Based on The Quint’s article “EVM Vote Count Mismatch In 370+ Seats and EC Refuses to Explain” published on 31 May 2019, that had cited discrepancies between the number of votes polled and those that were counted in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Association For Democratic Reforms (ADR) filed a petition in the Supreme Court on 15 November 2019, demanding “a court order directing the Election Commission of India (EC) to conduct actual and accurate reconciliation of (votes) data before the declaration of the final result of any election”.

The petitioner has also demanded an investigation into all such discrepancies brought forth in the data related to the 2019 Lok Sabha Election results.

Raising serious concerns on the election process conducted by the EC, the petition says: