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Delhi MCD Election Results 2022 Updates: Nearly 55% women among AAP winners
Entry of people authorised by the commission shall be allowed only by the security personnel deployed at these centres. Though use of mobile phones has been allowed inside the centres, the same is restricted to the designated areas as per instructions of returning officers/SEC.
SEC official
The outcome of the battle for the reunified municipal corporation will be decided by Wednesday afternoon. Counting of votes for the 250 wards will begin at 8am and all the results are likely to be declared by 2-3pm.
READ MOREAmid heavy security, the 56,000 electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the MCD polls were transferred to the 42 designated strongrooms/counting centres by late Sunday.
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The commission has deployed 68 election observers under whose supervision the counting of votes will be carried out by the returning officers in presence of the candidates or their representatives. The commission has also deployed 136 engineers from ECIL to attend to any technical issues arising in EVMs.
EC on arrangements for counting
Delhi BJP vice-president Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday registered a complaint, alleging the intentional deletion of many people's names from electoral rolls under the influence of the state government.
READ MOREThe counting will start at 8am and 68 election observers have been deployed by the commission, under whose supervision the counting of votes at the 42 centres will be carried out.
MCD official
After a hectic month-long campaign for the MCD elections, leaders of various parties were back to routine work on Tuesday. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had been switching between Delhi and Gujarat for the past one month for canvassing, attended a programme at Vidhan Sabha to mark Dr BR Ambedkar’s death anniversary, observed as Mahaparinirvan Diwas. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was also present on the occasion. Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta, meanwhile, was busy with the party’s two-day national officebearers’ meeting. He also attended some karyakartas’ Monday night. West Delhi MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma met workers from his constituency on Tuesday morning to prepare and plan for results day. In the evening, he spent time with his family playing indoor games.
READ MOREThe state election commission (SEC) has stepped up security at all 42 strongrooms before the counting of votes for the municipal elections begins on Wednesday.
READ MOREResults for the Delhi municipal elections are set to be announced on Wednesday even as exit polls showed that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will sweep the 250-ward corporation that has been under BJP rule for around 15 years.
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Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that the exit polls had shown Delhi reposing faith in the Aam Aadmi Party and exuded confidence of a victory in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi polls, counting for which will take place on Wednesday.
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