India - volume of liquor seized during Lok Sabha elections by state 2019

This statistic illustrates the volume of illicit liquor seized in India during the general assembly elections in 2019, by state and union territory. The largest amount of liquor was seized in the state of Maharashtra, with over four million liters of illicit liquor. For the state of Uttar Pradesh, this was over one million liters of illicit liquor confiscated during the measured time period.

Volume of illicit liquor seized during Indian Lok Sabha elections in May 2019, by state and union territory (in 1,000 liters)

Characteristic	Volume in thousand liters
Maharashtra	4,267
Madhya Pradesh	3,436
West Bengal	1,702
Uttar Pradesh	1,662
Punjab	1,392
Himachal Pradesh	1,000
Karnataka	960
Andhra Pradesh	775
Rajasthan	649
Gujarat	523
Haryana	446
Telangana	388
Jharkhand	318
Tamil Nadu	223
Assam	177
Odisha	164
NCT of Delhi	143
Goa	133
Bihar	121
Uttarakhand	80
Nagaland	62
Manipur	44
Tripura	40
Puducherry	10
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	9
Daman and Diu	7
Chhattisgarh	7
Kerala	6
Jammu and Kashmir	3
Sikkim	2
Chandigarh	0.09
Lakshadweep	0.01

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May 2019

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India

Survey time period

as of May 21, 2019

Supplementary notes

India's general assembly elections were held in seven phases from April to May, 2019, to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha (House of People). This data highlights the illegal cash, liquor, precious metals, drugs and other items distributed across the country by various political parties to gain vote favors and strictly goes against the code of conduct established by the Election Commission.

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