Delhi poll body is all set for the counting of votes and declaration of results on Tuesday. Tight security arrangements have been put in place for the counting of votes polled in the high octane Delhi Assembly elections held on February 8. The counting will take place on Tuesday and the results will also be declared on the same day.
According to the data shared by the election commission, there are total number of 21 counting centres which are located at Common Wealth Games (CWG) Sports Complex in East Delhi, NSIT Dwarka in West Delhi, Meerabai Institute of Technology and G B Pant Institute of Technology in Southeast Delhi, Sir CV Raman ITI, Dheerpur in Central Delhi, and Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana in North Delhi, among other places.
As per the officials, there will be s 33 counting observers and 2600 counting staffs will be engaged across all the centre. There were 13,780 polling booths in Delhi where the polling took place.
Security personnel kept guard at strong rooms storing electronic voting machines (EVMs). Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh, a day ahead of the polls, had said all EVMs have been tested and they are "foolproof and non-tamperable".
The final voter turnout was announced nearly 24 hours after the polling ended in Authorities in the Delhi CEO Office are gearing up for the counting of votes and adequate arrangements have been made at the centres spread across 21 location in the national capital, spanning 11 districts.
Critical and vulnerable polling locations numbered 545 and spanned 3,843 booths. In view of the ongoing anti-citizenship law protest in Shaheen Bagh, the Delhi CEO's Office had put all five polling stations in the area under the "critical" category.
Delhi saw a total voter turnout of 62.59 percent, 0.5 percent less than the 2015 assembly elections which had a total voter turnout of 67.17 percent. Three constituency, Ballimaran, Seelampur and Mustafabad recorded the highest poll percentage with 71.6 per cent, 71.2 per cent and 70.55 percentage. The lowest voter turnout is recorded in Delhi Cantonment Assembly Seat with 45.36 percent.
Over 1.47 crore people were eligible to vote in the Delhi polls, including 2,32,815 in the age group of 18-19. Voters in various categories included males (81,05,236), females (66,80,277), service voters (11,608), third gender voters (869), and senior citizens (aged 80 and above) voters (2,04,830).