Patna: The richest candidate in the Bihar Assembly elections has declared net assets of Rs 373 crore while the poorest has no money.

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), and Bihar Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 2,600 out of 2,616 candidates who are contesting the Bihar 2025 Assembly Elections that will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11. ADVERTISEMENT

Of the 2,616 contesting candidates, 431 are from national parties, 351 from state parties, 908 from registered unrecognised parties and 926 are contesting as independents.

The ADR report states that 519 (40%) of the 1,303 candidates in the first phase are millionaires.

The richest candidate is Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh alias Guddu Singh or the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) – a constituent of the

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