India created a world record with 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participating in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on June 3 .
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"We were always here, never went missing," Kumar said on social media memes calling election commissioners 'Laapata Gentlemen'. The election commissioners were speaking to media a day ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections.
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Over 68,000 monitoring teams, 1.5 crore polling and security personnel were involved in world's largest electoral exercise, Kumar said.
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Nearly four lakh vehicles, 135 special trains and 1,692 air sorties were used in conducting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the CEC said.
EC issued notices to top leaders, FIRs were filed against many and top officials transferred to sanitise the poll process.
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All development work used to stop during MCC, EC gave permission within 48 hours of applications in 95-98 percent projects, Kumar said.
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"We have by and large controlled menace of deep fakes, AI generated synthetic content in 2024 general elections," Kumar said.
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Counting process is robust, says Rajiv Kumar. Counting of votes will be done on June 4.
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All issues raised by multi-party delegations have been addressed: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
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Indian poll system it allows for post-election scrutiny, Kumar said.
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"We will very soon start poll process in Jammu and Kashmir, we are very enthused by voter turnout," Kumar said.
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The polling body chief said the EC failed to understand fake narratives of faulty voter list and turnout data.
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The biggest learning from elections is that the poll process should be completed before summer, said Kumar amid reports of several polling staff dying of extreme heat in several parts of the country.
