New Delhi: About 67 percent of the more than 13 million voters in Delhi cast their ballot till 6 p.m. today, according to Election Commission.
In view of the heavy voter turnout, the Election Commission has extended the voting time beyond the scheduled deadline of 6 PM to enable those in the queues to exercise their franchise.
Large number of voters were still queuing up outside polling stations in various localities beyond the official deadline of voting.
The Commission said all those who entered the booth premises before 6 PM will be able to vote.
06:20 pm: 67% voting till 6 pm
05:45 pm: 63.38% voting till 5 pm
05:00 pm: Polling percentage: Central (63.83%), East (65.22%), New Delhi (58.7%), North (60%), North East (66.44%), North West (62.05%), South (61.7%), South West ( 63.68%), West (64.31%)
05:20 pm: 63% polling till 5 pm
04:00 pm: Seelampur still leading, Shakur Basti records lowest turnout so far.
03:50 pm: "I appeal Delhi people to participate in voting, as it's not only a right but also a responsibility": Venkaiah Naidu
03:45 pm: 47% voting in Okhla till 3pm
03:30 pm: 51.15% voting till 3pm
03:20 pm: Priyanka Vadra and Robert Vadra cast their votes
03:14 pm: 48% voting till 3pm
12:45 pm: 35% polling till 12:30 pm
11:00 am: 19% percent voting till 11 am
11 am polling percentage: Central (15.52%), East (20.9%), New Delhi (18.56%), North (17.7%), North East (22.5%), North West (20.3%), South (19.5%), South West (21.3%), West (19.6%)
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, BJP candidate from New Delhi constituency Nupur Sharma, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Ajay Maken, and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal were among the early voters who exercised their voting rights.
A total of 673 candidates are in the fray for the 70-member House, which is witnessing its second election in over a year following the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Sixty-three contestants are women. Burari constituency in north Delhi has the highest number of candidates. Ambedkar Nagar in the south has the least: four.
The 2013 election saw a record polling at over 66 percent. The number of candidates then was 810.
Over 13.3 million voters are eligible to vote. Some 5.9 million of them are females. There are over 2.27 lakh first-time voters. While 9,369 voters are homeless, 311 are over 100 years old.
Out of 12,177 polling stations, 741 polling locations have been identified as critical polling premises, of which 191 are highly critical.
Approximately 95,000 government employees have been deployed on election duty.
The results will be declared February 10.
