Lok Sabha polls: Richer candidates win, but re-elections a different story

Regional party candidates and winners had higher average value of assets

There could be vast differences among Indian voters in their political choices, but all would agree on one thing: money wins elections. Apart from money spent by the candidate and the party, the value of assets of the candidate is another important indicator of the potential to spend money, influence voters directly or indirectly. 

Analysis of the assets data from Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows that the average assets of a winner of the 2014 LS election was more than the average assets of a candidate: more the money you have, more the chances of winning. But interestingly, it does