India - number of candidates in Lok Sabha elections by private wealth 2019

This statistic shows the number of candidates contesting in Lok Sabha elections in India in 2019, by value of private assets. As per the source, 177 candidates had declared private assets worth 50 million Indian rupees or more. However, 416 candidates had declared private assets worth less than one million rupees.

Number of candidates contesting in Lok Sabha elections in India in 2019, by value of private assets (in million Indian rupees)

Characteristic	Number of candidates
50 million rupees and more	177
20 million to 50 million rupees	99
5 million to 20 million rupees	254
1 million to 5 million rupees	320
Up to 1 million rupees	416

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Release date

April 2019

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India

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

The 2019 Indian general election was held in seven phases from 11 April, 2019 to19 May 2019, to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha (House of People). The data here represents details for phase one of the elections which were held on April 11 and will cover 20 states in the country.
One Indian rupee is equal to 0.013 euros and 0.015 U.S. dollars (as of April 2019).

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