Voting for high-stakes Delhi polls underway
Voting is underway for the high-octane Delhi Assembly elections, with over 8% of the voters coming out to exercise their franchise till 9 am on Wednesday across 70 Assembly constituencies.
Polling is underway at 13,766 stations to decide the fate of 699 candidates in a contest that could reshape the political landscape of the national capital.
Around 1.56 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing a third straight term, banking on its governance record and welfare schemes, the BJP and Congress are looking for a resurgence.
Polling began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. According to Election Commission data, 8.10% voters had cast their votes by 9 am.
North East district recorded the highest voter turnout of 10.7% till 9 am. Mustafabad was leading among constituencies with 12.43% polling, the data showed. Among the early voters were President Droupadi Murmu, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister S Jaishankar. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna cast his vote at a polling booth at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi constituency.
After casting his vote at a polling booth in Moti Bagh, CEC Rajiv Kumar said everyone has worked very hard for the smooth conduct of polls. Other prominent leaders who came out to cast their vote were Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, and Delhi Chief Electoral Officer R Alice Vaz. AAP's Greater Kailash candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj, BJP's Karawal Nagar candidate Kapil Mishra, Congress' New Delhi candidate Sandeep Dikshit, and Kalkaji candidate Alka Lamba also exercised their franchise soon after voting began at 7 am.
Polling is underway at 13,766 stations to decide the fate of 699 candidates in a contest that could reshape the political landscape of the national capital.
Around 1.56 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing a third straight term, banking on its governance record and welfare schemes, the BJP and Congress are looking for a resurgence.
Polling began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. According to Election Commission data, 8.10% voters had cast their votes by 9 am.
North East district recorded the highest voter turnout of 10.7% till 9 am. Mustafabad was leading among constituencies with 12.43% polling, the data showed. Among the early voters were President Droupadi Murmu, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister S Jaishankar. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna cast his vote at a polling booth at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi constituency.
After casting his vote at a polling booth in Moti Bagh, CEC Rajiv Kumar said everyone has worked very hard for the smooth conduct of polls. Other prominent leaders who came out to cast their vote were Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, and Delhi Chief Electoral Officer R Alice Vaz. AAP's Greater Kailash candidate Saurabh Bharadwaj, BJP's Karawal Nagar candidate Kapil Mishra, Congress' New Delhi candidate Sandeep Dikshit, and Kalkaji candidate Alka Lamba also exercised their franchise soon after voting began at 7 am.