44% of Tamil Nadu MLAs are between 5th and 12th pass: ADR report

53 per cent of Tamil Nadu MLAs - 110 out of 204 - have declared their educational qualification to be of graduate or above, the Association for Democratic Reforms said in a report.

Of those 110 MLAs, 45 MLAs have a post-graduate degree, amounting to 22 per cent of the total MLAs, while 5 MLAs have a doctorate. Three MLAs have a diploma.

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Meanwhile, 89 MLAs, amounting to 44 per cent, have declared their educational qualifications to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, the report said.

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1 MLA declared self to be just literate, while another MLA has not given any details of his educational quallification, the report said.

Tamil Nadu goes to polls on April 6 in a single phase. The results for the state will be declared on May 2.