It has been 10 days since April 19, the primary part of voting within the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, however the Election Fee is but to formally disclose the ultimate determine of polling. Equally, for the second part held on April 26, the ultimate determine has not but been launched formally by the EC.
What is offered on the EC cellular app is the “approximate pattern” that the Fee had launched as at 7 pm on the polling day within the first and the second phases.
On April 19, the Fee introduced that at 7 pm, voter turnout was roughly 60 per cent. Equally, on April 26, it put the polling share at 60.96 per cent as of seven pm. Nevertheless, after that, the Fee has not launched the ultimate/precise determine.
When contacted, a prime ECI official instructed businessline that after collating information, the ultimate polling share within the first part is 66.14 per cent, and for the second part 66.7 per cent. “We are going to place the ultimate figures on our web site as quickly we collate,“ he added.
Nevertheless, the “remaining determine”, as instructed to businessline, had not been uploaded on the ECI App until the time of going to press.
Essential information ‘lacking’
Crucially, different information too are lacking each on the EC web site and the EC Turnout app.
As an illustration, there isn’t any information out there on the EC web site about what number of voters are registered in a parliamentary constituency. Considerably, the EC web site doesn’t reveal the precise variety of voters who solid their vote within the two phases, seat-wise.
When businessline tried to search out the variety of voters in every constituency, all we obtained was booth-wise electoral lists in some choose States similar to Uttar Pradesh. This information just isn’t out there for Odisha, Bihar and even Delhi. If one tries to search out the variety of voters for Bihar or Odisha, an error message flashes on the ultimate web page that’s supposed to offer the knowledge.
Moreover, the EC web site doesn’t give an general variety of voters in every Lok Sabha seat. Solely two figures can be found — the overall variety of voters in a State and the variety of voters in every sales space. They aren’t collated both Meeting segment-wise or Parliamentary constituency-wise.
As an illustration, in UP’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district, there are three Meeting segments and in a single such seat, Jewar, there are 395 cubicles. So, if one has to search out the variety of voters within the Jewar Meeting constituency, one has to open 20 pages to scan. Every web page has info on 20 cubicles. Then, a captcha needs to be crammed each time one clicks on a sales space to search out out the variety of voters. The proportion of voter turnout for every Lok Sabha seat just isn’t out there on the EC web site, however on the Turnout App which, nonetheless, doesn’t permit taking a screenshot.
Voter turnout
In accordance with an knowledgeable who has been working for reforms within the democratic system since 1998, talking on situation of anonymity, the that means of voter turnout in share time period is ineffective until one is aware of what number of voters in a parliamentary constituency are registered or eligible to vote. “These are all fundamental info and have been available till 10 years again,” he stated.
One other knowledgeable, who runs an opinion ballot company and can be concerned in election surveys, stated they may also have to attend to analyse outcomes of every part as the one out there info is the polling share as shared by EC for every part. “There isn’t a cause why a easy cellular app can’t be given to every sales space officer to add it from the spot as soon as the polling is over and the information mechanically compiled at a central location,” he stated.
(With inputs from Shishir Sinha)