Votes polled and counted in 538 constituencies in LS polls don't match: ADR

Bengaluru: Poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed that there is a discrepancy in the number of votes polled and the number of votes counted in 538 constituencies in the Lok Sabha election.

According to an analysis by the ADR released in a press conference on Monday, in the recent Lok Sabha polls a total of 5,54,598 votes counted are less than the votes polled in 362 parliamentary constituencies while a total of 35,093 votes have been counted in excess of the votes polled in 176 parliamentary constituencies.

A reaction from the Election Commission was awaited.

"In addition, the delay in the release of final voter turnout, absence of disaggregated constituency and polling station figures and whether the results were declared based on final reconciled data has raised concerns regarding the correctness of the results," said ADR founder Jagdeep Chokkar.