India, May 3 -- Senior Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday attacked the election commission after it released revised polling figures for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections that were unusually higher than the progressive count recorded on polling day in some Maharashtra constituencies. The revised figures were released 11 days after polling day.

Eight constituencies in Maharashtra polled in the first phase. The final polling figures for Chandrapur and Gadchiroli-Chimur saw an increase of 7.52% and 4.71%, respectively, compared with the progressive count. Bhandara-Gondiya and Ramtek also saw a rise of 2.96% and 2.51%, respectively, which is also higher than usual. "The maximum increase in these figure...