Delhi EC confident of high voter turnout in capital
4 Dec 2013 5:28 AM IST
Delhi Election Commission predicts that in the upcoming assembly polls, there will be a voter turnout of more than 80%. Other states have witnessed high percentage of polling this year.
Ankur Garg, a Delhi Election Commission officer said, ‘On an average a voter takes 30 seconds and not one minute to cast his vote. Towards the end of the polls, this time comes down to even 20 seconds, which could possibly lead to more than a 70% voter turnout. So there is no question of a minute per vote cast, which could lead to only 64,26,000 votes cast for all 70 seats’.
Recent assembly elections held in MP, Mizoram and Rajasthan have witnessed more than 70% polling and this could be the reason, why the Delhi Election Commission is confident of the same. ‘The upper limit on number of voters per polling station is broadly the same all over India. If other regions can record 80 percent plus, there is no mathematical reason why Delhi can’t’, Garg added.
40,000 government employees assigned for poll duty have already exercised their vote through postal ballot. It is much higher than the total number of such voters, which in 2008, stood at just 1,628.
Harshit, president of Samarthan, a NGO, which claims to work in parallel with Delhi EC, is also confident of a huge voter turnout.
‘This time the situation is not like earlier. There have been so many incidents that have happened, which witnessed youth aggression, without any leadership. Voters are desperate to cast their vote, especially the youth’, he said.
Ankur Garg, a Delhi Election Commission officer said, ‘On an average a voter takes 30 seconds and not one minute to cast his vote. Towards the end of the polls, this time comes down to even 20 seconds, which could possibly lead to more than a 70% voter turnout. So there is no question of a minute per vote cast, which could lead to only 64,26,000 votes cast for all 70 seats’.
Recent assembly elections held in MP, Mizoram and Rajasthan have witnessed more than 70% polling and this could be the reason, why the Delhi Election Commission is confident of the same. ‘The upper limit on number of voters per polling station is broadly the same all over India. If other regions can record 80 percent plus, there is no mathematical reason why Delhi can’t’, Garg added.
40,000 government employees assigned for poll duty have already exercised their vote through postal ballot. It is much higher than the total number of such voters, which in 2008, stood at just 1,628.
Harshit, president of Samarthan, a NGO, which claims to work in parallel with Delhi EC, is also confident of a huge voter turnout.
‘This time the situation is not like earlier. There have been so many incidents that have happened, which witnessed youth aggression, without any leadership. Voters are desperate to cast their vote, especially the youth’, he said.
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