NEW DELHI: The Press Club of India on Saturday wrote a sharp worded letter to the Election Commission of India demanding to hold press conference and release the ‘absolute number’ of votes polled in each phase in each phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
“We, the undersigned journalist bodies, are dismayed at the Election Commission not holding a single press conference even after the completion of voting in three phases across the nation,” the letter read.
“Till 2019, the last general election, holding a press conference after voting in each phase was the normal practice. India, being one of the largest democracies in the world and the general election considered as the ‘biggest festival of democracy’, the citizens have every right to know what has happened on the voting day, from the constitutional body, the Election Commission of India,” it added.
The journalists’ body also attacked the Election Commission for not releasing the voter turnout data unlike past elections and claimed that these developments have made voters skeptical about the fairness of the elections.
“We are shocked and surprised that the Commission has not been releasing the ‘absolute number of votes polled’ in the last three phases. This was not the case in the past elections. These developments have led to apprehension in the minds of people about the fairness of the elections,” it said in its letter.
“In this context, we demand that the ECI hold a press conference after every phase of voting. Further, we demand that the entire poll data, including absolute number of votes polled and final percentage of voting be released by the next day of the polling. Such transparency is necessary to uphold the voters’ confidence in the electoral system,” the body demanded.
“We, the undersigned journalist bodies, are dismayed at the Election Commission not holding a single press conference even after the completion of voting in three phases across the nation,” the letter read.
“Till 2019, the last general election, holding a press conference after voting in each phase was the normal practice. India, being one of the largest democracies in the world and the general election considered as the ‘biggest festival of democracy’, the citizens have every right to know what has happened on the voting day, from the constitutional body, the Election Commission of India,” it added.
The journalists’ body also attacked the Election Commission for not releasing the voter turnout data unlike past elections and claimed that these developments have made voters skeptical about the fairness of the elections.
“We are shocked and surprised that the Commission has not been releasing the ‘absolute number of votes polled’ in the last three phases. This was not the case in the past elections. These developments have led to apprehension in the minds of people about the fairness of the elections,” it said in its letter.
“In this context, we demand that the ECI hold a press conference after every phase of voting. Further, we demand that the entire poll data, including absolute number of votes polled and final percentage of voting be released by the next day of the polling. Such transparency is necessary to uphold the voters’ confidence in the electoral system,” the body demanded.
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