Dlhi on d-day

Kashmiri Pandits
boycott polls taking objection to be called as “migrants” — they were required to fill an ‘M’ (migrant) category form for voting

* Delhi beat Mumbai by 9 percentage points: Mumbai saw 41.24% turnout on April 30
* BJP’s Northeast Delhi candidate B L Sharma ‘Prem’ went on a rampage in a polling station after he received complaints of faulty EVM machines in it,as also bogus voting in seven polling booths in his area
* A polling officer and a lone security guard kept waiting for voters at a polling booth in Narela that recorded only seven votes in the first two hours. The constituency — Northwest Delhi — recorded the lowest turnout (45%)
* After spending about Rs 90 lakh on awareness campaigns,Election Commission officials go home satisfied with the decent voter turnout