'30% candidates accused of hate-speech elected'
According to an analysis by IndiaSpend, 30% of Indian candidates contesting elections with hate-speech cases registered against them emerged victorious over the last 12 years. Of 399 candidates with hate-speech cases, 121 were successfully elected. Notably, only 10% of candidates with no criminal record managed to win elections, with 8,103 emerging victorious out of 82,970 contesting candidates.