Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are hoping for victory in the Delhi Cantonment Board elections that were held here on Sunday evening.
As many as 64 candidates were in the fray for the eight seats in the Delhi Cantonment Board, with the Congress, the BJP and the AAP being the three major political players contesting the elections in the run-up to the Assembly polls in the Capital. The Board has around 74,000 registered voters.
Results of the Cantonment Board elections have, usually, been known to reflect the electorate’s mood in,at least in the Delhi Cantonment Assembly constituency.
The constituency had witnessed a photo finish of sorts during last year’s Assembly elections, which had resulted in victory for AAP’s Surender Singh over BJP’s Karan Singh Tanwar, with a little over 300 votes.
Polling commenced at 8 a.m. and ended at 5 p.m.; counting of votes will be taken up on Monday, with the results expected to be announced by evening.
While Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay said the AAP had been making false claims and the BJP would emerge victorious, AAP leaders alleged that the ruling party was trying to divert votes.
By Sunday evening, however, statistics revealed that than less than half the number of registered votes had been polled, with the official turnout pegged at 46 per cent or a little over 34,000 of the total 74,000 voters having exercised their franchise.
As many as 64 candidates were in the fray for the eight seats in the Delhi Cantonment Board
