New Delhi: The turnout in the Delhi assembly election was 62.5 per cent, the Election Commission said today – more than 24 hours after voting and much concern about tampering of Electronic Voting Machine from the Aam Aadmi Party. The provisional figure given out yesterday was 57 per cent.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had questioned the delay in a tweet this afternoon. “Absolutely shocking. What is EC doing? Why are they not releasing poll turnout figures, several hours after polling?” his post read.
Asked about the matter, the Election Commission said the final figures came out in “good time”. “It is a process, as and when it is finalised, it is shared with you,” said Chief Election Officer Ranbir Singh. The data, he said, had to be collated through the night and the Returning Officers were busy.
AAP has claimed that efforts are being made to tamper with the Electronic Voting Machines and tweeted videos to back the claim.
Regarding senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh’s allegation of irregularities at a polling station at Babarpur, the Commission said the machines in question were reserve machines, which were not used for polling.