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Indiscriminate disclosure of polling station-wise voter turnout data on website will cause chaos EC to SC

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Indiscriminate disclosure of voter turnout data will cause chaos: EC to SC

The poll panel says the rules do not permit the giving of a copy of Form 17C to any other entity

Will cause chaos: EC to SC on voter turnout data plea

The EC also dismissed as false and misleading the allegation that the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections saw an increase of 5-6 per cent in the voter turnout data released on the day of polling and in the subsequent press releases for each of the two phases.

EC says it has no legal mandate to provide voter turnout data from each polling station

The poll panel also said that making Form 17C public could confuse voters about total votes as the document would not include postal ballots.

Election Commission (EC) | Publishing polling booth-wise data will 'vitiate' electoral space, create 'chaos': Election Commission