India, Aug. 19 -- Political analyst and psephologist Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday apologised for his post on Maharashtra elections, which reported a considerable fall in voter numbers in two assembly seats compared to the recent Lok Sabha elections.

He said an error occurred while comparing 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly election data, attributing it to a misread row by the data team.

"I sincerely apologize for the tweets posted regarding Maharashtra elections. Error occurred while comparing data of 2024 LS and 2024 AS. The data in row was misread by our Data team. The tweet has since been removed. I had no intention of dispersing any form of misinformation," Lokniti-CSDS co-director wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Reacting to Kumar's apology, ...