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| − | ==2016: Tamil Nadu==
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| − | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Pre-poll-cash-seizure-in-TN-Rs-100cr-13052016008021 ''The Times of India''], May 13 2016
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| − | Total cash seized in Tamil Nadu since the model code came into effect has crossed Rs 100 crore, the highest ever in the history of Indian elections. However, Andhra Pradesh holds the record for combined seizures of cash and material worth Rs 140 crore during the 2014 Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.
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| − | Seizures in TN include recent raids on the Chennai office of a distillery owned by a former DMK minister's family, from which Rs 3.58 crore was confiscated, and Rs 2 crore seized from a DMK candidate in Karur in central TN. In earlier instances, Rs 4.87 crore was seized from a businessman close to an AIADMK minister. In Chennai, more than Rs 3 crore was also seized from a flat in upmarket Egmore early this month. Officials have also seized goods worth Rs 70 crore, mostly liquor, meant for distribution to voters.
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| − | “More than than the long period of the model code of conduct being in effect in Tamil Nadu, it is the new strategies adopted by the EC to con trol money power which has yielded results. In coming days, surveillance in all 234 constituencies will be strengthened and we will take utmost care to prevent distribution of money to voters by any political party,“ Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi told TOI.
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| − | Apart from cash, surveillance teams have seized thousands of litres of liquor, ganja, gold and silver, the CEC said. Of the total cash seizures, nearly Rs 38 crore has been returned to its owners after they produced documents showing the source.The rest is believed to have been meant for use as inducements to influence voters.
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| − | ===Man arrested for taking money for vote===
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| − | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Pre-poll-cash-seizure-in-TN-Rs-100cr-13052016008021 ''The Times of India'']
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| − | In the first-ever action taken against a voter for receiving money from candidates or their representatives in the state, a farm labourer was arrested in Katpadi for receiving Rs 1,000 allegedly from some DMK functionaries.
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