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Ahead of the polling for the 2nd signifier of the Bihar Assembly Elections connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025), a study released by the non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) showed that implicit 30% oregon 415 of the 1,297 (out of a full of 1,302) candidates person declared transgression cases against themselves.
Of these, 341 (or 26%) person declared superior transgression cases against themselves. These details person travel to airy connected ADR’s investigation of self-sworn affidavits of the candidates, which is arsenic per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India (ECI) successful compliance with the Supreme Court.
Over 50% of the candidates from large parties similar BJP, Congress, RJD, and Jan Suraaj Party person transgression cases. Among the large contesting parties, the fig and stock of candidates who person superior and different transgression cases are shown successful the graphic below.
Nine candidates from the Prashant Kishore-led Jan Suraaj Party person cases related to crimes against women. Party-wise divided of the fig of candidates with declared cases related to murder, effort to execution and transgression against women are shown successful the array below.
Out of the 1,297 candidates, 562 (43%) are crorepatis , which means that they person declared assets (movable and immovable) that are worthy implicit ₹1 crore. Three 100 and seventy 4 candidates (28.8%) person assets implicit ₹20 lakh but lesser than ₹1 crore.
At slightest 75% of the candidates of large parties are crorepatis, arsenic shown successful the graphic below.
Party-wise investigation of assets shows that Jan Suraaj Party’’s candidates person mean assets of implicit ₹5 crores, wherever arsenic those of BJP and RJD person mean assets of astir ₹6.4 crore. Average assets of Congress and JD(U) candidates amounted to ₹7.4 crore and ₹9.1 crore, respectively, arsenic shown successful the array below.
Candidates with the highest assets are shown successful the array below.
‘Red Alert Constituencies’
Out of the 122 constituencies successful the 2nd phase, ADR has flagged 73 (around 60%) constituencies arsenic ‘Red Alert Constituencies’, which person 3 oregon much contesting candidates with declared transgression cases. The stock of candidates successful are shown successful the representation beneath (where the constituencies successful grey are the ones which were included successful Phase 1 of the elections).
Bihar recorded its “highest-ever” elector turnout as the archetypal signifier of the Assembly predetermination ended with 64.66% votes polled. For the 2nd and last phase, 3.70 crore voters are eligible to workout their franchise.
