New Delhi: Analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs shows that 73 (32%) MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves and 31 (14%) are billionaires.At least 36 (16%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases. One MP has declared a murder case, four have declared attempt to murder cases, and three have declared cases related to crimes against women.Party-wise data shows that 27 out of 99 MPs of BJP (27%), 12 out of 28 (43) of Congress, four out of 13 (31) of Trinamool Congress, four out of 10 (40) of Aam Aadmi Party, all three MPs of CPM and three MPs of Bharat Rashtra Samithi have declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits. This number is two out of eight DMK MPs, two out of seven YSRCP MPs, two out of five AIADMK MPs, two out of four Samajwadi Party MPs and two out of three RJD MPs.In the report, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch have analyzed and updated the criminal, financial and other background details of 229 of the 233 Rajya Sabha MPs. In the present Rajya Sabha, one seat is vacant from Jharkhand. Three MPs were not analyzed because their affidavits were unavailable. The analysis includes 37 recently elected members.In terms of financial background, out of the 229 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs analysed, 31 (14%) are billionaires. Among major parties, six MPs from BJP, five from Congress, four from YSRCP, two from AAP, two from BRS and three from NCP have declared assets worth more than Rs 100 crore.While the total wealth of 229 sitting MPs is Rs 27,638 crore, the average wealth of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs is Rs 120.6 crore.BRS MP Bandi Partha Saradhi has the highest declared assets of over Rs 5,300 crore, followed by AAP’s Rajinder Gupta with over Rs 5,053 crore and YSRCP’s Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy with over Rs 2,577 crore.On the other hand, AAP MP Sant Balbir Singh is the poorest, with assets worth around Rs 3 lakh. He is followed by Manipur’s Maharaja Sanjaoba Leishemba, who has around Rs 5 lakh, and TMC’s Prakash Chik Badaik, who has around Rs 9 lakh.