Chandni Chowk re-election sees dip in voter turnout

Figure drops from 50.69% on May 12 to 42.14% during repoll

Voters getting their documents verified with voting agents at a polling station in Chandni Chowk on Sunday.

The polling station in Chandni Chowk where a repoll was conducted on Sunday recorded a voter turnout of 42.14%, eight points down from May 12.

On May 12, polling station number 32 in the Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency had recorded a voter turnout of 50.69%.

The Election Commission had ordered repolling after it was discovered that the presiding officer had forgotten to delete the test votes in the EVM before starting the polling process. Test votes are registered on the EVMs during mock polls in order to check if the machines are working properly.

While doubts had been raised about two polling stations, the EC had ordered repolling only at one station in Daryaganj. About 300 houses reportedly fall under the jurisdiction of this station.

Chandni Chowk, which has about 15,61,828 registered voters, saw the second highest turnout among the parliamentary constituencies, at 62.9%. North-East Delhi had seen the highest turnout at 63.67%.