- The Association for Democratic Reforms petitioned in Supreme Court that there was an unusually sharp spike in figures from the initial voter turnout percentages released by the poll panel, raising doubts about the authenticity of the polling data available in the public domain.
- The Supreme Court orally asked the Election Commission (EC) to explain its inability to immediately upload on its website authenticated, scanned and legible accounts of votes recorded booth-wise after each phase of polling in Lok Sabha elections.
- Rule 49S and Rule 56C (2) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 require the Presiding Officer to prepare an account of votes recorded in Form 17C (Part I) format.
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