Delhi elections 2015: Top 10 developments

NEW DELHI: Delhiites on Saturday went out to vote for the 70-member Delhi assembly elections.
Here are the main highlights:
1. Voting began at 8am, over 12,000 polling stations of which 714 have been identified as "critical" and 191 "highly critical".
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2. Prime Minister Modi, BJP CM candidate Kiran Bedi, AAP CM candidate Arvind Kejriwal tweet urging voters to go out and vote.
3. Congress president Sonia Gandhi votes, says, "whatever the people want will happen".
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4. Other senior Congress leaders also cast vote - Sheila Dikshit, Arvinder Singh Lovely, Kiran Walia, AJay Maken, Rahul Gandhi.
5. Vice President Hamid Ansari and Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Chandra Bhushan Kumar were also among the first few to cast their votes.
6. BJP leaders vote: Kiran Bedi, Harsh Vardhan, Nupur Sharma cast their vote.
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7. A total of over 1.33 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. A total of 673 candidates are in the fray in the contest.
8. The Burari constituency in North Delhi has a maximum of 18 candidates while the Ambedkar Nagar seat in South Delhi has the lowest number of contenders at four.
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9. The Matia Mahal constituency has the largest number of electorate at 3.47 lakh while Chandni Chowk the lowest at 1.13 lakh.
10. Poll significance: Defeat for BJP may bolster the opposition while a victory for the party will increase its confidence ahead of assembly polls in Bihar later this year.