ADR Candidate Affidavits⚓︎
Table Summary⚓︎
Data on political candidate characteristics (chiefly, assets and criminal charges) from affidavits filed with the Electoral Commission of India from 2003-2017. Merges to election results data on sh_cand_id / sh_election_id
, and to SHRUG on ac07_id / ac08_id
.
Table Information⚓︎
Aggregation Level | File Name | Unique Identifiers |
---|---|---|
native | affidavits_clean.dta | adr_unique_id |
Variable Information⚓︎
Variable Name | Description |
---|---|
year | Year |
ac_id | Combined SHRUG 2007/2008 constituency id |
adr_cand_id | Candidate ID on ADR site |
pc01_state_id | State id (population census) |
ac08_id | SHRUG 2008 Delimitation constituency id |
ac07_id | SHRUG 2007 Delimitation constituency id |
adr_district_name | District name as listed on ADR |
adr_con_name | Constitutency name as listed on ADR |
adr_cand_name | Candidate name as listed on ADR |
liabilities | Candidate total liabilities from affidavit |
age | Candidate age from affidavit |
cash | Cash holdings in Rs |
income | Total income reported in income tax return in Rs |
num_crim | Number of open charges listed on affidavit |
relation | Son of / daughter of / wife of |
address | Candidate address |
party | Affiliated political party |
assets | Candidate total assets from affidavit |
winner | 1=Constituency winner according to ADR |
bye_election | Bye election indicator |
crime_major | Major crime |
crime_major_adr | Major crime (ADR) |
ed | Candidate education from affidavit |
source | Affidavit data source |
bye_election_date | Bye-election information of constitutency from candidate list page |
self_profession | Profession of the candidate from candidate detailed info page |
spouse_profession | Profession of the candidate's spouse from candidate detailed info page |
punishment | Years punishment (50=max) for IPC section with max punishment |
adr_unique_id | Candidate identifier used by ADR, not used in SHRUG |
sh_cand_id | SHRUG candidate id for candidates matched to ECI election results data |
sh_election_id | Unique election id (state-assemblyno-ac_id-poll_no) |