The average asset per MLA in the 2013 Karnataka Assembly elections is Rs 23.54 crore, a nearly 135% increase compared to the previous 2008 poll, when it was Rs 10.02 crore, according to an NGO.
Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) also said on Friday 93% or 203 MLAs of the total 218 analysed are crorepatis. In 2008, 63% MLAs were crorepatis.
KEW said it analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 218 out of the 223 newly elected MLAs.
It said 92 re-elected MLAs have been analysed. Their average asset in 2008 was Rs 17.53 crore, which has gone up to Rs 30.15 crore, a growth of 72%.
The maximum growth in assets in the last five years has been for D K Shivakumar (Congress), who has declared an increase of Rs 175.9 crore -- from Rs 75.5 crore in 2008 to Rs 251 crore in 2013.
Assets of Priyakrishna (Congress) has increased by Rs 143.36 crore -- from Rs 767.6 crore to Rs 910.9 crore and that of Santhosh Lad (Congress) by Rs 124.8 crore -- from Rs 61.5 crore to Rs 186.4 crore.
KEW said 34% or 74 of the 218 MLAs analysed have declared criminal cases against them, compared to 20% five years ago.
{{/usCountry}}KEW said 34% or 74 of the 218 MLAs analysed have declared criminal cases against them, compared to 20% five years ago.
{{/usCountry}}Out of these 74 MLAs, 39 have declared serious criminal cases like attempt to murder, kidnapping, dacoity, assault against women etc.
Five MLAs have declared that they have murder-related cases against them. 11 MLAs have declared that they have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act.
Out of 218 MLAs, five (2%) are women in the new Karnataka Assembly, compared to three in 2008.