He also flagged an “unnatural spike” in voter turnout after 5 PM, claiming Congress ground workers reported no such increase on the ground.

While speaking about the Mahadevapura assembly seat in Karnataka, the LoP alleged that out of the 6.5 lakh total votes in the constituency, there was ‘vote chori’ of over 1 lakh votes.

“Congress research found over one lakh duplicate voters, invalid addresses, bulk voters in Mahadevapura constituency in Karnataka,” he said.

Gandhi said a dedicated team of 30–40 Congress researchers spent six months analysing thousands of voter records—going through what he described as “seven feet of paper”—to uncover five categories of vote manipulation:

1. Duplicate voters: 11,965

2. Fake & invalid addresses: 40,009

3. Bulk voters registered at one address: 10,452

4. Invalid photographs: 4,132

5. Misuse of Form 6 (new voter registration): 33,692