2013 Delhi Assembly Election Polling Wed Dec 04,2013

Delhi goes to polls today Wed Dec 04,2013 to choose between three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit and her main challengers - BJP's doctor-politician Harsh Vardhan and anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal, a debutant hoping to dent the fortunes of the two political behemoths.

Nearly 12 million or 1.2 crore residents of the capital are eligible to vote for the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
810 candidates are in the fray in the three-cornered contest between Congress, BJP and AAP
BJP has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies
Congress and AAP are contesting from all 70 seats. 
BSP has fielded candidates in 69 seats
A total of 224 independents are also in the fray
There are 11,753 polling booths out of which 630 have been identified as critical and hyper critical

 
Delhi turned up in record numbers on Wednesday to vote for its next government. The voting ended at around 8:30 pm with a record voter turnout of 67%

So far, Delhi's biggest voter turnout was 61.75 % in 1993. In the last state election in 2008, the voter turnout was 58%

Voters came out in large numbers, some even using walking sticks and crutches as they headed for their polling booth

At 75, Sheila Dikshit of Congress is fighting for a record fourth term. "I am too grown-up to be nervous. I will keep my fingers crossed," she said at a polling booth where she cast her vote along with her Congress party's president Sonia Gandhi.

The BJP's Chief Ministerial candidate Harsh Vardhan is an E.N.T surgeon and former Health Minister hoping to re-establish his party in the saddle after 15 long years.
BJP's CM candidate Harsh Vardhan with family members after cast their votes for Delhi Assembly elections, at a polling station in East Delhi.

"Please vote, then eat," advised AAP's Arvind Kejriwal, who was among the early voters today. He came with some 100 supporters, wearing white Gandhi caps which, along with the broom, is the fledgling party's trademark

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi waits in a queue to cast his vote for Delhi Assembly elections, at a polling station in New Delhi on December 4, 2013.

Priyanka Vadra with her husband Robert Vadra coming out after casting votes for Delhi Assembly elections at a polling booth in New Delhi

Note
Political Parties Position in the Outgoing Assembly

Indian National Congress(INC)              43 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)                   23 Seats
Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)                    02 Seats
Lok Janshakti Party                               01 Seat
Independent                                          01 Seat
Total                                                     70 Seats