15th Lok Sabha - MPs with criminal background

There are 150 newly elected MPs with criminal cases pending against them. Out of these, there are 73 MP's having serious charges against them. Here is the high level summary of the new 15th lok sabha:

• Affidavits available for MPs - 533 
  
• MPs with criminal charges - 150 (28.14 %) 
  
• MPs with serious criminal charges - 72 (13.51 %) 
  
• Total criminal cases against MPs - 412 
  
• Total serious IPC sections against MPs - 213

As compared to 2004, the no of MPs with criminal records has gone up. There were 128 MPs with criminal casesin 2004 Lok Sabha out of which 55 had serious criminal records. There is an increase of about 17.2% in MPs withcriminal records and 30.9% increase in the number of MPs with serious criminal records.

The maximum criminal charges are against INC’s Gujarat’s MP VITTHALBHAI HANSRAJBHAI RADADIYA.He has a total of 16 cases out of which 5 cases are of serious nature. The maximum no of serious IPC charges areagainst Jagdis Sharma of JD(U) from Jahanabad, Bihar.

Source: National Election Watch (NEW)