Richest Candidate

Around 8000 candidates have filed nominations for the assembly elections in Maharashtra. The wealthiest of them is the BJP's Parag Shah - the sitting MLA from Ghatkopar East -- whose current worth is is Rs 3383.06 crore.

The country's richest woman Savitri Jindal, who won as Independent candidate yesterday, has agreed to extend support to the BJP after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb met her this afternoon

Independent candidate and India's richest woman Savitri Jindal has secured a significant victory from the Hisar Assembly constituency, winning by a margin of 18,941 votes.

Former Haryana finance minister and BJP nominee from the Narnaund assembly seat for the October 5 assembly polls, Captain Abhimanyu is the richest candidate in the state with declared assets worth Rs 417 crore.

The BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal's mother Savitri Jindal, who was an aspirant of a poll ticket from the party for the Haryana Assembly elections, filed her nomination from the Hisar seat as an Independent on Thursday.

Telugu Desam Party's Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, who is the richest candidate to win the Lok Sabha poll this time, has been named in the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet, sources said on Sunday.

Out of the 904 candidates, 299 have declared assets Rs 1 crore. Punjab leads list with 102 crorepati out of 328 contestants.

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections is set to witness a battle of affluence, with a significant number of candidates boasting crorepati status.

With 695 candidates, the average asset per candidate contesting in this phase is worth Rs 3.56 crores

One hundred and twenty-six candidates in fray for the third phase of Assembly elections in Odisha are 'crorepati', with BJD candidate from Champua segment Sanatan Mahakud the richest with Rs 227.67 crore assets.

Ninety-six Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories including all seats in Andhra Pradesh, where assembly elections are also being held concurrently, and Telangana will go to polls today.

Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, the country's richest candidate in this election, is candid about money and elections and the link between them. He also feels that his status as the richest candidate should not count.

Katta Anand Babu, from the Bapatla (SC), has declared assets of only Rs. 7, while Dr. CS Pemmasani has from Guntur has assets worth Rs 5700 crores

Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari (53) is the richest among the prominent candidates from the BJP, AAP and the Congress in fray for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi with total assets worth Rs 28.05 crore.

Bharatiya Janata Party's Jamnagar Lok Sabha candidate Poonam Maadam is the richest in the poll fray in Gujarat with assets of Rs 147 crore, as per the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Around 8000 candidates have filed nominations for the assembly elections in Maharashtra. The wealthiest of them is the BJP's Parag Shah - the sitting MLA from Ghatkopar East -- whose current worth is is Rs 3383.06 crore.

The country's richest woman Savitri Jindal, who won as Independent candidate yesterday, has agreed to extend support to the BJP after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb met her this afternoon

Independent candidate and India's richest woman Savitri Jindal has secured a significant victory from the Hisar Assembly constituency, winning by a margin of 18,941 votes.

Former Haryana finance minister and BJP nominee from the Narnaund assembly seat for the October 5 assembly polls, Captain Abhimanyu is the richest candidate in the state with declared assets worth Rs 417 crore.

The BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal's mother Savitri Jindal, who was an aspirant of a poll ticket from the party for the Haryana Assembly elections, filed her nomination from the Hisar seat as an Independent on Thursday.

Telugu Desam Party's Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, who is the richest candidate to win the Lok Sabha poll this time, has been named in the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led cabinet, sources said on Sunday.

Out of the 904 candidates, 299 have declared assets Rs 1 crore. Punjab leads list with 102 crorepati out of 328 contestants.

The sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections is set to witness a battle of affluence, with a significant number of candidates boasting crorepati status.

With 695 candidates, the average asset per candidate contesting in this phase is worth Rs 3.56 crores

One hundred and twenty-six candidates in fray for the third phase of Assembly elections in Odisha are 'crorepati', with BJD candidate from Champua segment Sanatan Mahakud the richest with Rs 227.67 crore assets.

Ninety-six Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories including all seats in Andhra Pradesh, where assembly elections are also being held concurrently, and Telangana will go to polls today.

Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, the country's richest candidate in this election, is candid about money and elections and the link between them. He also feels that his status as the richest candidate should not count.

Katta Anand Babu, from the Bapatla (SC), has declared assets of only Rs. 7, while Dr. CS Pemmasani has from Guntur has assets worth Rs 5700 crores

Bhojpuri singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari (53) is the richest among the prominent candidates from the BJP, AAP and the Congress in fray for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi with total assets worth Rs 28.05 crore.

Bharatiya Janata Party's Jamnagar Lok Sabha candidate Poonam Maadam is the richest in the poll fray in Gujarat with assets of Rs 147 crore, as per the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).