Delhi records 57.70 pc voter turnout till 5 pm

New Delhi: A voter turnout of 57.70 percent was recorded till 5 pm in the Delhi assembly polls, according to officials figures.

The polling in all the 70 constituencies began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.

According to Election Commission (EC) data, 57.70 percent of the electorate exercised their franchise till 5 pm.

There are around 1.56 crore eligible voters in Delhi.

The highest turnout was recorded in the Northeast district at 63.83 percent, while the New Delhi district recorded the lowest at 54.37 per cent.

Among other constituencies, Mustafabad had the highest turnout at 66.68 per cent while Karol Bagh recorded the lowest at 47.40 per cent.

Shahdara recorded a turnout of 61.35 percent, Southwest Delhi 58.86 percent,

Northwest Delhi is 58.05 percent, North Delhi is 57.24 percent, Central Delhi district 5is 5.24 percent, and Southeast Delhi is 53.77 percent, according to the EC data.

Polling is underway at 13,766 stations across Delhi’s 70 constituencies to decide the electoral fate of 699 candidates.

In the 2020 polls, Delhi recorded a turnout of 62.59 percent while only 56 percent participated in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Union ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal were among the early voters.