The element commission of India (ECI) is working on its internal processes to ensure that Voter Turnout Numbers are released faster on election day.
The Eci Announced on Tuesday (June 3) That It would Roll Out An automatic reporting feature In its new mobile application ecinet, time for the assembly elections in bihar, due this November.
After the lok sabha elections last year, the opacity had raised the issue of delay in the release of Voter Turnout Figures, Questioning the transparent and integrity of the ECI PROCESS.
What is the new process that the ECI has planned?
The ECI curently has as many as 40 different apps and portals for various internal and public services, including for electoral Roll Managements, Candidate affidavits, voter turnout, and results.
On May 4 this year, the commission announted that it would launch a new app, Ecineet, in which all exist apps would be subsumed. This was Among the initiatives launched after Gyanesh Kumar Took Charge as Chief Election Commissioner in February.
On Tuesday, the ECI said that new app would also enable faster reporting of voter turnout trends.
Currently, the presiding officer of Each polling station relays to the voter Turnout Number to a sector who is responsible for a few polling stations, and to the returcing officer of the constituer Messages. These data are then manually collated and the turnout for the constituency is entered into the voter Turnout app every two hours.
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The New System will allow Each presiding office to directly enter the turnout figures into the Ecinet app every two hours. Through the app, the turnout for the constituency will be calculated automatically and displayed for the public.
What was the controversy regarding voter turnout last year?
After the first two phas of voting in the lok sabha elections of last year, the ECI released tentative Turnout Figures as of 7 pm on polling day through presses, with that) Higher as reports were yet to come in from all polling stations, particularly those in remote area.
While polling was scheduled until 6 pm, in many places it was on until later to enable all those who were in line at the cut-off time to cast their votes.
The Next Official Release From The Eci on the Turnout Number 1 Days After the First Phase and Four Days After the Second Phase, and Showed the Turnout 5 to 6 Percent 5 times Higher Points Released on Voting. Days.
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Opposition parties Questioned the ECI on both on Both the “delay” in release the numbers and the increase in turnout. In a letter to his India Bloc allies on May 6, 2024, Congress President Mallikarjun kharge asked if there was an “Attitude to Dr. the final Results” Behind the delay.
How did the ECI response to the allegations?
The ECI wrote to kharge on May 10, 2024, refuting the allegations and denying that there has been any unusual delay.
It is recalled that during the 2019 lok sabha elections, it had released turnout figures five to seven days after pooling in phases, and there was a gap of 1 percenage point to 3 perintage point between Released on Poll Day and the final ones.
The ECI Said It Takes Time For Polling Parties to Arrive At Headquarters, Particularly in remote areas. The pooling parties’ first task is to complete the statutory formalities, and the updation of voter turnout data is not even.
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Each Candidate, However, has the booth-wise turnout figures through forms 17c, which give to their polling agents at the close of the poll. The form 17C is a statutory request under the conduct of electctions rules, 1961.
From the third phase of the elections onwards, the ECI begangan isissuing another press releases between the same midnight with the updated turnout at 11.40 pm on poll day, and released the percentage, Total Number of Electors. Total number of voters for easy phase three to four days after polling.