Two billionaires are contesting in Delhi Assembly elections, one of them has assets worth Rs 227 crore.

Delhi Elections 2025: Three-fourth of the candidates of the three major parties ‘AAP’, BJP and Congress in the Delhi Assembly elections are crorepatis. This time 155 crorepati candidates have contested the elections. In the 2020 assembly elections, the number of such candidates from the three parties was 153. However, this time this number has increased.

The wife of the poorest candidate has property worth crores!

The poorest candidate in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections is Rajendra Singh who is contesting from Motinagar seat on Congress ticket. Who has assets worth only Rs 24 thousand. But, the interesting thing here is that his wife is a millionaire. Rajendra Singh’s wife has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 5.5 crore.

BJP fielded two billionaire candidates

It is noteworthy that BJP has also fielded two billionaires in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. Both of them did not contest elections in 2020. BJP candidate Karnail Singh contesting from Shakurbasti seat is the richest candidate. Immovable property worth Rs 227 crore is registered in his name. Apart from this, assets worth Rs 1.86 billion are also registered in the name of BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa.

How many crorepati candidates in which party?

• Congress: ​​77.14 percent of Congress party candidates in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections are crorepatis. However, in 2020, 83 percent of the party’s candidates had assets worth more than one crore.
• Aam Aadmi Party: This time, AAP has fielded 70 percent crorepati candidates. In the 2020 assembly elections, this figure was 73 percent.
• BJP: BJP has given tickets to 77.14 percent crorepati candidates in the 2025 assembly elections. However, in the 2020 assembly elections this figure was 70 percent.