Delhi MCD Elections 2022: Voting ends for crucial civic polls in national capital with 50% voter turnout

Delhi MCD Elections 2022 Latest updates: Delhi recorded 50% of voters turnout by the end of the polls. COunting to be done on December 7.

Image credit: ANI

Delhi MCD Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Voting began for the high-stakes municipal polls in Delhi today, December 4, 2022, a contest which is largely being seen among the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the Congress. The polling for the Delhi civic polls began at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm. The MCD elections are being held across 13,638 polling stations set up by Delhi State Election Commission and 1,45,05,322 voters are eligible to cast their franchise to decide the fate of as many as 1,349 candidates. Nearly 229 voters of  1,45,05,322 are aged over 100 years and 2,04,301 electors are in the age group of 80 to 100 years. The state commission has also established 68 model polling stations and 68 pink polling stations. To ensure a hassle-free civic election, the first one after the fresh delimitation exercise, the Delhi Police has deployed around 40,000 security personnel at every nook and corner of the national capital.

This is also the first civic poll being held in the national capital after the February 2020 Delhi riots and as per data shared by officials, 3,360 booths, spanning 493 locations, have been identified in critical or sensitive categories.

There were 272 wards in Delhi and three corporations -- NDMC, SDMC and EDMC -- from 2012-2022, before being reunified into an MCD that had formally come into existence on May 22.

The erstwhile MCD, established in 1958, was trifurcated in 2012 during Sheila Dikshit's tenure as the chief minister.

Earlier in the 2017 civic election, the BJP had won 181 of the 270 wards, the AAP 48 wards and the Congress 27. Polling could not be held on two seats due to the death of candidates.

In 2017 MCD polls, the voting percentage was recorded about 53.

Stay tuned to Zee News for the latest updates on Delhi MCD Elections 2022

04 December 2022

19:21 IST

Delhi MCD Elections 2022: Voting ends

Voting for all 250 wards ends, 50% voters cast their vote by 5:30 PM. The fate of as many as 1,349 candidates shall be decided on December 7.

The polling percentage in Delhi MCD elections, for all 250 wards, stands at approx 50% till 5.30 PM: State Election Commission#MCDElections

— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2022

18:13 IST

Delhi Congress President Anil Chaudhary's name was not present in either voter or deleted list. 

"My name is neither in the voter list nor in the deleted list. My wife has voted. Officials are checking it," says Delhi Congress president Anil Chaudhary who arrived at a polling booth in Dallupura to cast his vote for #DelhiMCDElections pic.twitter.com/cHWtjYin5f

— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2022