Low voter turnout in Delhi by-election

New Delhi Aug 23 (IANS) Mid-week polling showed low voter turnout for the Bawana assembly bypoll in the national capital on Wednesday.

Voters at different polling booths told IANS that as the by-election was being held on a working day very few have been able to exercise their franchise. However the officials hoped polling would pick up by 4 p.m.

The bypoll in Bawana was necessitated after Aam Aadmi Party MLA Ved Prakash quit the party and also resigned from the Delhi Assembly to join the Bharatiya Janata Party in March.

Prakash in now contesting against AAP candidate Ram Chandra who is a famous Purvanchali face while three-time-MLA Surender Kumar is the Congress nominee.

Chandra after casting his vote said he has been getting complaints from different polling booths that the Electronic Voting Machines were not working properly.

There are around 2.94 lakh voters in the Bawana assembly constituency.

--IANS
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