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Illegal voting in the 2026 elections
May 16 , 2026
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- About 25 foreign nationals have been arrested or detained so far for allegedly casting votes with fraudulently obtained identity documents in the recent Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
- The accused persons, carrying foreign passports, were intercepted by officials of the Bureau of Immigration and detained by the local police after indelible ink (the mark of a cast ballot) was found on their index fingers.
- Legal proceedings under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and other laws were initiated against them.
- Under ECI rules, an ‘overseas elector’ must be a citizen of India who has not acquired citizenship in any other country.
- While Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can register themselves to vote under Section 20A of the Representation of the People Act, they are required to produce an original Indian passport at the polling booth.
- Those who have renounced Indian citizenship are barred from voting.
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