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Delhi Elections: Delhi records over 57% voter turnout

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is hoping to retain power for the second consecutive term. Similarly, the BJP is hopeful to gain a majority by cashing in on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

New Delhi: Polling for the 70 seats of Delhi Assembly began at 8 am in the national capital amid tight security on Saturday. The voting will continue till 6 pm in the evening.

The city is witnessing a triangular contest among the ruling AAP, which won a landslide majority in the last elections, the BJP and the Congress. In the last poll, the AAP had won 67 seats, the BJP 3. Congress didn’t open its account.

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# 44.52% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 5 pm.

# 42.70% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 4 pm.

# 41% voter turnout till 3:30 pm

# Former President Pranab Mukherjee cast his vote at a polling station at Kamraj lane in New Delhi Constituency

# Polling underway, 28% voter turnout till 2 pm

# 26% voter turnout till 1:30 pm

# Raihan Rajiv Vadra, son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra: It was a nice feeling to take part in the democratic process. Everyone should exercise their right to vote; I think everyone should have access to public transport and it should be subsidized for students.

# Wrestler Sushil Kumar after casting his vote at a polling booth in Baprola village.

# Polling underway, 20% voter turnout till 1 pm

# Polling underway, 16.58% voter turnout till 12 pm

North west 16.72%
North east 19.85%
South 15.91%
Central 13.30%
South west 18.11%
East 18.39%
West 15.07%
North 16.49%
New delhi 14.70%
Shahdara 19.61%
South east 14.30%

# Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani cast their vote

# 110-yrs-old Kalitara Mandal, the oldest voter of Delhi, casts her vote

# Alka Lamba slaps AAP worker at polling booth over comment on her son

# Congress leader Rahul Gandhi voted at a polling booth in Delhi’s Aurangzeb lane.

# 6.38 per cent voter turnout recorded till 11 am

# Groom and his family arrived in full wedding attire to cast their vote at a polling booth in Shakarpur.

# President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind cast their votes

# Election officer Udham Singh who was deployed at a polling booth in Babarpur Primary School in Northeast Delhi died after suffering a heart attack.

# 4.33 per cent voter turnout recorded till 10 am- After two hours of polling, a meagre 4.33 per cent voter turnout was recorded for Delhi Assembly polls till 10 am, according to Election Commission’s Voter Turnout app.

# Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal: I appeal to all, specially to the women, to cast their votes today. I am hopeful that people of Delhi will vote on the basis of the work done. I am hopeful that Aam Aadmi Party will come back to power for the third time.

# Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his family casts his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines; BJP’s Sunil Yadav & Congress’s Romesh Sabharwal are contesting against him from New Delhi constituency.

# Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Rajinder Nagar, Raghav Chadha casts his vote at a polling station in Rajinder Nagar; Congress’s Rocky Tuseed and BJP’s RP Singh are contesting from the assembly constituency here.

# Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal leaves for casting his vote.BJP’s Sunil Yadav& Congress’s Romesh Sabharwal are contesting against him from New Delhi constituency

# Bharatiya Janata Party MP Meenakshi Lekhi casts her vote at a polling station in South Extension Part-II. Delhi

# Congress candidate from the Chandni Chowk assembly constituency, Alka Lamba casts her vote at polling booth number 161 at Tagore Garden Extension; She is up against Prahlad Singh Sahni of Aam Aadmi Party and BJP’s Suman Gupta.

# Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari and senior RSS leader Ram Lal at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency.

# Voting has not yet begun at C10 block booth in Yamuna Vihar due to a technical issue in the EVM. Election Commission’s technical team at the spot.

# Lt Governor Anil Baijal and his wife Mala Baijal cast their vote at a polling station at Greater Kailash

# Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan along with his mother arrive at Ratan Devi Public School in Krishna Nagar to cast their votes

# Justice R. Bhanumati arrives at NDMC School of Science & Humanities Education at Tuglak Cresent Road

# Gulab Singh Yadav of AAP is the current MLA and party’s candidate from Matiala

#Voters at a polling booth in Shaheen Public School in Shaheen Bagh, Okhla.

# “It is basic duty of every citizen to vote. It is important to get out there and contribute.”

# Polling for 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi begins.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is hoping to retain power for the second consecutive term. Similarly, the BJP is hopeful to gain a majority by cashing in on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Congress, which was in power for 15 years at a stretch in Delhi under the leadership of former Chief Minister late Sheila Dixit till the party lost to AAP in 2015 polls, will be hoping for a revival.

Several political heavyweights are trying their luck from their old turfs. Chief Minister Kejriwal is contesting from New Delhi seat. BJP has fielded Sunil Yadav against him while Congress has fielded Romesh Sabbarwal from the seat.

AAP’s Dillip Pandey is contesting from Timarpur, Atishi from Kalkaji, Raghav Chadha from Rajender Nagar.

BJP has fielded Vijender Gupta from Rohini. Former AAP leader Kapil Mishra is the BJP candidate from Model Town in this election. Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga is a BJP candidate from Hari Nagar.

Congress has fielded Arvinder Singh Lovely from Gandhi Nagar. Former AAP leader Alka Lamba is a Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk. Haroon Yusuf is contesting from Ballimaran. Over 1.4 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the Delhi Assembly election.

Out of the total number of eligible voters — 1,47,86,382 — there are 81,05,236 male voters and 66,80,277 female voters. Besides this, there are 869 third gender voters.

As many as 13,571 polling stations are there at 2,688 locations. Out of these, 3,141 are critical polling stations and 144 are vulnerable polling stations.

2,04,830 voters are above the age of 80, while 147 voters are above the age of 100. The oldest voter is 110-year-old Kalitara Mandal, resident of Greater Kailash.

To ensure peaceful and fair polling in all 70 constituencies, as many as 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed. Besides this, 19,000 Home Guards and 42,000 Delhi Police personnel will also be deployed.

AAP is contesting on all 70 seats, while the BJP has fielded its candidates on 67 seats and has left three seats for its allies — two for JD-U and one for LJP. On the other hand, Congress is contesting on 66 seats and has given four seats to its ally RJD.

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