Out of the 79 candidates contesting in the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha election in West Bengal, 21 candidates have assets valued at more than ₹1 crore, data compiled by the non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows. Seven of the crorepati candidates are with the BJP, six of them are with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and two of them are candidates of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
According to affidavits filed before the Election Commission of India (ECI), whereas nearly one in three candidates in the sixth phase is a self-declared crorepati, this phase also includes candidates with some of the lowest asset valuations declared across all the phases of the general election in West Bengal.
Eight key constituencies — Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura, and Bishnupur — spread across five districts in south-eastern Bengal are scheduled to go to the polls on May 25.
