Because the BJP returns to energy in Haryana, and the Nationwide Convention-Congress will get able to kind the primary authorities in six years in Jammu and Kashmir, the brand new Assemblies are wealthier however are additionally older. The variety of graduates and of girls has remained roughly stagnant.
Here’s a take a look at the composition of the 2 Homes, each 90-member sturdy, primarily based on knowledge from the Election Fee and Affiliation for Democratic Reforms:
Haryana
The BJP is about to kind a report third consecutive authorities in Haryana, with its largest ever mandate within the state. The social gathering, which went with Nayab Singh Saini as its CM face, secured an outright majority, profitable 48 seats towards the Congress’s 37. A day later, three Independents prolonged their assist to the BJP.
With a median age of 55.6 years outdated, the brand new Haryana Meeting is marginally older than the one elected in 2019, that had a median age of 54.8 years. Whereas there are 32 MLAs who’re 60 or older, the oldest MLA is the Congress’s 80-year-old Beri consultant Raghuvir Singh Kadian. There are 28 MLAs youthful than 50, together with 9 who’re 40 or youthful. Aditya Surjewala, the Congress’s Kaithal MLA and son of Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, is the youngest member at 25, the minimal age to contest Meeting polls.
The common BJP MLA is aged 56.3 years, barely older than the common Congress MLA at 55.7 years. The Indian Nationwide Lok Dal’s two MLAs, each members of the Chautala household, have a median age of 39.5 years.
The brand new Meeting has 13 MLAs with pending instances, together with seven from the Congress, three from the BJP, and three Independents. Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, elected from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, has essentially the most variety of pending felony instances at eight. Within the earlier Home, there have been 12 MLAs with felony instances.
The common property of MLAs within the new Meeting have elevated significantly, from Rs 18.29 crore in 2019 to Rs 24.87 crore this 12 months. Savitri Jindal, the Unbiased MLA from Hisar and BJP MP Naveen Jindal’s mom, is the richest member of the Home with complete property price Rs 270.66 crore. 4 of the 5 richest new MLAs are from the BJP. Kapoor Singh, the BJP’s Bawani Khera MLA, has the bottom property within the Home, price Rs 7.2 lakh. Whereas the common BJP MLA has property price Rs 24.16 crore, the common Congress MLA has Rs 17.97 crore in property.
When it comes to schooling, 61 MLAs are not less than graduates, whereas 26 have accomplished not less than Class 8. Graduates account for over two-thirds of the brand new Meeting. Within the final Meeting, there have been 62 who had been not less than graduates. As per the professions declared by the brand new MLAs, 44% stated they had been concerned in social or political work, 41% in enterprise, and 27% in agriculture.
Notably, the variety of ladies MLAs has risen to 13 from 9 within the earlier Home, making up 14% of the Meeting and matching the state report set in 2014. At hundred, the whole variety of ladies added as much as 10% of all candidates. Whereas the BJP accounts for 5 of the brand new ladies MLAs, the Congress has seven.
The truth that caste performed a key function within the Meeting elections is evident additionally within the Home composition. The Congress centered on the Jat neighborhood in candidate choice, whereas the BJP’s picks had been unfold throughout. The Congress MLA numbers embody 13 Jats, precisely half of the 26 it fielded. Of the BJP’s new MLAs, six are Jats; the social gathering had fielded 16 from the neighborhood. The Congress additionally noticed one in all its 4 Jat Sikh candidates win.
Of the Dalits who received from the 17 reserved seats, 9 belong to the Congress and eight to the BJP, indicating that the Congress didn’t sway the Dalit vote opposite to expectations primarily based on its aggressive marketing campaign focused at SCs.
The BJP noticed 9 of the 11 members from the Punjabi neighborhood it fielded win, whereas three of the Congress’s 9 Punjabi candidates received. The BJP had damaged from conference by making a Punjabi, M L Khattar, its CM in Haryana in 2014 and 2019, after profitable the Meeting polls.
Among the many different distinguished communities too, the BJP’s extra broad-based assist is clear. The brand new Home has eight Brahmins (seven BJP and one Congress), 5 Muslims (all Congress), six Gurjars (4 BJP and two Congress), 4 Ahirs (all BJP), two Rajputs, Rors and Vaishyas every (all BJP), and one Bishnoi (Congress).
Jammu and Kashmir
The Nationwide Convention emerged as the only largest social gathering in J&Okay with 42 seats, with ally Congress profitable six. Along with the CPI(M)’s one MLA, the INDIA bloc is properly away from the 46-seat majority mark. The BJP, with the best vote share of all events, is about to change into the principal Opposition, with 29 MLAs. The Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP), which led the ruling coalition in 2014, fell to simply three seats.
Within the 10 years for the reason that final J&Okay Meeting election was held, the common age of the MLAs has gone up significantly – from 51.4 years in 2014 to 55.8 years now. The brand new Home has 32 MLAs who’re 60 or older, together with NC Chrar-i-Sharief MLA and former minister Abdul Rahim Fairly, who’s the oldest MLA at 80. There are 24 MLAs youthful than 50, of whom simply six are beneath 40. The youngest MLA is 29-year-old Shagun Parihar, the BJP’s Kishtwar MLA whose father and uncle had been killed in a 2018 terror assault.
Whereas the common age of the NC’s MLAs is 56.4 years, the common BJP MLA is aged 55.8 years. The Congress’s six MLAs are the oldest on common at 61.5 years.
There are additionally 9 MLAs with pending felony instances, up from 5 in 2014. The NC has essentially the most such MLAs at 5, adopted by the BJP at two, and the PDP and Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) at one every. The AAP’s sole MLA Mehraj Malik, elected from Doda, has essentially the most variety of pending felony instances at six.
The common property of the MLAs has greater than doubled from the earlier Home – as much as Rs 11.43 crore from simply Rs 4.56 crore. Tariq Hameed Karra, the Congress’s J&Okay chief and Central Shalteng MLA, is the richest MLA with property price Rs 148.44 crore. Three of the 5 richest MLAs are from the BJP.
The AAP’s Malik is the poorest MLA with property price simply over Rs 29,000. Whereas the common BJP MLA has property price Rs 14.56 crore, the common NC MLAs has Rs 8.48 crore.
The brand new Home has 63 MLAs, or 70%, who’re not less than graduates, together with three who maintain doctorates. There are additionally 25 MLAs who’ve accomplished between Class 8 and Class 12. The earlier Meeting had 58 MLAs who had been graduates or above. When it comes to career, 47% of MLAs declared political or social work as their main occupation, adopted by 30% in enterprise, 15% in regulation, and 9% within the civil service.
There is only one extra lady MLA than within the final Home at three. Two of those ladies MLAs are from the NC and one from the BJP. At simply 4, J&Okay’s highest ever variety of ladies MLAs had been elected in 1972. With simply 43 ladies candidates, or 5% of the whole within the fray, simply 3.3% of the brand new MLAs are ladies.
