Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday cast her vote for the ongoing assembly elections in the national capital. She, however, refused to be drawn into speculations over the result of the polls.
"Whatever the people will want, that will happen," she said to the mediapersons after casting her vote at the Nirman Bhawan polling station.
Meanwhile, BJP's candidate from the New Delhi constituency Nupur Sharma, who is contesting against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, also cast her vote and appealed to the people to exercise their franchise and elect a clean and honest government.
"Do not let go of this opportunity. Choose a clean and honest government," she said.
Polling for the 70-member Delhi assembly began at 8 a.m. amid tight security.
According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, all arrangements are in place to ensure free and fair polling.
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About 55,000 police personnel have been deployed to ensure hassle free voting. The police will also undertake patrolling in different parts of the capital to prevent the distribution of liquor, money or any other allurements.
Over 1.33 crore electorate will decide the fate of 673 candidates.
The Burari Assembly constituency has the maximum number of candidates (18) who will be contesting in Saturday's elections. The Ambedkar Nagar Assembly constituency has the lowest number of candidates (4).
Chief Election Commissioner Hari Shankar Brahma has expressed confidence that voters would be allowed to exercise their franchise safely and in well secured electronic voting booths.
Voting will continue till 6 p.m. in the evening. Polling will take place at 12,177 polling stations. Of these, 714 have been declared as critical and 191 as highly critical.
Each assembly constituency has a model polling booth where facilities like drinking water and chairs will be provided to voters.
Voters have been granted a paid holiday today to cast their votes.