SC to hear plea on actual voter numbers on May 24
The Morning Standard|May 23, 2024
AS the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to give an actual voter numbers for the Lok Sabha elections held in the five phases, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court, which will hear the matter on May 24.
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SC to hear plea on actual voter numbers on May 24

Last week, the SC issued notice to the EC on an application filed by NGO Association of Democratic Reforms to publish the absolute number of votes of all polling stations in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The NGO also demanded that the ECI should disclose on its website the number of votes polled within 48 hours of polling.

Speaking to this newspaper, Jagdeep S Chhokar, founder of ADR said that he is eagerly waiting for the SC hearing on the 24. "In our application, we sought a direction to the EC to upload scanned copies of Form 17C, which records the number of votes polled in a booth, soon after the elections.

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