New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 60.44 per cent in the high-stakes assembly elections, the Election Commission of India said. Voting was held for 70 seats of Delhi assembly in a single phase on February 5.

Among seven districts of Delhi, North East Delhi recorded the highest voter turnout at 66.25 per cent, while South East had the lowest at 56.31 per cent, the poll panel's voter turnout application said. North East Delhi was the epicenter of the deadly 2020 Delhi riots in which about 53 people were killed in bloodshed, property destruction, and rioting after protests over the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The polling concluded with both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...