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_cand_id, ac_id, year

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)