Delhi Election Results: Counting for the high-stakes Delhi assembly polls is set to begin at 8 am, polling officials reached the counting centres early in the morning on Saturday. There are 19 counting stations, spreading across 11 districts of the city. Security personnel have been deployed outside various counting centres in Delhi.
Security was heightened on the eve of the counting process. Personnel were standing guard outside the counting centres.
The result will decide whether the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will come back into power or if BJP will form a government in the national capital after more than 26 years. According to PTI, several exit polls have given the BJP an edge over the AAP, which has been ruling in Delhi since 2015. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva has claimed his party will win nearly 50 seats. The AAP has rejected the exit poll predictions, asserting it will form the government again with its convener Kejriwal becoming chief minister for the fourth time.
Shahdara, Central Delhi, East, South, and Southwest districts will each have one counting station. While, the North, West, Northeast, and Southeast districts will each have two counting stations, while the New Delhi and Northwest districts will have three counting stations each.
According to the Election Commission, 60.54 per cent of votes were polled on Wednesday.
Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Alice Vaz said a total of 5,000 personnel, including counting supervisors, counting assistants, micro-observers, and supporting staff trained for the process, have been deployed on Saturday for the counting of votes.