Renuka Chowdary wants voter data after 5 pm

Ms Chowdary told the media that elections should be held in a transparent manner and without irregularities.

Update: 2019-05-03 20:12 GMT

Hyderabad: Congress Khammam candidate Renuka Chowdary has requested an inquiry be conducted into the significant increase in the percentage of votes polled between 5 pm on polling day and the next day.

Ms Chowdary, a former Union minister, TPCC election co-ordination committee chairman Marri Shashidhar Reddy, and convener G. Niranjan lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission.

Ms Chowdary told the media that elections should be held in a transparent manner and without irregularities.

They said there was a similar increase of voting percentage in the Assembly elections too.

They said that the polling in the Lok Sabha elections on April 11, saw almost a similar increase of 5.26 per cent announced at 5 pm on the day of polling to 64.32 per cent announced the next day.

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