Oppn demands probe into 14.71 lakh increase in voters’ numbers after Assembly polls

“Considering these 14.71 lakh new electors, the total number of electors added in Maharashtra since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is almost 55 lakh. Addition of that many electors in less than a year is unprecedented and requires close scrutiny of the data. How can the number of electors increase so much in less than a year? It has never happened before,” said Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition parties in Maharashtra have repeatedly raised questions about the increase of 40.81 lakh electors between the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the 2024 state Assembly polls. They have described this growth as “unnatural,” arguing that it may have impacted the election outcome.

Sapkal also asked whether the increase in electors is due to youngsters turning 18 years, or due to migration, suggesting these causes should be examined. He questioned why the election commission extended the electoral roll date to July 1, 2025 instead of using the roll as of the Assembly polls. “What is the reason? Why was this date decided? What is the logic?” he asked.

NCP (SP) working president and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule said the data needs “to be studied in detail and has to be scrutinised.” “We have seen the increase in the number of electors. This trend needs to be studied in detail and data has to be scrutinised,” she said.

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