Who's Facing the Most Criminal Cases in the 18th Lok Sabha?

Read this before the map: these are cases filed against an MP in their sworn ECI affidavit, not convictions. Under Indian law, an accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Data reflects self-declared pending cases in sworn ECI affidavits (Form 26) at nomination time; cases filed after the election, or never declared by the candidate, fall outside this scope. This covers 484 of 543 winning candidates: the rest did not have a digitized criminal-case entry in the source list at the time of collection, so they are left out rather than guessed at. Zero declared cases is shown as a plain fact, not a "good" score. The map colors each state by its true average across every MP counted there, since this is now a full count of that state's MPs, not a small sample, so an average is statistically sound. Source for every number: MyNeta / ADR, based on public ECI election affidavits. The first 18 rows (the highest case counts) were individually cross-checked against their affidavit pages; the rest are sourced directly from MyNeta's published list, each linked to its own affidavit page for independent verification. Data collected: 27 July 2026. MyNeta records can change after court dispositions, so treat this as a point-in-time snapshot, not a live feed. This dataset stays largely static until the next full refresh: the 18th Lok Sabha's term runs to around mid-2029, when the next general election forces every MP to file a fresh affidavit. Between now and then, expect only occasional single-seat updates from bye-elections; state assembly election data does not apply to this page, since it tracks Lok Sabha (national) MPs only.