AAP headed for second term in Delhi, BJP distant second

The
Aam Aadmi Party appears to be heading back to power for a second term in Delhi.
The party is leading in 57seats, while BJP is ahead in 13 constituencies in the
70-member Assembly elections. According to the trends, the contest is between
AAP and BJP with the Congress nowhere in the reckoning. Counting of votes is
progressing smoothly amid tight security at 21 centres.

The
counting began at 8 this morning with postal ballots. The votes cast through
electronic voting machines (EVMs) were taken up after that. Each EVM consists
of a ballot unit, a controls units and a voter-verifiable paper audit trail
(VVPAT). After counting of votes through controls units from every assembly
constituency, five VVPATs will be randomly selected and they will be counted.
62.59 per cent voter turnout was recorded this year, five per cent less than
2015 assembly polls.

The
counting centres are located across 11 districts, including at CWG Sports
Complex in east Delhi, NSIT Dwarka in west Delhi, Meerabai Institute of
Technology and GB Pant Institute of Technology in southeast Delhi, Sir CV Raman
ITI, Dheerpur in central Delhi, and Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Bawana in north
Delhi.