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Total cash seized during the general elections 2014 till today amount to Rs 331 crore, according to an Election Commission release.
Total liquor seized amount to 225 lakh litres and drugs, 1.85 lakh kg.
Cash seizure: AP topped with Rs 153 crore followed by Karnataka Rs 28 crore, Maharashtra Rs 25.67 crore, Punjab Rs 12.99 crore, TN Rs 25.05 crore and Uttar Pradesh Rs 24.07 crore.
In liquor seizure, AP again topped the list with 1.44 lakh litres followed by Punjab 11.50 lakh litres, Gujarat 11.32 lakh litres, WB 8.25 lakh litres, and Uttar Pradesh, 7.25 lakh litres.
In drugs seizure, Punjab stood first with 1.39 lakh kg followed by Uttar Pradesh - 24,000 kg and Rajasthan - 10,000 kg.
Total number of FIR registered was 13,642. A total of 20,349 teams of Flying Squads and Static Surveillance Teams were deployed during this elections.
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