The SC had refused to interfere and direct the ECI amidst the Lok Sabha polls to publish booth-wise absolute voter turnout numbers.
ECI surprisingly released constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in the first five phases of the on Saturday, 25 May. (ECI Website)
A day after Supreme Court refused to direct ECI to publish booth-wise vote data amidst the Lok Sabha polls, ECI surprisingly released constituency-wise data on the number of votes cast in the first five phases of the on Saturday, 25 May. It also talked of a pattern of creating false narratives and mischievous designs to vitiate the electoral process.