Rahul Gandhi voices concerns over Maharashtra polls results: ‘State’s adult population 9.54 crore… 9.7 crore casted vote. How is that possible?’

He added: “32 lakh voters were added betwixt the Assembly polls successful 2019 and the Lok Sabha elections successful 2024. Meanwhile, 39 lakh voters were added betwixt the Lok Sabha polls successful 2024 and the Assembly polls the aforesaid year. This was done successful conscionable 5 months. As the LOP, I spoke astir this successful Parliament, but the EC has not responded yet.”

Recently, Rahul Gandhi had levelled 2 allegations successful Parliament pertaining to the polls — first, that 70 lakh voters were added to Maharashtra’s electoral rolls successful 5 months betwixt the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, and second, that 7,000 caller voters were registered from the code of 1 gathering successful Shirdi.

On November 29, six days aft the Maharashtra Assembly predetermination results were announced, the Congress wrote to the EC and a delegation met the Commission to rise what it called a “shocking” 13% summation successful electors successful the authorities since the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress practice to the EC sought “raw data” for the 39 lakh electors added to the rolls.

In response, the EC wrote backmost connected December 24 that determination had been 48,81,620 additions and 8,00,391 deletions, starring to a nett summation of 40,81,229 electors successful the authorities from the clip of the Lok Sabha elections to the Assembly polls. The EC said that aft the amendment to the Representation of the People Act, determination are present 4 qualifying dates for caller electors who crook 18: January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1. The EC said the additions included 8,72,094 electors of the 18-19 property cohort and 17,74,514 electors of the 20-29 years cohort.

“Thus, 26,46,608 young electors falling successful the property radical of 18-29 were added retired of full summation of 40,81,229 electors during the period. This is simply a invited inclination of information of youth, the aboriginal of our democracy. Thus, the additions made during the play successful a ample authorities similar Maharashtra person nary disposable abnormal trend,” the EC had replied.