Over 60% Turn Out To Cast Votes

Delhi recorded 60.10 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls on Wednesday amid charges of malpractices including money distribution and fake voting by both AAP and BJP who are engaged in an intense battle to decide who rules the national capital.

- TDG NETWORK

The turnout almost touches what it was in the 2020 assembly polls (62.59 per cent) when the Arvind Kejriwal-led party won 62 of the 70 seats, while the BJP got eight and the Congress zero.

Long queues of voters were witnessed outside polling stations in different constituencies since early morning, and there were people still waiting after the scheduled time of close at 6 pm.

The Election Commission's voter app, last updated at 10.50 pm, showed 60.10 per cent votes were cast. There are 1.56 crore eligible voters in Delhi and the percentage will go up as officials update the figures from all the 13,766 stations.

"All 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi went to polls today in a peaceful and festive atmosphere. Voters were delighted with the seamless polling process and facilities at the polling stations," an official statement of ECI said. "All voters in the queue after formal closing hours of polling i.e. 6 pm are allowed to cast their vote," the statement said.