The counting of votes for the Delhi assembly elections commenced on Saturday with top AAP leaders such as party chief Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and current Delhi Chief Minister Atishi trailing in the early session.
In the New Delhi constituency, Kejriwal is trailing BJP’s Parvesh Verma, while Sisodia is feeling the heat in Jangpura from BJP’s Parwinder Marwah. Atishi is trailing BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri in the Kalkaji constituency.
However, AAP’s Gopal Rai, who is also the Transport Minister, is leading from Babarpur. Amanatullah Khan from AAP is leading in Okhla.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 19 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading in 5 seats as of 9:15 am in the early phase of counting.
However, TV channels and agencies were giving BJP the lead in 44 seats, while AAP was leading in 21 and Congress in one seat.
Election officials will count roughly 94.51 lakh votes that were cast in the single-phase election, which witnessed a three-cornered contest between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the challengers—Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
Voting concluded for the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections on Wednesday, with 60.54 per cent of the total voters casting their ballot, sealing the fate of 699 candidates.
Across the 70 constituencies—spread over 58 general seats and 12 reserved seats—around 94.51 lakh voters cast their ballot through 13,766 polling stations. About 50.42 lakh voters were men, while 44.08 lakh were women.
Delhi’s total number of voters is around 1.56 crore.
In terms of districts, North East recorded the highest voter turnout at 66.25 per cent, while the South East district recorded the lowest at 56.40 per cent.
Constituency-wise, Mustafabad witnessed the highest voter turnout at 69.01 per cent, while Mehrauli recorded the lowest at 53.02 per cent.