NEW DELHI: Congress’s data analytics department chairperson Praveen Chakravarty on Tuesday wrote to chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, urging EC to made public at the earliest Maharashtra assembly-wise voter rolls of the 2024 Lok Sabha and state polls. The party has also sought booth-wise data.
In the letter, Chakravarty recalled the meeting of the Congress delegation with EC on Dec 3 regarding the Maharashtra assembly polls. “We had presented data showing an abnormal increase in total number of new voters enrolled, and votes polled in the assembly polls compared to the Lok Sabha elections held just six months before,” he said.
“Forty lakh new voters were enrolled and 75 lakh extra votes were polled in Vidhan Sabha election vis-a-vis Lok Sabha. This increase of 4.3% in voters enrolled and 13% in votes polled is unusually high compared to previous election cycles in Maharashtra where there are were 25,000 or more extra votes cast versus Lok sabha elections, and the BJP alliance had won 102 in Vidhan Sabha versus just 58 in LS election,” he added.
“As agreed in that meeting, we await further data from the commission,” Chakravarty said. He went on to request the EC to make public the Maharashtra assembly-wise voter rolls for the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls. He has also sought that booth-wise Form-20 data in excel format for the Lok sabha and assembly polls in Maharashtra be also put out in the public domain.
“We look forward to strengthening India’s democracy collaboratively through enhanced transparency and integrity of our election process,” Chakravarty said.