Loksabha Elections 2019: 60.21% voter turnout in Delhi
The National Capital Territory of Delhi logged 60.21 per cent voting in phase 6 of Lok Sabha elections 2019.
The highest polling
was registered in North East Delhi at 63.45 per cent, followed by Chandni Chowk
with 62.69% and East Delhi with 61.95%.
The turnout in other
constituencies was West Delhi 60.64 per cent, New Delhi 56.47 per cent, South
Delhi 57.3 per cent and North West Delhi 58.99 per cent.
A turnout of 60.21 per
cent was recorded in elections for Delhi's seven parliamentary constituencies
on May 12, 2019, down from 65% in 2014. Instances
of EVM glitches and missing voter names reported from various areas. Former
cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi's name was also missing from the voters list.
No effect of
Ramazan:
Despite the intense
heat and Ramzan, when Muslims observe a total fast, coincided with the polling
in Delhi but did not seem to deter voters in the city. However, as the day
progressed, people came out to cast their votes and numbers started increasing
in the evening.
Delhi’s Senior
citizens were elated to exercise their franchise despite the intense heat.
Delhi's oldest voter, 111-year old Bachan Singh cast his vote at a polling
booth in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar.
Delih CM Arvind Kejriwal voted with his wife
after urging voters to reject "hatred", Rahul Gandhi, after casting
his ballot in the New Delhi constituency. While, President Ram Nath Kovind, UPA
Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Minister Sheila Dikshit, Congress President
Rahul Gandhi, his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi were
among the other prominent figures who voted in the sixth and penultimate round
of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
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