The newly elected Assembly of Gujarat will be richer than the previous one. There has also been an increase in the number of millionaire MLAs as compared to 2017. There are 5 MLAs who have assets of more than Rs 100 crore. Hardik Patel and Payal Kukrani are among the two youngest faces of the new Assembly. Patel and Payal Kukrani, who won from Naroda, are 29-year-old. There has also been a decrease in the number of turncoat MLAs in the new Assembly as compared to 2017.

Let us take a look at how educated are the new faces elected in the Gujarat assembly? What is the average age of newly elected MLAs? How young are the new MLAs? How many MLAs are there against whom criminal cases are pending? How many millionaires have made it to the new Gujarat assembly.

The average age MLAs elected in the new assembly is 54 years

The average age of the new Assembly is more than 54 years and 4 months. Hardik Patel and Payal Kukrani, who won on the BJP ticket from Naroda, are the youngest faces of the new Assembly. Both are 29-year-old. Payal is the daughter of former minister Maya Kodnani. Rivaba Jadeja, wife of Ravindra Jadeja, will be the third youngest MLA in the new assembly. Rivaba is 32-year-old.

Apart from these three, Chaitar Vasava, 34, who won on AAP ticket from Dediapada and Malti Maheshwari, 34, who won on BJP ticket from Gandhidham, will be among the five youngest MLAs. These are the 5 newly elected MLAs whose age is less than 35 years. A total of 44 candidates in the age group of 35 to 50 years have won the elections. There are 74 newly elected MLAs whose age is between 50 and 60 years.

Fifty-nine candidates, who won elections, are 60 years and above. Two of them are above 75 years of age. Both have been elected on the BJP ticket. Seventy-nine-year-old Govind Parmar will be the oldest MLA.

Criminal cases going on 38 MLAs

About 21 per cent of the MLAs of the new Assembly have criminal cases pending against them. Cases are pending against a total of 38 MLAs. There are fewer turncoat MLAs in the new assembly as compared to the previous assembly. Of the MLAs who won in 2017, 26 per cent i.e. 47 were turncoat.

Hardik, Jignesh and Alpesh are among the five most tainted MLAs

Among the tainted MLAs, the maximum number of 22 cases are pending against Hardik Patel, who won on a BJP ticket from Viramgam. After Hardik, the maximum number of 10 cases are going on against Jignesh Mevani, who won from Vadgam on a Congress ticket. Dr Kiritkumar Patel, who won from Patan seat on Congress ticket has 9 cases against him, Chaitar Vasava, who won from Dediapada on AAP ticket has 8 cases against him and Alpesh Thakor, who won from Gandhinagar South on BJP ticket has been booked in at least six cases.

How rich are the new MLAs of Gujarat?

The average assets of the MLAs elected in the new Assembly is Rs 16.86 crore. Out of 182, 152 new MLAs are millionaires. There has been an increase in the number of millionaire MLAs as compared to 2017. In the last assembly, 141 millionaires were elected as MLAs. This time their number has increased by about 7 per cent.

In the new Assembly, there will be only 30 MLAs whose assets are less than Rs 1 crore. BJP’s Mohanbhai Konkani will be the MLA with the least assets in the new assembly. Mohanbhai has declared total assets of Rs 18.56 lakh in his election affidavit. There are a total of 11 newly elected MLAs whose assets are less than Rs 50 lakh. Of them, one each has won on Congress and AAP ticket, whereas 9 have won on a BJP ticket. The newly elected Congress MLA with the least assets is Jignesh Mevani. Jignesh has assets worth Rs 35.48 crore. Whereas, AAP’s MLA with least assets Sudhir Vaghani has assets worth Rs 19.03 lakh. Sudhir will be the MLA with the second least assets in the new Assembly.

Richest MLAs in the new Gujarat Assembly

Talking about the richest MLAs, there will be 5 such MLAs in the new Assembly whose assets will be more than Rs 100 crore. Of these 5, four have won on a BJP ticket. Whereas, there is an independent MLA. BJP’s JS Patel will be the richest MLA in the new Assembly. He has assets worth Rs 661.28 crore.

How educated are the MLA s of the new Gujarat Assembly?

Seven MLAs in the new Assembly are literate. Whereas, four have studied up to fifth standard. Sixteen candidates who won the elections have studied up to 8th standard. Meanwhile, 36 MLAs are 10th pass. These include Rivaba Jadeja, wife of Ravindra Jadeja. Thirty candidates who won the election have studied up to class 12th and 35 have completed graduation. Twenty-three are graduate professionals while 19 have a masters degree. Six MLAs have other degrees. Whereas, six MLAs have done a PhD.