“At least 58 per cent of the total polling booths would be monitored by either webcasting or videography or micro observers,” he said. The total seizure by election expenditure monitoring officials, including those from the Income Tax Department, crossed Rs. Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhoni said the total sum seized so far was Rs. On May 16, the day of polling, a total of 26,961 polling booths would be monitored by webcasting, over 10,000 booths by videography and 8,556 by micro observers. 100.32 crore has been seized so far and Rs.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2016 18:34 UTC