Election Commission press release · 27 April 2026 · pibtracker filter

General Elections and bye-elections 2026: Seizures surpass Rs 510 crores in WB

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Posted On: 27 APR 2026 3:49PM by PIB Delhi Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections on March 15,2026. The Commission has directed the State/UT governments to ensure strict compliance with the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). It may be recalled that the Commission has held multiple review meetings with the Chief Secretaries, CEOs, DGPs, and senior officers from the poll-going states/UTs and their bordering states/UTs along with the Heads of Enforcement Agencies and directed them to ensure violence-free, intimidation-free and inducement free elections. To ensure this, over 2,728 Flying Squad Teams (FSTs) have been deployed across the States to ensure that the complaints are attended to within 100 minutes. Besides this, over 3,142 Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) have also been deployed to set up surprise Nakas at different locations. Special drives are being conducted against the manufacture, storage and distribution of illicit liquor . Since the activation of the Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) on February 26, 2026, the data up to April 27, 2026 is presented below. State Cash (Rs. Crore) Liquor Qty (Litres) Liquor Value (Rs. Crore) Drugs Value (Rs. Crore) Precious Metal (Rs. Crore) Freebies /Other (Rs. Crore) Total (Rs. Crore) West Bengal 30.00 48,46,183 126.85 110.12 58.28 184.85 510.10 With this the total seizures of illicit inducements in West Bengal has surpassed Rs. 510 crores. This is also higher than the seizures recorded during the GELA, 2021 with Rs. 339 crores in the state. ********** PK/GDH/RP (Release ID: 2255897) Visitor Counter : 752 Read this release in: Urdu , हिन्दी , Bengali , Bengali-TR , Assamese , Punjabi , Gujarati , Tamil , Telugu Election Commission General Elections and bye-elections 2026: Seizures surpass Rs 510 crores in WB Posted On: 27 APR 2026 3:49PM by PIB Delhi Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections on March 15,2026. The Commission has directed the State/UT governments to ensure strict compliance with the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). It may be recalled that the Commission has held multiple review meetings with the Chief Secretaries, CEOs, DGPs, and senior officers from the poll-going states/UTs and their bordering states/UTs along with the Heads of Enforcement Agencies and directed them to ensure violence-free, intimidation-free and inducement free elections. To ensure this, over 2,728 Flying Squad Teams (FSTs) have been deployed across the States to ensure that the complaints are attended to within 100 minutes. Besides this, over 3,142 Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) have also been deployed to set up surprise Nakas at different locations. Special drives are being conducted against the manufacture, storage and distribution of illicit liquor . Since the activation of the Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) on February 26, 2026, the data up to April 27, 2026 is presented below. State Cash (Rs. Crore) Liquor Qty (Litres) Liquor Value (Rs. Crore) Drugs Value (Rs. Crore) Precious Metal (Rs. Crore) Freebies /Other (Rs. Crore) Total (Rs. Crore) West Bengal 30.00 48,46,183 126.85 110.12 58.28 184.85 510.10 With this the total seizures of illicit inducements in West Bengal has surpassed Rs. 510 crores. This is also higher than the seizures recorded during the GELA, 2021 with Rs. 339 crores in the state. ********** PK/GDH/RP (Release ID: 2255897) Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the General Election to Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and bye-elections on March 15,2026. The Commission has directed the State/UT governments to ensure strict compliance with the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">It may be recalled that the Commission has held multiple review meetings with the Chief Secretaries, CEOs, DGPs, and senior officers from the poll-going states/UTs and their bordering states/UTs along with the Heads of Enforcement Agencies and directed them to ensure violence-free, intimidation-free and inducement free elections.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">To ensure this, over 2,728 Flying Squad Teams (FSTs) have been deployed across the States to ensure that the complaints are attended to within 100 minutes. Besides this, over 3,142 Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) have also been deployed to set up surprise Nakas at different locations. Special drives are being conducted against the manufacture, storage and distribution of illicit liquor.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Since the activation of the Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) on February 26, 2026, the data up to April 27, 2026 is presented below.</li>   <table align="center" border="1" bordercolor="#ccc" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="Table" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width:84.85pt"> State </td> <td style="width:49.7pt"> Cash (Rs. Crore) </td> <td style="width:70.8pt"> Liquor Qty (Litres) </td> <td style="width:56.65pt"> Liquor Value (Rs. Crore) </td> <td style="width:49.65pt"> Drugs Value (Rs. Crore) </td> <td style="width:63.7pt"> Precious Metal (Rs. Crore) </td> <td style="width:63.8pt"> Freebies /Other (Rs. Crore) </td> <td style="width:58.55pt"> Total (Rs. Crore) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:84.85pt"> West Bengal </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:49.7pt"> 30.00 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:70.8pt"> 48,46,183 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:56.65pt"> 126.85 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:49.65pt"> 110.12 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:63.7pt"> 58.28 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:63.8pt"> 184.85 </td> <td style="background-color:#cccccc; width:58.55pt"> 510.10 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <li style="text-align: justify;">With this the total seizures of illicit inducements in West Bengal has surpassed Rs. 510 crores. 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West Bengal seizures from February 26 to April 27, 2026 totalled ₹510.10 crore; Election Commission deployed 2,728 Flying Squad Teams and 3,142 Static Surveillance Teams across five poll-bound states for the 2026 assembly elections.

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