Indian General Election 2024 Phase 2: Richest Candidate has Rs 622 Crore, Poorest Candidate has Just…

In the 2019 elections, the ruling BJP-led NDA won 56 out of the 89 seats, while the opposition UPA secured 24. Among the candidates, Mr. Gowda, contesting against HD Kumaraswamy, has declared assets worth Rs 622 crore. Incumbent Karnataka Congress MP, DK Suresh, is the second richest candidate with assets valued at Rs 593 crore.

Seeking re-election from Bangalore Rural, he has various assets including deposits, agricultural and non-agricultural land, commercial and residential buildings. BJP MP Hema Malini, contesting from the Mathura Lok Sabha seat, is the third richest with assets worth Rs 278 crore. Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Sanjay Sharma is fourth on the list with assets worth Rs 232 crore.

Following him is Mr. Patil, an independent candidate from Kerala, with assets worth Rs 500 crore. Pruthvisamrat Mukindrao Dipwansh, contesting as an independent candidate from Amravati (SC), is third on the list with total assets of Rs 1,400. Dalit Kranti Dal leader Shahnaz Bano, contesting from Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, has declared assets worth Rs 2,000.

VP Kochumon, fielded by the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) from Kerala’s Kottayam, is fifth on the list with assets worth Rs 2,230. After the second phase, polling will be over in Kerala, Rajasthan, and Tripura. In the first phase of voting on April 19, polling was completed in all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1), and Lakshadweep (1).