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Delhi votes to elect new civic bodies
Sunday April 15, 2012 09:46:35 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Voting
began Sunday morning for elections to Delhi's newly-formed three
civic bodies that is witnessing a tough fight between the
incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
People queued up outside 11,543 booths across the capital to vote
for elections of the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Over one crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise to
decide the fate of 2,423 candidates for 272 seats.
While the corporations of north and south have 104 wards each, the
east Delhi corporation has 64.
A total of 30,000 armed police personnel have been deployed at the
booths to ensure free and fair elections.
The BJP, which rules the corporation, had swept the 2007 elections
in the then unified MCD with 168 seats.
While Sunday's election will see a straight contest between the
Congress and the BJP, parties like the Samajwadi Party have also
fielded candidates.
The polling will end at 5.30 p.m.
For the first time, 50 percent seats (136) have been reserved for
women candidates.
Interestingly, the capital is also for the first time witnessing
the participation of eunuchs as contestants in the polls.
With Delhi assembly elections due in end-2013, the results will
have significant impact on the morale of the parties.
The votes will be counted Tuesday.
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