New Delhi: Cumulative seizures of potential election inducements in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have crossed Rs 865 crore, including 96% of the value of liquor seized in the former and 88% of illegal cash seizures in the latter.While in Tamil Nadu, voting will be held on 23rd April, in West Bengal, voting will be held in two phases on 23rd and 29th April. The seizures of Rs 865 crore, made since the activation of the Election Commission’s Election Seizure Management System (ESMS) on February 26, 2026, have been shared almost equally by West Bengal (Rs 427 crore) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 438 crore). Of the total cash seizure of Rs 99 crore, Rs 78 crore is from Tamil Nadu and Rs 21 crore is from West Bengal. About 31.9 lakh liters of liquor worth Rs 81 crore was seized in West Bengal, while 97,107 liters of liquor worth Rs 3 crore was seized in Tamil Nadu.The value of free seizures for both the states is almost equal – Rs 172 crore in West Bengal and Rs 178 crore in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu leads in terms of seizure of precious metals, worth Rs 105 crore, while in West Bengal the figure is Rs 54 crore. Drugs worth Rs 100 crore were seized in West Bengal and Rs 74 crore in Tamil Nadu. The Election Commission, in several review meetings with Chief Secretaries, Chief Electoral Officers and Director Generals of Police as well as heads of enforcement agencies of both the poll-bound states and their border states, has directed them to ensure violence-free, fear-free and inducement-free elections. It has deployed more than 5,011 flying squad teams and 5,363 static surveillance teams in both the states for this purpose.