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50 % voter turnout recorded in Delhi MCD Elections

<span style="color: #222222;">Around 50.47 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the elections to the 250 Wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi till 5.30 PM on December 4. </span><br />''<br />''Polling was held between 8 AM to 5.30 PM. However, Polling continued at some polling stations where the voters had queued up inside the gates of polling premises before the scheduled time for the close of polls. <br />''<br />''Delhi State Election Commission has said that barring a few stray incidents of Model Code of Conduct violations and a couple of other scattered incidents of impersonation, the polling remained peaceful throughout the day and no untoward incident of any kind was reported from anywhere. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The highest  65.74 voting percentage was recorded in Ward Number 5- Bakhtawarpur, while the lowest 33.74 per cent was in Ward number 145- Andrews Ganj. The Commission had made elaborate security arrangements at the polling stations. A total of 1349 candidates are in the fray for the MCD elections. The counting of votes will take place on the 7th of December.</span><br />

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