Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Which party has candidates with most criminal cases in all 7 phases? Check details here

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r 57 parliamentary seats on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.Election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8,337 of the 8,360 candidates in the fray in seven phases.

Of these 1,333 candidates are from national parties, 532 are from state parties, 2,580 are from registered unrecognized parties and 3,915 candidates are contesting independently.Also Read: Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 7: Last day of voting on June 1; full list of constituencies and key candidates hereThere are 751 political parties contesting in Lok Sabha Elections 2024. As many as 677 political parties contested in 2019 general elections, 464 political parties contested in 2014 and 368 political parties contested in 2009 Lok Sabha Elections.

It means there has been an increase of 104 per cent in the number political parties from 2009 to 2024, according to the ADR.Here is what the analysis revealed about the criminal background of candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections 2024.Out of the 8337 candidates in Lok Sabha Elections 2024, analysed by the ADR, 1,643 (20 per cent) have declared criminal cases against themselves.Out of the 7928 candidates in the Lok Sabha Election in 2019, as many as 1500 (19 per cent) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 8205 candidates analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2014, at least 1404 (17 per cent) candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.