Using app, citizens send 79,000 complaints of poll code violations: ECI

The cVigil app has got more than 79,000 complaints of violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) since Lok Sabha elections were announced on March 16, it was revealed on Friday.

The Election Commission (EC) said more than 99 per cent of the complaints were resolved and most within 100 minutes, calling cVigil an “effective tool in the hands of the people” to flag MCC violations.

More than 58,500 complaints (73 per cent of the total) were against illegal hoardings and banners. More than 1,400 complaints were registered in relation with money gifts, and liquor distribution. As many as 2,454 were against the defacement of property.