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The poll panel also said that making Form 17C public could confuse voters about total votes as the document would not include postal ballots.
The Election Commission representative told the Supreme Court that sharing 17C data on website or in public domain may create confusion among the voters and miscreants can morph it and spread lies, which is not good for democratic process.
A row over access to voter turnout data - including critical information about number of votes polled and/or rejected at each booth as available in Form 17C and Form 17C (Part II) - has made headlines as India selects a new union government.
121 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections have declared themselves illiterate, and 359 have stated that they have studied up to the 5th grade, according to an analysis of the reports shared by the poll rights body ADR.