The EC said an increase in voter turnout between 5 pm and 11.45 pm is normal.
In its letter to the EC on November 29, the Congress had said that there was an "inexplicable increase" in voter turnout between 5 pm and the final voter percentage announced by the Commission at 11.30 pm on the day of polling.
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