Delhi MCD Election 2017 LIVE: CM Arvind Kejriwal cast his vote with parents and daughter
New Delhi : Voting started on Sunday morning for municipal elections in Delhi across 272 wards. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal cast his vote along with his parents and daughter at Underhill Road Transport Office polling station in Civil Lines.
Over 2,500 candidates are in the fray for elections to North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (104 seats each) and East Delhi Municipal Congress (64 seats).
Over 1.32 crore eligible voters are likely to exercise their franchise at 13,022 polling booths across the city.
Leaders of various political parties including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are expected to cast their ballot early in the day.
Over 56,000 Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel are on guard at the polling booths, while an additional 20,000 home guards have been deployed to ensure law and order in the city on the election day.
The counting of votes will take place on April 26.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and his family after casting vote at a polling booth in Road Transport Office in Civil Lines #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/J1OcI4LjXc
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Union Minister Dr.Harshvardhan after casting his vote in a polling booth in Krishna Nagar's Ratan Devi School #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/KpMhseOkeV
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Arvinder Singh Lovely who recently joined BJP returns from polling booth in East Azad Nagar after EVM was not working #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/k9T8gAmw8o
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Delhi Lt.Governor Anil Baijal after casting his vote in a polling station in Greater Kailash-3 #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/9QyWVTmyHp
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Voting underway in Delhi's Pandav Nagar for #MCDelections2017 pic.twitter.com/f0vL1A4bj6
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