The Congress on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging serious and grave inconsistencies in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) should release the video footage of polling stations where the voting purportedly increasedleading to a sudden and major increase in 76 lakh votes, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Nana Patole has demanded.
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting commenced at 7 am on Wednesday for the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the remaining 38 seats.
“A voter turnout of 66.65 per cent has been recorded across 43 Assembly constituencies in phase-1 of Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024, surpassing the turnout by 2.75 per cent in these seats in 2019 elections,” the poll panel said.
The polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am in 1.09 lakh polling stations amid tight security. These polling stations will be manned by around 10.9 lakh polling officials.
The ECI said this significant participation is a testament to the robust democratic spirit and civic engagement of the people in the region.
The Trinamul Congress held a press conference in the evening which was addressed by two senior ministers Bratya Basu and Chandrima Bhattacharya.
This could be the lowest polling percentage in this elections in UP as in earlier phases the voting was recorded between 58 % to 60%.
The newly included areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts, which were earlier in the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, witnessed brisk polling.
