New Delhi: The electoral fate of three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and her challengers from BJP Harsh Vardhan and Aam Admi Party Arvind Kejriwal will be known as counting of votes of the closely-watched Delhi Assembly poll takes place on Sunday.
A total of 810 candidates are in the fray.
While BJP fielded candidates in 66 constituencies, Congress and AAP contested in all the 70 seats. BSP, the third largest party in the last Assembly election, fielded candidates in 69 seats, NCP in nine and Samajwadi Party in 27 seats. A total of 224 independents were also in the fray.
The entry of Kejriwal's AAP has changed the dimension of the election and it will be interesting to see whether the newbie will just be a "spoiler" or win some seats as predicted by opinion polls, riding its anti-corruption plank.
The stakes in this election are high for Dikshit who mainly highlighted her achievements and development agenda during the campaigning, while Vardhan promised to cut power tariff by 30 per cent and slash vegetable prices within 30 days of coming to power.
Delhi Assembly election result is being seen as an indicator of the mood of the urban electorate ahead of the general elections.
In the run up to the polling on December 4, a high-voltage campaign was witnessed whree contestants, incumbent Congress, opposition BJP and greenhorn Aam Admi Party slugged it out to woo 1.19 crore voters.
Most exit polls projected BJP to emerge as the single largest party in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
India Today-ORG survey said BJP will win 41 seats and gave Congress 20 seats and AAP just six. Times Now-C Voter Survey gave BJP 29 seats, Congress 21 and AAP 16.
ABP-Nielsen projected BJP as getting 37 seats, Congress 16 seats and AAP 15.
'Today's Chanakya' gave 29 seats to BJP with a plus minus margin of 9 seats, 10 seats to Congress with a plus minus margin of 5 seats and a whopping 31 seats to AAP with a plus minus margin of 9 seats.
While Congress is seeking another term under Sheila Dikshit, BJP and AAP were led by their chief ministerial candidates Vardhan and Kejriwal.
The highest-ever voter turnout of 65.86 per cent was recorded as Delhiites came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise in the just-concluding election.
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