<span style="color: #222222;">Election Commission has said that the seizures valuing more than 1,000 crore rupees were made in the ongoing Assembly Elections of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. However, the voting in Goa, Punjab and Uttarakhand have already concluded.<br />'' Seizures mark increasing focus on expenditure monitoring process by the Commission and its efforts to curb menace of money power in elections. Of the total sizures including cash, liquor and drgus worth 511 crore rupees were made in Punjab while around 308 crore rupees sizures were made in Uttar Pradesh. For effective monitoring to curb money power in General Elections to<br />''<br />''Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, Election Commission has deployed 228 Expenditure Observers.</span><br />