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Form 17C
May 28 , 2024
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- The Supreme Court declined Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)'s request to direct the Election Commission (EC) to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
- It stated that there is no legal mandate to provide Form 17C to any person other than the candidate or their agent.
- The Form 17C from the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, records a multitude of data,
- Electors assigned to each booth
- Number of registered voters in the area
- Number of voters who decided not to vote
- Number of voters not allowed to vote
- Number of votes recorded (data from the EVM)
- If the number of votes recorded is equal to number of voters minus those who did not vote
- Data about ballot papers (received, issued, and not used/returned)
- Data about paper seals (numbers issued/used/returned).
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