Gujarat Election 2017 richest candidates: Full list of crorepati candidates

The Narendra Modi-led BJP has 147 crorepati candidates, including Dhanjibhai Patel, Saurabh Yashvantbhai Patel in top 5; Congress' Pankajbhai Patel is the richest with an asset of Rs 231 crore

As many as 418 of the 1815 candidates contesting the Gujarat Assembly election 2017 are crorepatis, with total assets worth more than Rs 1 crore, shows an analysis by Association of Democratic Rights (ADR) of self-declaration of assets by candidates in their affidavits.

Of the total of 1,815 candidates contesting in the 182 Gujarat state Assembly seats over two phases, 418 are crorepatis -- 147 of them from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alone. The party has two candidates -- Saurabh Yashvantbhai Dalal Patel and Dhanjibhai Patel -- among the top 5 richest candidates.

The Congress party comes second in the number of crorepati candidates, with 129 candidates worth more than Rs 1 crore. The Congress, which has fielded the richest candidate in the Gujarat Assembly election 2017 -- Pankajbhai Chimanbhai Patel, worth more than Rs 231 crore -- has 129 candidates in total with assets of over Rs 1 crore. Given that the Congress has fielded 176 candidates, the share of crorepatis it the total number of candidates in the highest, at 73%. The party has three of its candidates in among the top 5.

Here is the full list of 418 crorepati candidates contesting the Gujarat Assembly election 2017: