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AHMEDABAD: This year, Gujarat’s taxpayers will spend Rs 15.19 crore for electing each MP. Once elected, these parliamentarians are expected to spend Rs 25 crore on local area development. He said costs of hiring vehicles, providing food, and of miscellaneous requirements have shot up.“The number of polling booths have increased. “Live webcasting from sensitive booths and webcasting from more than five thousand booths have also caused a rise in election management costs,” he added. Moreover, there were no micro-observers earlier,” Krishna said..