"43 or 12 per cent candidates of the 349 contesting candidates in Phase 5 of West Bengal assembly elections have declared assets worth over Rs 1 crore," said the report by rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
Of this, 23 are from the ruling Trinamool Congress, nine from BJP, three from Congress, six from CPI(M) and two are independent candidates.
The average asset of candidates contesting in Phase 5, to be held on April 30, is Rs 70.78 lakh.
"10 (19 per cent) out of 53 candidates from BJP, 17 (32 per cent) out of 53 candidates from AITC, 14 (45 per cent) out of 31 candidates from CPI(M), 6 (19 per cent) out of 31 candidates of SUCI(C), 7 (50 per cent) out of 14 candidates fielded by INC, and 9 (11 per cent) out of 83 independent candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits," the ADR report said.
On the education details of candidates, 143 (41 per cent) have declared their education qualification to be between 5th pass and 12th pass, while 125 (36 per cent) have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or graduate professional.
As many as 60 (17 per cent) have declared themselves to be post-graduates, while 8 (2 per cent) candidates have declared they are doctorates and 7 (2 per cent) candidates have declared they are just literate.
Four candidates are more than 80 years old.
The phase 5 has 43 (12 per cent) women candidates, ADR said, while adding it has analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 349 candidates in the fifth phase.