By Admin 
Voting is going on on Sunday, November 30 on 12 corporation seats in Delhi. Voting figures till 9.30 am have been revealed. So far 5.4 percent voting has taken place. The highest turnout was in Sangam Vihar ward, 9.44 percent. At the same time, the lowest turnout was in Greater Kailash ward at 2.77 percent.
Voting for by-elections in 12 wards of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) started on Sunday morning amid tight security arrangements. Voting will take place till 5:30 pm. This by-election is being considered an important opportunity to test the mood of the voters of the national capital after the big victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Delhi Assembly elections held at the beginning of the year.
Tight security arrangements during voting in MCD by-election
The State Election Commission has set up a total of 580 booths at 143 polling stations for the by-election. For fair and free voting, 2,320 Election Commission personnel, 580 home guards and 2,265 other employees have been deployed, along with 13 companies of Central Armed Police Forces have also been deployed.
8 women candidates in the election field
51 candidates including 26 women are in the fray in the MCD by-election. BJP has fielded eight women candidates in the election contest, followed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) six and Congress five. In the assembly elections, BJP returned to power in Delhi after 27 years by winning 48 out of 70 seats and ousted AAP from power.
Special arrangements for transportation, metro and DTC in alert mode
In view of the by-election, for the convenience of the polling staff and voters, Metro and DTC had changed their services and started the Metro services from 4 am on Sunday morning, so that the polling parties could reach the booth on time. Whereas the last train will run at around 11:30 pm.
DTC had also started special services from 3 am with additional buses on 35 routes. Night service will continue normally. For which the Commission has expressed gratitude for the help of both the institutions.
Due to this reason 12 seats were vacant
Out of the by-elections of 12 seats being held today, 11 seats became vacant because their councilors became MLAs by winning the 2025 assembly elections. Shalimar Bagh-B seat was vacated by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta after becoming MLA. At the same time, Dwarka-B seat became vacant last year when councilor Kamaljit Sehrawat became Lok Sabha MP.