MCD Elections 2017: Voting ends, 42% turnout recorded till 4 pm

Delhi’s civic body is among the largest in the world and governs over 1.90 crore people

News Desk
Apr 23, 2017

The national capital of the country, Delhi went to the polls for one of the most awaited Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections on Sunday. In what is being termed as a poor campaigning by the parties, the members of the opposition did not hold back from showing the report of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has promised to give Delhi a massive makeover and turn the city into London in a years time.

MCD polls will decide the fate of 1,174 candidates fighting independently and 18 parties for 270 seats. Delhi’s civic body is among the largest in the world and governs over 1.90 crore people. As per an opinion poll conducted by ABP News-C Voter, BJP has more chances of winning the MCD elections while AAP is expected to finish second.

Here are the live updates:

5:40:Voting time ends for Delhi Municipal poll ends

Polling time for Delhi Municipal polls ends pic.twitter.com/nF7AQJZTVh

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

3:50 PM: 31.13% voting recorded till 2 pm in 183 out of 270 wards voting today for MCD 2017

31.13% voting recorded till 2 pm in 183 out of 270 wards voting today for #MCDelections2017. pic.twitter.com/HNXbROUw6P

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

12:30 AM: Former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit casts her vote

Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit after casting her vote in a polling booth in DAV School(Nizamuddin East) #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/R4O4U2rLou

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

11: 40 AM: 9.81 %. voter turnout till 11: 30 AM

10: 45 AM: Voter turnout of 1.16 per cent recorded in Delhi municipal polls till 10:30 AM

10: 15 AM: Congress’s Ajay Maken casts his vote in Rajouri Garden

Congress’s Ajay Maken after casting vote at a polling booth in Rajouri Garden in Delhi #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/6KXP3PeFGy

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

9: 15 AM: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal casts his vote along with his wife

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his family after casting vote at a polling booth in Road Transport Office in Civil Lines #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/J1OcI4LjXc

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

9:14 AM: Union Minister Dr.Harshvardhan casts his vote

Union Minister Dr.Harshvardhan after casting his vote in a polling booth in Krishna Nagar’s Ratan Devi School #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/KpMhseOkeV

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

9:00 AM: Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia cast his vote along with his wife in Delhi

Inked, Dy CM @msisodia with his wife outside Pandav Nagar Booth after casting their vote!#Vote4CleanDelhi pic.twitter.com/QDJS2rEpdb

— Bhaskar (@SharmaWrites) April 23, 2017

Inked – Dy CM @msisodia in a queue

This Aam Aadmi Politics is the reason behind #NoLalBatti in India today

We are proud#Vote4CleanDelhi pic.twitter.com/EybyS5tP3w

— AAP Delhi Official (@aapdelhincr) April 23, 2017

8: 45 AM: Amid uproar over EVM tampering, Arvinder Singh Lovely who went to cast his vote returned after the machine wasn’t working.

Arvinder Singh Lovely who recently joined BJP returns from polling booth in East Azad Nagar after EVM was not working #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/k9T8gAmw8o

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

8:30 AM: Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor casts his vote

Delhi Lt.Governor Anil Baijal after casting his vote in a polling station in Greater Kailash-3 #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/9QyWVTmyHp

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 23, 2017

8: 15 AM: People wait in queue to cast their vote