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Report on Parliamentarians
September 16 , 2023
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- This report was released by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW).
- Over 26% of Members of Parliament were Post Graduates while around 45% were Graduates.
- There were 54 MPs drawn from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha who held doctorates, 22 were diploma holders, 89 had passed the class 12th exams and 51, the standard 10th exams.
- While 184 were graduates, 141 were professional graduates.
- Only one MP was illiterate.
- 239 (31.32%) MPs were in the 51-60 years age group, 209 (27.39%) were in the 61-70 years and 184 in the 41-50 years bracket.
- Only nine MPs were aged 25-30 years and a mere six were above 81.
- While 306 (40%) MPs have declared criminal cases, around 194 (25%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases.
- The average worth of assets per MP from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was ₹38.33 crore and 53 (7%) were billionaires.
- The All-India Trinamool Congress has the highest percentage of MPs who have declared criminal cases against themselves.
- Looking at party-wise data, 139 (36%) out of 385 MPs are from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Kerala (73%) topped the list, followed by Bihar, Maharashtra and Telangana.
- Bihar (50%) has the highest percentage of MPs with serious criminal cases followed by Telangana (9%), Kerala (10%), Maharashtra (34%) and Uttar Pradesh (37%).
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