Rs. 44 Million to elect one MP

The Elections Commission (EC) has revised upwardly its estimated cost for the forthcoming general election from Rs. seven billion hoping to keep it below Rs. 10 billion. With 16,263,885 registered voters for the scheduled August 5 elections, it will work out to about  Rs. 614,000 per voter to elect 225 members of Parliament, i.e. Rs. [...]

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