65% of sitting MLAs in Kerala have criminal cases against them Updated: Updated: March 11, 2021 00:31 IST Analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms and Kerala Election Watch shows cases filed against 21% of legislators come under ‘serious’ categories Share Article AAA Analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms and Kerala Election Watch shows cases filed against 21% of legislators come under ‘serious’ categories Sixty-five percent of the sitting MLAs in the present State Assembly have criminal cases against them, according to an assessment by the Association for Democratic Reforms and Kerala Election Watch. Civil society organisations analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 132 elected members out 140 that were submitted prior to the 2016 elections and found that 86 were facing criminal cases, while 21% MLAs had declared ‘serious’ criminal cases against them.