Delhi has recorded an overall voting turnout of 57%, falling drastically short of the 2015 voting percentage of 67%. With polls closing, the Delhi election exit poll results have started coming in with most exit polls predicting AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal’s return as Delhi CM.
Polling has been largely been peaceful in Delhi, which has witnessed a communally charged campaign amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, barring an incident involving Congress candidate Alka Lamba and an AAP worker in Chandni Chowk. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he is hopeful that the Aam Aadmi Party would form government for the third time in Delhi. The people of Delhi will vote based on the works done by the AAP government, Kejriwal said after voting along with his wife Sunita and son Pulkit at a polling booth in Civil Lines area.
