Nearly 60pc voter turnout recorded

Nearly 60 percent turnout was recorded yesterday in the high-stakes assembly elections in Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal is eyeing a third straight term in power in a triangular contest against the main challengers, BJP and Congress.

An estimated 1.56 million people were eligible to exercise their franchise to decide fate of 699 candidates spread across 70 constituencies. The counting of votes is scheduled for Saturday.

Two separate exit polls showed BJP ahead of AAP in terms of the total number of seats. While ABP-Matrize exit poll projects BJP to get 39-45 seats against AAP's tally of 32 to 37, the JVC exit poll gives 39-45 seats to BJP and 22-31 to AAP.