Voting begins for Delhi municipal polls

Voting begins for Delhi municipal polls

New Delhi, April 23 : Voting began this morning for the Delhi municipal polls to 272 wards in which the ruling BJP is locked in a triangular battle with the Congress and the AAP.More than 1.3 crore people are eligible to vote in the civic elections, spread over 13,000 polling stations across the National Capital.
Polling began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements across the city.
Out of the 13,022 polling stations, the police have declared 3,284 as sensitive and 1,464 hyper-sensitive. Over 1.1 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise for the first time. Also, for the first time in MCD elections, None Of The Above (NOTA) option has been made available.There are a total of 1,32,10,206 voters entitled to exercise their franchise in electing councillors for the wards falling under the three corporations — NDMC (104), SDMC (104) and EDMC (64).Voting will be held till 5 pm. Counting of votes will be held on April 26.Both the BJP and the Congress have exuded confidence about winning the electoral battle while the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is seeking to replicate its 2015 Assembly elections performance, despite suffering a debacle in the Rajouri Garden bypoll.

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