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- Published: December 4, 2022 16:45
New Delhi: The cold Delhi winter affects the voting trends in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections as only around 45 per cent of voters’ turnout was recorded till 4 pm on Sunday, as per the State Election Commission.
The voting for civic body polls is underway amid tight security across the national capital. The voting for 250 wards began at 8 am and will conclude at 5:30 pm.
Over 1.45 crore people are eligible to vote in civic polls in which 1,349 candidates are in the fray, setting the stage for the high-stakes civic polls largely seen as a three-way contest between the BJP, the AAP and the Congress.
The counting of votes will be done on December 7.
According to data shared by the State Election Commission officials, the total number of voters in Delhi is 1,45,05,358 — 78,93,418 males, 66,10,879 females and 1,061 transgender persons. There are 250 wards in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Delhi State Election Commission has set up 13,638 polling stations for the elections.
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The polling percentage in Delhi MCD elections, for all 250 wards, stands at approx 45% till 4 PM: State Election Commission#MCDElections
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Around 30% of voters turnout recorded till 2 pm in #MCDElections2022: State Election Commission
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#MCDElections | These polls are a wake-up call for Delhi. We’ve to make India a developed country by 2047…Recently a report has predicted that we’ll become no. 3 (economy) in next 4-5 years. So people have to choose which brand of politics they want to follow: Union Min HS Puri pic.twitter.com/qZXuBXU9RV
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#DelhiMCDElection2022 | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with his family cast their votes at a polling booth in Civil Lines pic.twitter.com/rYgqN5romY
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“My name is neither in the voter list nor in the deleted list. My wife has voted. Officials are checking it,” says Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary who arrived at a polling booth in Dallupura to cast his vote for #DelhiMCDElections pic.twitter.com/cHWtjYin5f
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Congress leader Alka Lamba casts her vote for #DelhiMCDElection2022 at a polling booth in Raghubir Nagar
“I appeal to people to come out of their homes and vote. People should vote for change,” she says pic.twitter.com/kOK4ByycOx
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Former Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan cast his vote for #DelhiMCDElection2022 at a polling booth in Krishna Nagar pic.twitter.com/pjShIvzngB
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BJP MP Parvesh Verma and his wife cast their votes for #DelhiMCDElection2022 at a polling booth in Matiala Village pic.twitter.com/zYmKhrT66b
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Voting underway for #DelhiMCDElections; visuals from a polling booth in Matiala village
“Roads, women’s safety, water are the issues I considered for voting. People should come out and vote & understand their responsibility,” says first-time voter Sonam pic.twitter.com/BQNCc7GoGj
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Congress leader Ajay Maken arrives at a polling booth in Rajouri Garden to cast his vote for #DelhiMCDElection2022 pic.twitter.com/Hh6Ai2H9VK
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Delhi | People queue up to cast their votes at a polling booth in Matiala village. Voting for #MCDElections2022 has begun pic.twitter.com/UqWjmUfTtE
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