Since voting was on at about 15 polling locations even after 6 pm, the chief electoral officer of Delhi said the final voter turnout may go up further. On the day of counting, the number of postal ballots will be added to the turnout.
Gokalpur constituency of northeast Delhi has registered the maximum of 73.46% turnout while Delhi Cantt is at the bottom of the list with 58.47%. This happens to be the only assembly which is below 60% and may narrow the gap considering that the postal ballots of army men posted outside Delhi will be added on counting day.
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In a vote seen as a statement by the voter for a fresh political dispensation in the city, that has been caught in the midst of a pitched battle between AAP and BJP, the Congress was seen as the third factor fighting for survival.
"Of the 1.19 crore voters, 78 lakh cast their votes in 2013. This time of the 1.33 crore electors, 89 lakh cast their vote. This is an unprecedented turnout, not just in terms of the percentage of vote but also for the fact that over one million more voters have cast their vote compared to 2013," said CEO Chandra Bhushan Kumar.
Some key contests saw remarkable turnouts. For instance, in the keenly-watched contest at Krishna Nagar, where BJP's chief ministerial candidate, Kiran Bedi, is the contender, the turnout was a high 71.97%, an almost five percentage point jump from last time's 67.49%. In AAP's chief ministerial candidate Arvind Kejriwal's New Delhi constituency, the turnout, however, dipped from 65.72% in 2013 to 64.28% this time.
Sadar Bazar, from where the face of the Congress poll campaign, Ajay Maken, is contesting, the turnout was a huge 71.71%, higher than last time's steep 70.88%.
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On the whole, 15 seats recorded a turnout of over 70%. Some of these include dense hubs of unauthorised colonies and resettlements in Seemapuri, Monglopuri and Trilokpuri and middle-class strongholds of Rajouri Garden, Tilak Nagar and Janakpuri. Even minority-dominated belts of Seelampur and Mustafabad figure in the top slot of voter turnout. In the upscale neighbourhoods in constituencies down south, like Greater Kailash and Malviya Nagar, the voter turnout stands above 66%.
There are about 15 constituencies that fall in the bracket of 60% to 65% voter turnout. The remaining 39 seats fall in the 65% to 70% bracket. This clearly reflects an evenly high turnout and a trend that is expected to spell out a new political trend and shift in traditional votes and vote shares of the three parties - BJP, AAP and Congress.
In 2013 the city had recorded an impressive 65.6% turnout and then 65.1% in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The vote then was for change and spelt the end of the Congress rule in the city, delivering a hung assembly. That's when AAP emerged as a formidable factor.
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