Delhi Election: AAP to publish voter turnout data on self-made website, Kejriwal says ‘EC refused to...’

Arvind Kejriwal indicated on Friday that his party had created a website to share booth-wise voting data from Delhi. Counting of votes for the 70 seat assembly will take place on Saturday to decide whether the AAP comes to power for a fourth term or the BJP forms a government in the national capital after 27 years.

“EC has refused to upload form 17C and number of votes polled per booth in each assembly despite several requests. Aam Aadmi Party has made a website - http://transparentelections.in where we have uploaded all the form 17C of every assembly. This form has all the details of votes polled in each booth,” he wrote on X.

The AAP chief said his party would present the data from every assembly and booth in a tabulated format — enabling every voter to access the information.

“This is something that the election commission should have done in the interest of transparency but it is unfortunate that they are refusing to do it,” he added.

What is Form 17C?

Elections for 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly were held on Thursday — with the AAP hoping to retain power for a fourth consecutive term. Form 17C is a document that is filled by the Presiding Officer on election day. It records the voter turnout in every station of a constituency. Delhi has eleven districts with 13,766 polling stations set up for voters to cast their ballots on Thursday.

Election Commission responds

The remarks have since prompted a sharp rebuttal from the Election Commission — with officials insisting that the poll body had already furnished the relevant information.

“As per Rule 49S of the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, all the Presiding Officer had furnished the account of votes recorded in Form 17C to the every Polling Agent present at the polling station on the day of poll, 5 Feb 2025. The rule has been complied in letter and spirit at every polling station in ongoing Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections 2025,” the Chief Election Officer of Delhi wrote on X.

(With inputs from agencies)