Accordingly, as the debate for whether politicians should have an educational qualification seems never-ending, a survey by india Today stated that YSR Congress Party from Andhra Pradesh has most educated contestants in the Lok Sabha polls, followed by Tamilnadu's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Telangana Rashtra Samithi at second and third positions, respectively.
The survey stated YSRCP has 88% of Lok Sabha candidates who are educated while DMK has 87.5% of candidates who are educated while TRS stands at third place with 82.4%. Apparently, the survey states that regional parties have the most educated candidates. Reports added the other parties in the list are Naam Tamilar Katchi of Tamilnadu with 80% of candidates being educated while the Congress has 75.7% candidates who have attained higher education followed by the trinamool congress (74.5%), Biju Janata Dal (71.4%), Aam Aadmi Party (71.4%) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (70.8%).
Moreover the survey also mentions that five best constituencies which have contestants will higher education. Perhaps they are Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, Balangir in Odisha, South Goa in goa, Nabarangpur in Odisha and Nagaland constituency in Nagaland and it also stated that there are very few illiterate candidates, just 2% of the total candidates contesting the Lok Sabha polls.
