It was today published in the form of a report.While the ruling BJP has given tickets to 76 'crorepati' candidates, the opposition Congress has fielded 60 such nominees. They are followed by seven from the NCP, six from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and two from the BSP.The report said that 25 independent candidates also came in this category. The remaining 'crorepati' candidates belong to lesser known parties or outfits.Though the 977 candidates are in the fray for the 89 Assembly seats going for polls in the first phase on December 9, affidavits of 54 candidates could not be analysed as they were either badly scanned or incomplete, the report said. Seventysix candidates mentioned that they were only literate, while 17 others declared that they were illiterate.According to the report, of the 923 candidates, 57 were women. Almost 40 per cent (of the 923) candidates, that is 367, were in the age group of 25 and 40 years, 473 (51 per cent) between ages of 41 and 60, while 82 of them were between 61 and 80.

Source: Times of India December 01, 2017 15:45 UTC