16% of Candidates in the first phase of 2024 Lok Sabha Elections have criminal cases: ADR Report
Forty-two of the 102 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the general election's first phase are constituencies that have three or more candidates facing criminal cases, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed after analysing the self-sworn affidavits of 1,618 candidates out of the 1,625 contesting the elections in its first phase on April 19.