The overall voter turnout at the end of polling for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday stood at 50 per cent (approx) at 5.30 pm, the State Election Commission informed.
In what could be termed a lukewarm response to a high-pitched campaign by the AAP and the BJP for the Delhi civic polls, the overall voter turnout on Sunday was only about 30 per cent, a marginal improvement from an even poorer turnout of 18 per cent till 12 noon and just 9 per cent till
The names of 450 voters in Subash Mohalla ward in the national capital have been deleted from the voters' list because they support BJP, said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday and appealed for cancellation of this polls and to conduct re-election.
Delhi winter affects the voting trends in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections as only around 9 per cent of voters' turnout was recorded till 10:30 am on Sunday, as per the State Election Commission.
After casting his vote for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on Sunday, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the polls are a wake-up call for Delhi.
Former Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday cast his vote for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections at a polling booth in Krishna Nagar and said hoped that people vote accordingly stating that the BJP has taken the country to new heights.