New Delhi [India], February 5: The Delhi Assembly elections saw a voter turnout of 46.55% as of 3 pm on Wednesday, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). The North-East district reported the highest turnout, with 52.73%, while the lowest turnout was recorded in the New Delhi district at 43.10%.
Other districts had the following turnouts: South West (48.32%), East (47.09%), North (46.31%), North West (46.81%), Shahdara (49.58%), South (44.89%), South East (43.91%), and West (45.06%).
In addition to the Delhi assembly elections, by-polls were held in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur assembly constituency and Tamil Nadu’s Erode (East) constituency, with turnouts of 57.13% and 53.63%, respectively.
Polling, which began at 7 am, will continue until 6 pm, with tight security in place across all polling stations. The vote count will be conducted on February 8.
Coercion Allegations in Shakur Basti
Meanwhile, the District Election Officer (DEO) of North Delhi dismissed allegations of voter coercion at the Sainik Vihar polling station in the Shakur Basti constituency. A video shared by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that a police officer forced a voter to support a particular political party. In response, the DEO clarified on social media that after receiving the complaint, a Flying Squad team was dispatched, and an inquiry confirmed that voters had cast their ballots independently, without any external pressure.
This issue had sparked controversy, with AAP accusing the Delhi police of “hijacking the election.”