New Delhi: The Congress on Monday alleged that voting percentage in various seats in Gujarat increased in last hour of voting in the second and final phase of the recently-held Assembly elections.
Party communication In charge Pawan Khera said: “I have examples of Assembly Constituency Number 144, Raopura in Baroda region, where at 5 p.m., the voting percentage was 51 per cent, and at 6 p.m., it became 57.68 per cent. A rise of 16,000 votes spread over 281 booths, per booth 57 votes; in one hour, not humanly possible.
“Asarva is another seat, Vatva is another seat, Vejalpur is another seat, we have several examples and we are collecting Form 17Cs from our candidates to tally exactly how much percentage went up in the last one hour of polling on the second round of elections in Gujarat.”
He said that thy were informed by media through their publications and some channels that in the last one hour of the second round of voting in Gujarat on December 5, there was an unprecedented rise in votes. “6.5 per cent at an average, but, the seats, where you saw, 11.5 per cent votes being cast in the last one hour, which is humanly impossible, because at an average per vote, 60 seconds are must.”
“You can’t have anyone vote in less than 60 seconds, but, if you calculate this, there are polling booths in Gujarat, where it took 25-30 seconds for one vote, impossible, humanly impossible. If we want, we can have a mock session of polling. We can call anyone barring the Election Commission of India and we will see, it is impossible, but, in Gujarat, that became possible,” Khera added.
In Vadodara, some seats witnessed 10-12 per cent increase of votes in the last one hour, he said.
–IANS