, has different plans with his demand for reservations for Delhi Jats. Congress will also be looking to make its presence felt and has not held back from attacking its own alliance partner. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.

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