• Central forces to stand by in Bengal to ensure peaceful counting and declaration of results: CEC
  
• We will very soon start poll process in Jammu and Kashmir, we are very enthused by voter turnout: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  
• EC failed to understand fake narratives of faulty voter list, turnout data: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  
• Entire counting process is absolutely robust: CEC Rajiv Kumar on counting of votes of 2024 general elections on June 4, reports PTI
• System of Indian polls is such that it allows for post-election scrutiny: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  

• All issues raised by multi-party delegations have been addressed: CEC Rajiv Kumar

• We have by and large controlled menace of deep fakes, AI generated synthetic content in 2024 general elections: CEC Rajiv Kumar, reports PTI

• EC issued notices to top leaders, FIRs were filed against many and top officials transferred to sanitise poll process: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  
• Over 90 per cent of 495 complaints of Model Code of Conduct violations disposed during 2024 general elections: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  
• Seizures of Rs 10,000 crore, including cash, freebies, drugs and liquor, made during 2024 polls as compared to Rs 3,500 crore in 2019: CEC
• All development work used to stop during MCC, EC gave permission within48 hours of applications in 95-98 per cent projects: CEC Rajiv Kumar.
  
• Jammu and Kashmir recorded highest turnout in four decades at 58.58 per cent overall, and 51.05 per cent in valley: CEC Rajiv Kumar
  

• Only 39 repolls took place in 2024 general elections as against 540 repolls in 2019: CEC Rajiv Kumar

• Nearly four lakh vehicles, 135 special trains and 1,692 air sorties were used in conducting 2024 Lok Sabha elections: CEC Rajiv Kumar

India created a world record with 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participating in the Lok Sabha elections this year, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Monday.

Addressing a press briefing, he said over 68,000 monitoring teams and 1.5 crore polling and security personnel were involved in the world's largest electoral exercise.

"India created a world record with 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participating in the Lok Sabha elections this year," said Kumar.

On social media memes calling election commissioners 'Laapataa Gentlemen', Kumar said, "We were always here, never went missing."

"Now memes can say the 'Laapataa Gentlemen' are back," he said.