The new process will significantly reduce the time lag associated with the earlier manual reporting methods, said a press information bureau (PIB) release on Tuesday (June 3).https://thewire.in/government/under-new-system-presiding-officers-to-enter-voter-turnout-data-every-two-hours-on-polling-day-eci
The new initiative comes after in recent years, questions have been raised on the conduct of the ECI after in some instances, differences have been noticed between votes polled and the voter turnout.
A month after the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Vote For Democracy (VFD), a Maharashtra-based citizens’ platform, had claimed that the difference between approximate votes polled shared by the ECI on polling days at around 8 pm and the final voter turnout is nearly 5 crores.
04/06/2025