New Delhi, March 1 -- A turnout of about 42 per cent was recorded in the first eight hours of voting for the bypolls to five municipal wards in Delhi on Sunday, the first electoral exercise being conducted in the national capital amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The results of these bye-elections are likely to have an impact on the big-ticket 2022 Delhi civic polls.
Polling began at 7:30 AM amid tight security arrangements, and it is scheduled to end at 5:30 PM.
By 3:30 PM, the overall turnout across the five wards was 42.91 per cent, with Kalyanpuri ward recording the maximum 50.56 per cent, as per the data shared by a senior official of the State Election Commission in Delhi.
In Kalyanpui ward in east Delhi, two of the seven polling loc...