Among the winning candidates to the 15th legislative assembly, 71% havecriminal casesregistered against them while 27% have serious criminal charges. According to an analysis byAssociation for Democratic Reforms(ADR), an NGO, on the basis of affidavits submitted to Election Commision of India, 55% of winning candidates are crorepatis and their Average asset is Rs 3.12 crore.
Among the major parties, 44 (75%) of 59 winning candidates from CPM, 20 (95%) of 21 winning candidates fromINC, seven (41%) of 17 winners from CPI, 12 (86%) of 14 winners from IUML, three (60%) of five winning candidates fromKeralaCongress (M) and four (67%) of six independent winners have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavit.