Political families of Uttar Pradesh

Election Finance Analysis

Election finance wrt family type

Funding

Table 1: Election Funding - Averages
Politician’s identity Total fund Candidate Party Donations
Family 1071313 306222 328550 431637
Non-family 1225033 393884 457800 370970

Expenditure

Table 2: Election Expenditure - Averages
Politician’s identity Total Expenditure Media Vehicles Materials Meetings Campaigns Miscellanious Missing
Family 1061733 61338 525770 108097 143620 77760 92589 52561
Non-family 1034591 87890 480340 97521 134908 78786 71646 83501

Election finance wrt to criminality

(#tab:merging with funding data)Summary of the criminality variable
Criminality Count
FALSE 397
TRUE 130

Funding

Table 3: Election Funding - Averages
Politician’s criminality Total fund Candidate Party Donations
FALSE 1226784 376309 453325 396432
TRUE 1063013 355725 325604 370548

Expenditure

Table 4: Election Expenditure - Averages
Politician’s criminality Total Expenditure Media Vehicles Materials Meetings Campaigns Miscellanious Missing
FALSE 1048839 81813 497591 93425 138196 81299 75305 81210
TRUE 1022855 91699 467110 117707 132381 71059 80578 62322

Election finance wrt caste group

Funding

Table 5: Election Funding - Averages
Politician’s caste group Total fund Candidate Party Donations
Dalit 996139 349231 295145 350293
Muslim 803914 200528 190539 416303
Non-Yadav OBC 1092046 452750 284226 355070
Others 856452 285643 327787 243022
Upper Caste 1438744 369884 656068 404725
Yadav 1248178 490100 317078 442000

Expenditure

Table 6: Election Expenditure - Averages
Politician’s caste group Total Expenditure Media Vehicles Materials Meetings Campaigns Miscellanious Missing
Dalit 1029058 51080 512869 86802 138841 78171 53044 108251
Muslim 946541 79344 463432 83341 156452 42178 93336 28458
Non-Yadav OBC 1016466 67297 500424 92858 117238 66690 66005 105955
Others 895479 102604 434162 101868 93750 61591 52101 49403
Upper Caste 1081575 110791 457338 112200 141122 99315 89349 71460
Yadav 1149621 52431 624456 113364 145728 79058 77311 57272