Delhi Polls: Voting concludes peacefully

Voting for the 70-member Delhi Assembly concluded peacefully last evening, with a voter turnout of approximately 60.42 per cent. The highest turnout of 66.25 per cent was recorded in the North East Delhi district, while South East Delhi saw the lowest at 56.16 per cent.

In the Shahdara district, the voter turnout was 63.94 per cent. North Delhi recorded a turnout of 59.55 per cent, and North West Delhi had a turnout of 60.70 per cent.

Prominent leaders whose fate was sealed in the EVMs yesterday include Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi, Manish Sisodia of the Aam Aadmi Party, and Parvesh Verma, Vijender Gupta, Arvinder Singh Lovely, and Ramesh Bidhuri of BJP. From the Congress side, Devendra Yadav, Sandeep Dixit, and Alka Lamba were the



prominent faces in this election. A total of 699 candidates were in the fray.

The Election Commission had made elaborate security arrangements to ensure free and fair polls in the national capital. A zero-tolerance approach was adopted towards the use of money power in the elections. Enforcement agencies have made seizures worth around 236 crore rupees since the announcement of the Delhi elections on 7th January. The counting will take place on Saturday.

Voting for bye-polls was also held in Erode-East assembly seat in Tamil Nadu and Milkipur in Uttar Pradesh yesterday. About 67.97 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Erode-East and approximately 65.35 per cent in Milkipur.