Delhi Assembly election sees 61.18% voter turnout; Mustafabad, Seelampur and Gokalpur seats record highest figures
FirstpostDelhi recorded a low voter turnout of 61.18 percent, nearly six percentage points behind the 2015 figures, as voting for the state Assembly Elections ended on Saturday Delhi recorded a low voter turnout with an estimated 61.18 percent exercising their franchise in the Assembly election on Saturday. Of the 11 districts, North East Delhi recorded the highest turnout of 65.24 percent, while New Delhi district recorded 57.11 percent, as per the latest figures available on the EC’s voter turnout app. Mustafabad in northeast Delhi recorded 70.55 percent voter turnout while Matia Mahal in old Delhi, an area that saw anti-Citizenship Act protests, recorded a voter turnout of 68.36 percent. | District | Voter turnout in percentage North West 62.23 North East 67.83 South 60.50 Central 61.14 South West 61.57 East 62.22 West 61.79 North 61.01 New Delhi 57.11 Shahdara 64.18 South East 58.02 Voting remains dismal till noon In the one hour since voting began at 8 am, at least 4.34 percent voters came out of their homes to exercise their franchise. At this hour, of the 11 districts in Delhi, South Delhi district recorded the highest turnout at 6.4 percent, polling was the lowest in South West Delhi at 1.51 percent.