EC rejects Congress allegations of arbitrary addition, deletion of voters in Maharashtra

The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected the Congress’ allegations of arbitrary addition and deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Maharashtra, where Assembly elections were held in November.

The poll body also said that voter turnout data at 5 pm – when polls close – cannot be compared with the final tally.

On November 29, the Congress’ Maharashtra unit claimed in a letter to the Election Commission that there was an “unprecedented increase” of around 47 lakh voters in the electoral rolls between July and November. The Opposition party also claimed that an “implausible” 76 lakh votes were cast in the last hour of polling.