Delhi elections: Voting to continue till 7:15 pm, says EC
By Hemant Verma On Wednesday, December 4, 2013
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New Delhi: 6:50 pm: Following the long queues in polling booths, the Election Commission has extended voting till 7:15 pm.
5:53 pm: Voting likely to continue in some places till
6:30 pm. Election Commission says that time was extended to allow voters
standing in queues to exercise their right.
5:21 pm:
Delhi has witnessed a record voter turnout of 66 per cent. The earlier
highest was in 1993 when 65.75 per cent voters exercised their votes.
Delhi has recorded a high voter turnout of 66 per cent so far, the highest witnessed in the state.
5:03 pm: Voting for the Delhi Assembly elections has come to
an end. However, voters who are still in queues will be allowed to cast
their votes.
4:50pm:
The voting percentage of constituencies has emerged. Polling percentage
in New Delhi district, from where Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit is
contesting, is 74 per cent while polling percentage in RK puram has
crossed 80.5 per cent. Greater Kailash has also seen a polling
percentage of 79.74 per cent, while the polling percentage in Okhla was
at 55 per cent.
4:00 pm 55 per cent voting has been recorded in the Delhi elections so far.
3:27 pm: The voter turnout recorded till 3 pm is 48 per
cent. The Election Commission is happy with the turnout and says it may
go up to 70 per cent by the end of voting.
2:42 pm: In the New Delhi constituency, the voter turnout is 46 per cent till 2 pm.
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