Congress questions delay in release of voter turnout data by EC

Highlighting the overall difference of 1.07 crore between real time voter turnout data and the final figures released by the Election Commission of India, the Congress on Wednesday claimed that this difference translated into 28,000 voters in each Lok Sabha constituency. Congress leader Pawan Khera, who heads the media and publicity department of the party, took to social media platform X to raise this difference in about 380 Lok Sabha seats, terming it unprecedented. First, the Election Commission takes 10-11 days to bring out the final figure of voting and then the difference between real-time data and the final figure turns out to be 1.7 crore votes. The issue of delay in the final voter turnout data, and the mismatch between the final and real time voter turnout data was also taken up at a hearing in the Supreme Court last week.