A Tamil Nadu BJP leader has accused officials of major voter list problems in a key constituency led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, pushing the Election Commission of India to step in and clean things up.
A.N.S. Prasad, the BJP’s spokesperson in Tamil Nadu, sent a detailed complaint to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday. He claims thousands of fake and duplicate names are bloating the voter rolls in Kolathur Assembly Constituency, seat number 13 in Chennai. Prasad wants the commission to launch an urgent investigation right away and remove more than 19,000 suspicious entries to protect fair elections.
In his email to the ECI’s New Delhi office, Prasad pointed to the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and Article 324 of the Indian Constitution. These rules give the Election Commission the power to keep voter lists clean and ensure honest voting. He argues that “systemic manipulation” in Kolathur has damaged the trust in the area’s electoral process.
Prasad’s team dug into 2023 and 2024 voter data using algorithms, plus on-the-ground checks. Their findings highlight serious issues: 19,476 potentially invalid entries, 4,379 cases of duplicate registrations where people appear multiple times with different voter ID numbers, 9,133 bogus or fake addresses—like 30 voter IDs linked to just one house—and 5,964 odd household setups, where unrelated people with mismatched family or community details share a single address.
This isn’t the first time the BJP has sounded the alarm. Prasad referenced the party’s August 12 report called ‘Ghuspaithiya Vote Bank Se Vote Chori,’ which made headlines in national media. BJP MP Anurag Thakur even called out Kolathur during a press briefing on August 13, labeling it a prime example of alleged voter fraud in Tamil Nadu.
Prasad is calling for bold action from the ECI: a full booth-by-booth audit of the rolls, a special intensive revision to fix the lists, and penalties for any officials who let these problems slide. He also wants the commission to update the public on fixes within 30 days, helping rebuild faith in India’s democracy.
To back his claims, Prasad shared his own voter ID and Aadhaar number, offering to help verify the data if needed.
So far, the Election Commission hasn’t responded. But if they act, this could spark one of Tamil Nadu’s biggest voter roll clean-ups in years—especially with political parties ramping up for the 2026 Assembly elections just around the corner.
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