Delhi Assembly polls 2013: Kejriwal, Harsh Vardhan cast vote

Delhi Assembly polls 2013:Capital gets out to vote in historic polls

9:11 am: AAP alleges foul play New Delhi: AAP leader Prashant Bhushan alleges that the party has not been allowed to put its tables in front of some polling booths. 

"At many polling stations, AAP is not being allowed to put up their tables in front of the polling stations. This complaint is coming primarily from the New Delhi constituency, Adarsh Nagar. I am appealing to the CEC to take action. It is clear that police officers have been instructed not to let AAP put up their tables. The BJP and Congress have put up their tables in front of the polling booths," Bhushan says. 

8:50 am: Harsh Vardhan casts votes 

BJP CM candidate Harsh Vardhan says, "Aam Aadmi Party doesn't exist for him and he is confident of victory." 

"I hope the voter turnout is high. If it can be high in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, then we hope Delhi has over 80 per cent turnout. We are 100 per cent sure of victory, we'll win with a very high margin. The third party doesn't exist," he says after casting his votes.

8:40 am: BJP's Harsh Vardhan reaches Krishna Nagar polling booth 

BJP CM candidate Harsh Vardhan reaches the Krishna Nagar polling station to cast his vote. 

8:15 am: Kejriwal, Goel cast their votes 

Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi BJP leader Vijay Goel cast their votes at Hanuman Road polling booth. 

8:10 am: Kejriwal appeals people to vote 

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal says, "The people of Delhi have to make up their minds on what they want. These are not my elections, these are the elections of the people of Delhi."

8 am: Voting begins amid tight security 

Polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly elections began at 8 am amid tight security at over 11,000 polling stations out of which 630 have been identified as critical and hyper critical. 

In Delhi, ruling Congress is engaged in an electoral battle with BJP, while new entrant in the fray Aam Admi Party's possible impact is being watched keenly. 

A total of 1.19 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, out of which 66.11 lakh are men and 53.20 lakh are women. The number of first time voters is 4.05 lakh. A total of 810 candidates are in the fray in the three-cornered contest between Congress, BJP and AAP. 

While BJP has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies Congress and AAP are contesting from all 70 seats. BSP, which was the third largest party in last Assembly election, has fielded candidates at 69 seats, NCP in nine and Samajwadi Party at 27 seats. A total of 224 independents are also in the fray. 

A total of 32,801 personnel of Delhi Police and 107 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful elections. In a bid to boost voter turnout, nine 'model' polling stations with spruced-up infrastructure have been set up for the first time.

Source:zeenews.india

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