New Delhi:
The Election Fee has disregarded Congress allegations in two key areas on which the celebration had sought a reply, insisting there is no such thing as a discrepancy within the voter turnout figures or deletion from voter lists.
On October 19, Maharashtra’s Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi had met the Fee on a number of points.
The Congress – an ally within the Opposition alliance — had complained in regards to the inexplicable enhance in voter turnout between the numbers of 5 pm and the ultimate figures from the fee.
The Fee denied any discrepancy, and asserted that contemplating the 5 pm turnout as last is merely a false impression.
Whereas the voting formally ends at 5 pm in most locations, these already on the polling sales space are allowed to solid their votes nevertheless lengthy it takes.
However Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal, which has additionally raised questions on the identical difficulty yesterday, identified that previous to 2014, this discrepancy was minor, largely round 2 per cent.
Within the Lok Sabha and meeting elections held earlier this yr, the discrepancy was a lot greater in most locations. Within the Chief Minister’s constituency, it was over 30 per cent, the BJD had identified.
Relating to the Congress allegations of arbitrary deletion from voters’ record, then Fee stated a complete of 8,00,391 voters’ names have been deleted this time. The figures point out a mean of two,779 names per constituency.
The Fee stated the Congress criticism of addition of fifty,000 voters in 50 meeting constituencies of Maharashtra was “deceptive” and “factually Incorrect”.
In solely 5 constituencies, the whole addition have been over 50,000 electors, the Fee stated.
The ballot physique stated it’s dedicated to a respectful, collaborative relation with all political events, so vital for wholesome democracy. IT stated it welcomes ideas for any enchancment within the Electoral course of.