Rs. 750 per Vote

New Delhi, March 18: The UP polls saw a total of over Rs 5,500 crore spent on the campaign by various parties, including about Rs 1,000 crore towards 'note for vote', with nearly one-third voters admitting to cash or liquor offer, a survey claimed today.

According to the CMS pre-post poll study, upwards of Rs, 5,500 crore were spent by major political parties in the just-concluded assembly election in Uttar Pradesh alone.

The Election Commission of India allows Rs 25 lakh per candidate ..

The Election Commission of India allows Rs 25 lakh per candidate for campaign expenditure, but it is the best-known secret that most candidates spend much more than what is officially allowed and what candidates declare after the poll.

Campaign activities include a range of conventional and non-conventional activities. Print and electronic material, including widescreen projections, video vans and the like put together itself in this election was put at Rs 600-900 crore.

Highlights of the Survey:

* 34 % population has been received the cash before the elections and also they received the liquor also,,,

* In some constituencies where the fight was tight, the cash involved ranged between Rs 500-2,000 depending on the number of voters and influencing the role of a voter,

* Going by that trend, in 2017, Rs 1,000 crore were estimated to be distributed among voters

* Every vote cast in UP involved a cost of about Rs 750, which is highest in the country