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February 28, 2021 18:09 IST
The voters turnout in 2016 bypolls was 45.90%, as per data shared by the State Election Commission
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AAP party members at a polling station, during bypolls in five wards of MCD, at Kalyanpuri area in New Delhi on February 28, 2021.
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The voters turnout in 2016 bypolls was 45.90%, as per data shared by the State Election Commission
A turnout of about 42% was recorded in the first eight hours of voting for the bypolls to five municipal wards in Delhi on February 28, 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.
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Updated: Sunday, February 28, 2021, 23:03 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 28: More than 50 per cent voters cast their votes in the municipal corporation bypolls in five wards on Sunday, with the highest voting percentage recorded in Kalyanpuri and the lowest in Shalimar Bagh North, Election officials said.
The voting went smoothly except for a few instances of replacement of electronic voting machines in Chauhan Bangar and Kalyanpuri. None of the COVID-19 infected voters, 10 in Shalimar Bagh North and two in Kalyanpuri, turned up to cast their votes, they said.
As per official figures, 59.19 per cent votes were cast in Kalyanpuri, 55.95 per cent in Trilokpuri, 55.60 per cent in Chauhan Bangar, 44.58 per cent in Rohini-C, and 43.23 per cent in Shalimar Bagh North wards.