SC to hear plea seeking immediate release of absolute voter turnout figures by EC after polling
The Election Commission had released the voter turnout percentage after more than 10 days of the first phase and four days after the second phase of polling.
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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition on May 17 seeking immediate release of absolute voter turnout numbers by the Election Commission after there was a delay in publication of the data for the first two polling phases of the Lok Sabha elections, The Hindu reported.
The petition was moved by Association for Democratic Reforms, a non-governmental organisation, for an urgent hearing following which a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta listed the matter for hearing.
On April 30, the Election Commission published the final voter turnout percentage for the first two phases of the general election. While the first phase recorded a turnout of 66.14%, the second phase recorded a figure of 66.71%. However, the panel did not release the total number of voters in each constituency.
The final figures were substantially higher than the provisional polling estimates for the two phases released by the Election Commission earlier. The data was also released after more than 10 days of the first phase and four days after the second phase of polling.
Subsequently, the election watchdog filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking it to direct the Election Commission to immediately publish the absolute figures of the votes polled, Live Law reported.
The petition also contended that there was a discrepancy of more...
