Gujarat Assembly election 2017: Phase-2 candidates with 'criminal records'

The 'Red Alert constituencies' in the second phase are Vatva, Himatnagar, Jamalpur-Khadia, Balasinor, Shehra, Dariapur, Sabarmati, Tharad, Sayajigunj, Vejalpur , Vadgam (SC), Sidhpur.

The second phase of the Gujarat election 2017, mostly in constituencies in the north, west and central parts of Gujarat, will take place on December 14. 

After 89 of the 182 state Assembly seats went to the polls in the first phase on December 9, the battle will now shift to the remaining 93 constituencies. The final counting of votes and the announcement of the result of the Gujarat election will take place on December 18. 

According to a report by ADR (Association of Democratic Reforms), a total 852 candidates, including independent ones, will be in the fray in the second round. The ADR analysis of 822 of of the 852 candaidates' election afficdavits shows that 101 (12%) of all candidates have criminal cases filed against them -- 64 of them (8%) have serious criminal cases.

Among the BJP candidates, 22 of the 86 have criminal cases. Similarly, 25 of the Congress' 88 are charged with criminal cases. Six (8%) out of the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP's) 74 candidates, 4 (15%) of the NCP's 27, 2 (29%) of AAP's 7, and 23 (7%) of 344 Independent candidates also have criminal cases filed against them. 

The ADR report shows that 12 of the 93 constituencies going to the polls on December 14 in the second phase are labelled 'Red Alert constituencies', meaning these have three or more candidates with criminal cases. These constituencies are Vatva, Himatnagar, Jamalpur-Khadia, Balasinor, Shehra, Dariapur, Sabarmati, Tharad, Sayajigunj, Vejalpur , Vadgam (SC) , Sidhpur.  

Here is the full list of candidates from the BJP and Congress, the two biggest parties in the fray, with criminal records: 

CANDIDATES	BJP/INC	DISTRICTS	CONSTITUENCIES
Mehta Shaileshbhai Kanaiyalal	BJP	Vadodara	Dabhoi
Bhuriya Maheshbhai Somjibhai	BJP	Dahod	Jhalod (St)
Ahir (Bharwad) Jethabhai Ghelabhai	BJP	Panchmahal	Shehra
Babubhai Jamnadas Patel	BJP	Ahmedabad	Daskroi
Chandrakant Dahyabhai Patel	BJP	Anand	Petlad
Pandya Shashikant Mahobatram	BJP	Banaskantha	Deesa
Ketanbhai Mahendrabhai Inamdar	BJP	Vadodara	Savli
Rathva Jayantibhai Savajibhai	BJP	Chhota Udepur	Jetpur (St)
Parmar Govindbhai Raijibhai	BJP	Anand	Umreth
Bhushan Ashok Bhatt	BJP	Ahmedabad	Jamalpur - Khadia
Satishbhai Motibhai Patel	BJP	Vadodara	Karjan
Parmar Pradipbhai Khanabhai	BJP	Ahmedabad	Asarwa (Sc)
Chauhan Mansinh Kohyabhai	BJP	Mahisagar	Balasinor
Kishori Kanaiyalal Bachubhai	BJP	Dahod	Dahod (St)
Rajput Jagroopsinh Girdansinh	BJP	Ahmedabad	Bapunagar
Rajendrasinh Ranjitsinh Chavda	BJP	Sabarkantha	Himatnagar
Amitbhai Harisingbhai Chaudhary	BJP	Gandhinagar	Mansa
Mahendrabhai Rameshbhai Bhabhor	BJP	Dahod	Garbada (St)
Chaudhary Shankarbhai Lagdhirbhai	BJP	Banaskantha	Vav
Pradipsinh Bhagvatsinh Jadeja	BJP	Ahmedabad	Vatva
Rajendra Trivedi	BJP	Vadodara	Raopura
Chakrawarti Vijaykumar Harkhabhai	BJP	Banaskantha	Vadgam (Sc)
Kiritkumar Chimanlal Patel	INC	Patan	Patan
Katara Bhaveshbhai Babubhai	INC	Dahod	Jhalod (St)
Manibhai Jethabhai Vaghela	INC	Sabarkantha	Idar (Sc)
Patel Niranjan Purushottamdas	INC	Anand	Petlad
Gohil Indravijaysinh	INC	Ahmedabad	Nikol
Patel Shashikant Vasudevbhai	INC	Ahmedabad	Ghatlodia
Vakhala Bharatsinh Pratapbhai	INC	Dahod	Devgadhbaria
Rajput Damraji Devjibhai	INC	Banaskantha	Tharad
Ajitsinh Parvatsinh Chauhan	INC	Mahisagar	Balasinor
Kotwal Ashvinbhai Laxmanbhai	INC	Sabarkantha	Khedbrahma (St)
Sagar Prakash Koko Brahmbhatt	INC	Vadodara	Savli
Shah Mihirbhai Subodhbhai	INC	Ahmedabad	Vejalpur
Chauhan Arvindsinh Vishvanathsinh	INC	Ahmedabad	Amraiwadi
Patel Himmatsinh Prahladsinh	INC	Ahmedabad	Bapunagar
Tadvi Maheshbhai Ratansing	INC	Dahod	Limkheda (St)
Baria Udesinh Mohanbhai	INC	Panchmahal	Halol
Chauhan Dushyantsinh Narvatsinh	INC	Panchmahal	Shehra
Kamleshkumar Jayantibhai Patel	INC	Sabarkantha	Himatnagar
Govabhai Hamirabhai Rabari	INC	Banaskantha	Deesa
Thakor Rajendrasinh Shivsinh	INC	Arvalli	Modasa
Baraiya Mahendrasinh Kacharsinh	INC	Sabarkantha	Prantij
Parmar Punambhai Madhabhai	INC	Anand	Sojitra
Raghubhai Ditabhai Machhar	INC	Dahod	Fatepura (St)
Narendrakumar Ravat	INC	Vadodara	Sayajigunj
Chandrakant R. Shrivastav	INC	Vadodara	Raopura