Counting of votes polled in the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections has begun. (Photo Credit: File Photo)
New Delhi:
Controversial BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and party's candidate from the Hari Nagar seat has lost the Hari Nagar constituency to Aam Aami Party's Raj Kumari Dhillon, according to the Election Commission. Counting of votes polled in the high-stakes Delhi Assembly elections is underway with Arvind Kejriwal-le AAP ahead in 63 constituencies. Strong rooms spread across the city storing the EVMs are being heavily guarded, with a "three-layer security ring" Tight security arrangements have also been put in place at various centres across the national capital.
The curiosity among people to know the outcome of the elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly has heightened post-exit polls, that has forecast a big win for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party.
BJP leaders have, however, maintained that the exit poll results that predicted its defeat in the Delhi polls will “fail” as the surveys did not take into account the votes polled in the evening.
The election, largely seen as a battle between the AAP and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which went aggressive during the high-octane campaign was held on Saturday, sealing the fate of 672 candidates -- 593 men and 79 women.
Nearly 24 hours after the polling ended in Delhi, the Election Commission on Sunday announced that the final voter turnout was 62.59 per cent, five per cent less than 2015, and asserted that it followed the laid down process to compile data, after the AAP questioned the “delay”.
Looking to capture power after 22 years, the BJP had mounted one of the most aggressive campaigns in the Delhi Assembly polls, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah leading the saffron charge on its planks of Hindutva and nationalism, and its strident opposition to Shaheen Bagh protests.
The issue often dominated the political discourse during the campaign, with many BJP leaders targeting the AAP, and the Congress, accusing them of “misleading people” holding anti-CAA protests in Delhi.
