The high-voltage campaigning for the seven Lok Sabha seats in the national capital that saw newbie Aam Aadmi Party foraying into parliamentary contest to be held on April 10 came to an end on Tuesday.
On the last day of campaign, all the top players, BJP, Congress and AAP held scores of roadshows, rallies and public meetings to woo 1.27 crore voters which include over 3.37 lakh first time voters. A total of 150 candidates are in the fray.
The BJP had fielded a battery of top leaders including Narendra Modi, LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh to campaign for the party which drew a blank in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan, who is contesting the polls from Chandni Chowk constituency, exhuded confidence of winning all the seats, saying "the Modi wave" will significantly help the party.
The party campaign was mainly focused on offering good governance, making Modi the Prime Minister and to "rid the country of corrupt" UPA government.
The Congress, which had won all the seven seats in 2009 polls, has made desperate attempt to regain its lost ground following its severe drubbing in the assembly polls. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi had addressed separate rallies seeking people's support for the party.
The AAP, foraying for the first time into Parliamentary polls, carried out an aggressive campaign with its candidates visiting door-to-door to woo the voters to bring "changes" into the political system.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal held roadshows across the city in support of party candidates.
All prominent parties including BSP and Trinamool Congress have fielded candidates.
Prominent Congress candidates in fray include Union Minister Kapil Sibal, Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken, former DPCC chief J P Agarwal and Sandeep Dikshit, son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
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