Delhi Assembly Elections 2025: 46.55% percent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm while 33.31 percent at 1 pm on Wednesday as Delhi went to the polls in a single phase. Meanwhile, the North-East district of the national capital continues to lead the way with the highest turnout of 39.51 percent turnout among all districts. The lowest turnout of 29.74 per cent was recorded in the Central district of Delhi.
According to the ECI, the South West district recorded a turnout of 35.44 per cent, New Delhi 29.89 per cent, East 33.66 per cent, North 32.44 per cent, North West 33.17 per cent, Shahdara 35.81 per cent, South 32.67 per cent, South East 32.27 per cent and West 30.87 per cent, as of 1 pm. Meanwhile, the Milkipur assembly constituency recorded a turnout of 44.59 per cent in the bye-assembly elections. The Erode (East) constituency of Tamil Nadu witnessed a turnout of 42.41 per cent as of 11 am in the bypolls.
Polling for 70 assembly seats of Delhi and by-polls for two seats, one each of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh began on Wednesday morning. Voting commenced at 7.00 am today.
Voters cast their ballots amid tight security in all seats. AAP, which currently holds more than 60 seats in the 70-seat assembly, seeks re-election based on its previous terms’ achievements. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party candidate for the Milkipur assembly by-elections, Ajit Prasad, expressed his views about the voting process and alleged interference by certain elements.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur, the fate of candidates in the fray will be decided by the Scheduled Castes (SC)-reserved constituency’s 3,70,829 voters but the main contest is expected to be between Samajwadi Party’s Ajit Prasad and the BJP’s Chandrabhanu Paswan. The counting of votes will take place on February 8.
