Top 10 Candidates With Highest Assets In Lok Sabha Polls

As many as 450 candidates in the fray for phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections are crorepaties, according to ADR report

69 out of 77 BJP candidates are crorepatis, while for the Congress, 49 out of 56 candidates, 35 out of 36 candidates from the AIADMK, and 21 out of 22 candidates from the DMK are crorepatis

Here Are Top 10 Richest Candidates

Congress Leader Karti Chidambaram is in the list of richest candidates with net worth of over Rs 96 crore. He is contesting LS Polls from Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga seat

BJP leader Jyoti Mirdha, who is contesting from Nagaur of Rajasthan, has a net worth of over Rs 102 crore

Congress leader Vincent H Pala, who is contesting from Shillong (ST) of Meghalaya, has a net worth of over Rs 125 crore

Jayaprakash V, who is contesting from Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu, is a member of AIADMK and has assets of over Rs 135 crore

BJP leader Ac Shanmugam has a net worth of over Rs 152 crore. He is contesting from Vellore of Tamil Nadu

BSP leader Majid Ali, who is contesting from Saharanpur in UP, has a net worth of over Rs 159 crore

BJP's Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, a social and political worker contesting from Tehri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, has assets worth Rs 206 crore

BJP's Dhevanathan Yadav T, contesting from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu, has a net worth of over Rs 304 crore

AIADMK leader Ashok Kumar, contesting from the Erode constituency of Tamil Nadu, has a net worth of over Rs 662 crore

Nakul Nath, son of Congress veteran Kamal Nath, has a net worth of over Rs 716 crore, making him the richest candidate in fray for the Lok Sabha elections

(Photo: PTI/Getty/Election Commission)