The election commission said that the number of voters by time is provisional and that failure to correct an incorrect input was not related to allegations of a fraudulent election.

The Central Election Management Commission has clarified that the "time-based vote counts are provisional data, not exact figures" due to potential input errors. The commission stated that the "10 o'clock vote count does not represent the number of voters at exactly 10 o'clock, but rather the votes collected at different times between 9:30 and 10 o'clock at each individual polling station."

They emphasized that even if the 10 o'clock vote count was entered as 600 instead of the required 550, it would still be possible to reach that number if the input was delayed to 9:50. The commission explained that the current manual system requires manual counting of paper ballots at 14,288 polling stations, making human error and the inability to verify real-time or post-election data likely.

They emphasized that even if the vote count for a specific time period is modified, it would not affect the final election outcome. The commission suggested that the reasons for the variation in vote counts over time are due to either over-input and subsequent reallocation or failure to notice the existence of voters. They also noted that while they have not changed the number of voters entered, they have acknowledged the possibility of human error and have proposed alternative methods to prevent such mistakes in the future.