Pune District voter turnout: Slight rise in polling for two seats, marginal dip in one, say final EC numbers

Political parties collect the sheets and tally the same at the end of the day to compare it with the official figures released. Form 17C is an important document used to challenge electoral disputes in courts.

The press release by the EC shows the final voting percentage of Pune came to 53.54 per cent, a slight rise from 51.25 per cent, which was released a day after the voting. Similarly, Maval and Shirur showed a slight change in the final voting percentage. Only Baramati’s voting percentage remained unchanged at 59.50 per cent.

Barring Pune, the other three constituencies in the district had reported a significant dip from their voters’ turn out of 2019.

Officers said that a delay in announcing the final figures of voters and voting percentage officers is due to the tedious process involved. Each voting booth has polling agents who maintain their form 17C, where as the presiding officer’s diary is another important document which is used to tally the voter numbers.

The final tally is done after the presiding officer’s diary is taken into consideration. The final voting percentage is not released until all the diaries are tallied. During counting, agents of political parties tally EVM votes with those on their Form 17C, following which candidate-wise votes collected are shown.