Delhi Assembly Polls (Photo Credit: Collarge)
New Delhi:
Counting of votes in Delhi Assembly Election 2020 has begun. East Delhi Lok Sabha seat comprises of 10 assembly constituencies -- Jangpura, Okhla, Trilokpuri, Kondli, Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Shahdara. In East Delhi, a turnout of 56.08 per cent was recorded. In East Delhi’s Trilokpuri (SC) a turnout of 43.22 per cent was recorded while in Kondli (SC), a turnout of 60.84 per cent recorded. In Partparganj, a turnout of 56.11 per cent was recorded while in Laxmi Nagar the turnout was 54.95 per cent. In Krishna Nagar, a turnout of 62.51 per cent was recorded while in Gandhi Nagar the turnout was 58.91 per cent.
Here are the latest trends:
Vishwas Nagar: BJP’s Om Prakash Sharma is leading
Okhla: AAP’s Amanatullah Khan is leading
Shahdara: BJP’s Sanjay Goyal is leading
Jangpura: AAP’s Praveen Kumar is leading
Krishna Nagar: AAP’s Anil Goyal is leading
Laxmi Nagar: AAP’s Nitin Tyagi is leading
Patparganj: AAP’s Manish Sisodia is trailing
Trilokpuri: AAP’s Rohit Kumar is leading
Gandhi Nagar: BJP’s Anil Kumar Bajpai is leading
Kondli: AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar is leading
BJP's candidate ABhay Verma is leading from Laxmi Nagar
AAP’s Naveen Chaudhary is leading from Gandhi Nagar
BJP’s Impreet Singh Bakshi is leading from Jangpura
BJP's Anil Goyal is leading from Krishna Nagar. AAP's seating MLA trailing.
Polling was held on February 8, sealing the fate of 672 candidates -- 593 men and 79 women.
What The Exit Polls Predicted:
In 2015, the AAP and the BJP had won 67 and three seats respectively in the 70-seat Assembly. Their corresponding vote share was 54.3 and 32.3 per cent. The Congress drew a blank.
In Krishna Nagar, a turnout of 62.51 per cent was recorded while in Gandhi Nagar the turnout was 58.91 per cent.
In Kondli (SC), a turnout of 60.84 per cent recorded. In Partparganj, a turnout of 56.11 per cent was recorded while in Laxmi Nagar the turnout was 54.95 per cent.
In East Delhi’s Trilokpuri (SC) a turnout of 43.22 per cent was recorded.
In East Delhi, a turnout of 56.08 per cent was recorded on the voting day.