New Delhi: As the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in the country ended on Sunday, officials revealed that three lakh paramilitary personnel along with over 20 lakh state police officials and home guards were deployed during the elections.

Officials from the Home Ministry said that deployment of such a large number of security personnel in the 2019 general election was the highest ever in India. As many as 3,000 companies of paramilitary forces comprising more than 3,00,000 personnel were deployed across 36 states and Union Territories.