Delhi elections: 33.3% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm
Polling was also underway for the bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur and Tamil Nadu’s Erode East Assembly seats.
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A voter turnout of 33.3% was recorded till 1 pm in the Delhi Assembly polls on Wednesday, according to data from the Election Commission.
While the North East district in the national capital recorded the highest turnout at 39.5% as of 1 pm, the Central Delhi district saw the lowest at 29.7%.
Voting in the national capital began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. There are 699 candidates in the fray.
Polling is taking place in a single phase across 13,766 polling stations set up at 2,696 locations for over 1.5 crore eligible voters to cast their ballot. The votes will be counted on Saturday.
The Election Commission has deployed 220 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces, 35,626 personnel from the Delhi Police and 19,000 Home Guards to ensure peaceful polling, ANI reported.
About 3,000 polling booths have also been identified as sensitive, where special security arrangements, including drone surveillance, have been made.
The national capital is witnessing a three-way contest between the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal is contesting against the BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit from the New Delhi Assembly constituency.
Chief Minister Atishi is fighting against BJP candidate Ramesh Bidhuri and the Congress’ Alka Lamba in Kalkaji.
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