A Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of the State government in the Indian system of government. Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral parliament.
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The top five Richest MLA of India
The richest sitting MLA in India is N. Nagaraju of the Congress from Hoskote constituency near Bengaluru, Karnataka. Nagaraju states that his profession is agriculture and business, and annual income is Rs 104.41 crore, which is more than that of the next four persons on the list combined.
BJP’s Mangal Prabhat Lodha (Malabar Hill constituency, Mumbai, Maharashtra), is second on the list with an annual income of Rs 33.34 crore. He states he’s a salaried professional but is also listed as the chairman and founder of the Lodha Group, a real estate developer.
Congress’s B.A. Basavaraja (K.R. Puram, Karnataka), an agriculturist and business, is in third spot
H. Vasanthakumar (Nanguneri, Tamil Nadu), the owner of retail chain Vasanth & Co.,is in the fourth spot.
Jagan Mohan Reddy of the YSR Congress, in fifth place, is the highest-placed MLA from a regional party, as well as the top-earner for a career politician (Rs 13.92 crore).
Top 5 Rich MLAs of India
The Top Poorest MLAs of India
At the other end of the spectrum stands B. Yamini Bala, the Telugu Desam Party MLA from Singanamala, Andhra Pradesh. Her declared annual income is Rs 1,301, slightly more than Rs 100 per month.
Number two on the list is BJP’s Uma Devi Khatik, a retired schoolteacher from Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, whose annual income is the meagre pension amount of Rs 3,134
Top 5 Poorest MLAs of India
Analysis of the Affidavits of the Sitting MLA
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) did the Analysis of self-declared affidavits of 3145 out of 4086 sitting MLAs. 941 MLAs have not declared their income
Report Analysis of Income, Age and Profession of Sitting MLAs , the link to report is here.
What is ADR?
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) was established in 1999 by a group of professors from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. In 1999, Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by them with Delhi High Court asking for [or requesting] the disclosure of the criminal, financial and educational background of the candidates contesting elections. Based on this, the Supreme Court in 2002, and subsequently in 2003, made it mandatory for all candidates contesting elections to disclose criminal, financial and educational background prior to the polls by filing an affidavit with the Election Commission.
An MLA while filing nomination papers has to submit various documents as shown in the image below.
Document submitted by a candidate for nomination
State-wise income of MLAs
203 MLAs of Karnataka have the highest total and average incomes in the country — Rs 226.09 crore and Rs 111.37 lakh respectively.
Maharashtra’s 256 MLAs are second on the list, with total and average annual incomes of Rs 111.15 crore and Rs 43.42 lakh respectively.
Gender disparity of MLAs
Only eight per cent of the 3,145 MLAs whose incomes have been analysed through self-declared affidavits are women. On average, a male MLA has an income of Rs 25.85 lakh, while the average for female MLAs is Rs 10.53 lakh.
Profession of MLAs
397 MLAs have declared their profession to be ‘agriculture and business’. They also have the highest average annual income, Rs 57.81 lakh.
Educational qualifications of MLAs
The analysis of MLAs’ educational qualifications and their incomes show that the highest average income belongs to those who have passed only Class 8, Rs 89.88 lakh per year.
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