Lok Sabha Election 2024: 329 candidates contesting in Phase-3 are crorepati; BJP's South Goa nominee richest

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₹5.66 crore. The richest candidate in the South Goa constituency for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo, boasts wealth amounting to ₹1,361 crore. Meanwhile, Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia, contesting from Guna in Madhya Pradesh, possesses assets worth ₹424 crore.

Also Read: Lok Sabha polls: Who is Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo, Goa BJP leader and richest candidate in Phase 3 with ₹1,361 cr assets? Among the candidates in the fray, all three from JD(U), five from Shiv Sena (UBT), three each from NCP, RJD and NCP(SCP) are crorepatis. The analysis conducted of the election watchdog on the assets declared by the AITC candidates revealed that four out of six had assets exceeding ₹1 crore. Khalilur Rehman, TMC candidate from Jangipur constituency, has assets valued at over ₹51 crore.

Mohammed Jamal Saikh, an independent candidate contesting from Maldaha Dakshin has total assets of ₹41,000. Whereas, 77 out of 82 BJP candidates and 60 out of 68 Congress candidates are crorepatis. Also Read: Lok Sabha polls 2024 phase 3 on May 7: Gujarat, Maharashtra sees maximum nominations as 12 states, UTs prepare to vote The analysis further revealed that the average assets of three Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidates is ₹89.68 crore.

Meanwhile, the average assets of three NCP candidates is ₹62.64 crore, and that of 82 BJP candidates is ₹44.07 crore. According to the election watchdog's analysis, 68 Indian National Congress candidates have average assets of ₹20.59 crore. Additionally, five Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidates possess average assets worth ₹5.65 crore, while two Shiv Sena candidates have wealth totaling ₹9.81 crore.