Story in Numbers: Asset growth of politicians between 2017 and 2022

The National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 276 candidates and 85 MLAs who changed parties during the period 2017 to 2022 and recontested elections held during the recent Assembly elections 2022 in five states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur.

This data analyses how much change these candidates reported in assets. Many have reported that their assets dropped in the five years that they represented their constituencies — but they still decided to recontest the election though from a different party.

But some reported a big increase