107 Crorepatis In Fray In Next Two Phases Of West Bengal Polls

Kolkata: As many as 107 candidates who are in the fray in the third and fourth phases of West Bengal assembly elections 2016 are crorepatis — multi-millionaires.

Affidavits filed by the candidates reveal that 61 of the 418 candidates in the third phase and 46 of the 345 candidates in the fourth phase are crorepatis.

In the third phase, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) heads the multi-millionaires’ list with 27 candidates, followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 14 and the Congress with 11.BJP’s Somabrta Mandal from Shyampukur constituency in Kolkata is the wealthiest candidate in the third phase with assets worth over Rs 28.65 crore. The average worth of assets held by the 418 candidates in the third phase is Rs 74.76 lakh.

In the fourth phase, TMC has fielded 19 crorepati candidates, followed by the BJP with eight and the Congress with five. Trinamool nominee and state Finance Minister Amit Kumar Mitra, contesting from Khardaha in North 24-Parganas, heads the multi-millionaire list in the fourth phase with assets worth over Rs 11.74 crore. The average worth of assets held by 345 candidates in the fourth phase is Rs 50.02 lakh.

Sixty-two constituencies spread across Burdwan, Kolkata, Murshidabad and Nadia districts will go to polls on April 21 in the third phase. Forty nine constituencies in Howrah and North 24-Parganas will go to polls on April 25 in the fourth phase.