Delhiites flock to polling booths, turnout crosses 50 per cent

An impressive 52 per cent polling was recorded till 3 PM in the Lok Sabha election for the seven seats in the national capital even as long queues of people were seen at the booths across the city.
"52 per per cent of the 1.27 crore eligible voters cast their votes till 3 PM," a senior official of Delhi Election Commission said.
He said polling has so far been peaceful and there were no reports of any untoward incident.
There were reports of malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVM) in some parts of the city but they were rectified, EC officials said.

The voting started at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM.
In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the overall voting percentage stood at 52.3 per cent, which had increased to 66 per cent in the 2013 Delhi Assembly election.
The Delhi Election Commission had set a target of surpassing the 66 per cent polling figure in the Lok Sabha polls.