Rajasthan Assembly polls: How top 5 richest candidates fared in last election

In total, 259 candidate contesting the 2023 Assembly elections have assets valued over Rs 5 crore. Out of the 1875 candidates analysed by Association for Democratic Reforms, 651 (35 per cent) are crorepatis, with the BJP having the highest number.

With the citizens of Rajasthan all set to cast their votes on November 25, it is till December 3 that the political parties will have to wait to find out if their campaigns bore any fruit in the state. 

As the politicians put their best foot forward to ensure that the results of the polls are in their favour, let us take a look at the top five richest candidates in fray and assess how they performed in the last Assembly elections.

In total, 259 candidate contesting the 2023 Assembly elections have assets value over Rs 5 crore. Out of the 1875 candidates analysed by Association of for Democratic Reforms, 651 (35 per cent) are crorepatis, with the BJP having the highest number. 

Top 5 candidates with highest assets

Rafique Mandelia

Indian National Congress’s Rafique Mandelia is tops the list of candidates with the highest assets with total assets worth Rs 1,66,48,38,662 crore, of which Rs 91,05,98,462 are movable and Rs 75,42,40,200 are immovable. 

He is fighting from Churu constituency. In 2018 as well, Mandelia contested from Churu. However, he lost to BJP’s Rajendra Rathore.

Prem Singh Bajor

With total assets worth Rs 1,23,23,31,111, BJP’s Prem Singh Bajor is the second richest candidate in fray, contesting the Neem Ka Thana constituency. He has Rs 73,07,31,111 worth movable and Rs 50,16,00,000 immovable assets. Bajore had in 2018 contested from the same seat as well, but he lost to Congress’ Suresh Modi. 

Anjana Udayalal

Contesting the Nimbahera seat, Congress’s Udayalal has the third highest value of assets with a total value of Rs 1,22,94,84,569, of which Rs 69,64,09,569 are movable and Rs 53,30,75,000 are immovable. The Congress candidate had won the Nimbahera seat in the 2018 elections and is looking to repeat history.

Vishvendra Singh

Ranking fourth on the list is Congress’ Vishvendra Singh who is standing from Deeg-Kumher again after his victory from the same seat in 2018. Singh has a total of Rs 1,09,05,13,117 worth assets of which Rs 11,43,13,117 are movable and Rs 97,62,00,000 are immovable assets.

Jyoti Mirdha

BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha lands fifth on the list with a total of Rs 1,02,31,54,480 worth assets, of which Rs 36,02,35,405 are movable and Rs 66,29,19,075 are immovable. She is fighting for the Nagaur constituency. Mirdha did not contest the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections.