Delhi Election 2025: 60.4% Turnout Marks Lowest Since 2008, Mustafabad Greatest Contributor – News18
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Delhi Voter Turnout: Amongst constituencies, Mustafabad in North East Delhi recorded the very best turnout at 69%, whereas Mehrauli in South West Delhi noticed the bottom at 53.04%
First-time voters present their inked fingers throughout the Delhi meeting elections, at Chhattarpur in New Delhi on February 5. (Picture: PTI/Atul Yadav)
Delhi Voter Turnout: The destiny of three outstanding political events and 699 candidates now rests with 60.4% of Delhi’s 1.56 crore voters, who turned out on Wednesday to vote to elect their representatives for the 70-seat meeting within the capital.
In accordance with the newest information up to date by the Election Fee of India (ECI), this yr’s voter turnout is the bottom since 2008, when simply 57.8% of eligible voters participated.
In 2013, round 66% of the citizens voted, and in 2015, a file 67.5% turnout was recorded. The 2020 election, nevertheless, noticed a decline of practically 5 proportion factors, with 62.8% of voters casting their ballots. This yr’s turnout is 1.8 proportion factors greater than the 58.6% turnout seen throughout the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which had been held within the peak summer time warmth of Could.
Areas With Highest, Lowest Polling
The newest information reveals that Delhi’s North East district noticed the very best polling at 66.25%, whereas South East district recorded the bottom turnout at 56.31%.
As per the EC’s district-wise information at midnight, voter turnout was 59.09% in Central Delhi, 62.40% in East, 57.13% in New Delhi, 59.55% in North, 60.70% in North West, 63.94% in Shahdara, 58.16% in South, 61.09% in South West, and 60.76% in West.
Amongst constituencies, Mustafabad in North East Delhi recorded the very best turnout at 69%, whereas Mehrauli in South West Delhi noticed the bottom at 53.04%.
The Election Fee has famous that these turnout figures are provisional and might be up to date quickly. ECI director Anuj Chandak defined in a press assertion that as polling concludes, officers should full varied kinds, seal the EVMs, present copies of the voter turnout information (Kind 17C) to polling brokers, and securely transport the EVMs to the designated centres.
The full citizens within the capital stands at roughly 1.56 crore, with over 2 lakh first-time voters. A complete of 699 candidates competed within the elections, the outcomes of which might be introduced on February 8. Voting happened throughout 13,766 stations within the 70 constituencies from 7 am to six pm.
The high-stakes Meeting elections within the Capital featured an intense marketing campaign, with the AAP, BJP, and Congress every providing a variety of election guarantees — notably focusing on ladies and youth — in an effort to outdo each other.
Whereas the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer reported that the voting course of was “peaceable,” the AAP claimed that voters in a number of of its strongholds confronted vital inconvenience. Moreover, the get together accused the BJP of distributing cash in varied areas, although the BJP has denied these allegations.
Among the many early voters on Wednesday had been President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Union Ministers S Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri.
