50 % voter turnout recorded in Delhi MCD Elections
Around 50.47 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the elections to the 250 Wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi till 5.30 PM on December 4.
Polling was held between 8 AM to 5.30 PM. However, Polling continued at some polling stations where the voters had queued up inside the gates of polling premises before the scheduled time for the close of polls.
Delhi State Election Commission has said that barring a few stray incidents of Model Code of Conduct violations and a couple of other scattered incidents of impersonation, the polling remained peaceful throughout the day and no untoward incident of any kind was reported from anywhere.
The highest 65.74 voting percentage was recorded in Ward Number 5- Bakhtawarpur, while the lowest 33.74 per cent was in Ward number 145- Andrews Ganj. The Commission had made elaborate security arrangements at the polling stations. A total of 1349 candidates are in the fray for the MCD elections. The counting of votes will take place on the 7th of December.
