April 14, 2012 5:27 PM

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Delhi MCD elections to be held tomorrow

Delhi is all set to hold elections to its newly constituted three municipal corporations on Sunday. Over 2400 candidates are in the fray for 272 seats. Both South and North Delhi Municipal Corporations have 104 wards each while East Delhi has 64 wards. The Delhi State Election Commission has made elaborate arrangements to ensure free and fair polls. About 70,000 officials have been deployed for conducting the polls and over 30,000 police personnel will be on duty for security arrangements.A total of 11,500 polling stations have been set up across the city. According to the Commission, 55 polling stations have been identified as hyper-sensitive while 275 have been declared as sensitive. Most of the hyper-sensitive and sensitive polling stations fall under Assembly segments of Jamia Nagar, Seelampur and Chandni Chowk. A total of 1.12 crore eligible voters will be able to exercise their franchise in the polls. The municipal polls is seen as crucial for Congress and opposition BJP, with the Assembly polls are just 18 months away.Meanwhile, sitting BJP councillor Madhav Prasad has been granted bail after he was arrested for allegedly murdering a partyman, who was opposed to him.

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