Gujarat election 2017: How educated are different parties' candidates?

The Congress party has fielded 13 post-graduates among its 176 candidates, while most of BJP and AAP candidates are educated

The Gujarat Assembly election 2017 has taken off, with the first phase of polling for 89 of the 182 seats taking place on December 9 and the second for 93 seats slated for December 14.

A total of 1,815 candidates are in the fray for this year's Gujarat polls in the two phases.  

Among the candidates fielded by the different parties for the Gujarat state election, no Bharatiya janata Paty (BJP) or the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate is labelled illiterate, shows an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Similarly, among the most educated candidates, 72 of the Congress' candidates and 68 of the BJP's are graduates or more qualified.

Here is the full party-wise list of candidates based on their qualification:

Party	Illiterate	Literate (up to 10th pass)	12th Pass	Graduate	Graduate	Post Graduate	Doctrate	Others/ not given
BJP	0	68	38	23	32	10	3	7
BSP	1	68	36	9	12	7	0	5
INC	1	63	32	30	25	13	4	8
NCP	1	24	12	7	6	3	0	4
AAP	0	8	7	2	5	5	1	0
Independent	15	429	102	78	48	39	2	22
others	4	237	81	44	39	15	4	20
total	22	953	308	193	167	92	14	66