New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Election Commission has urged all the new voters who have got themselves enrolled in the capital's electoral list to collect their voter identity cards by April 4 from the district election offices, an official said Tuesday.
"A total of 6.45 lakh new voters have been enrolled in the electoral roll after Jan 31 in the national capital," Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev told a press conference here.
There are a total of 1.27 crore voters in the national capital and of them more than one lakh are first-time voters.
"Of the total 11,763 polling stations, 407 have been tagged as critical, while 90 have been tagged as hyper critical polling stations," Dev said.
"A large number of security forces will be deployed in all the critical and hyper critical polling stations," added Dev.
A total of 156 candidates are in the fray for the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi after the scrutiny of their nomination papers March 24. The contestants may withdraw their candidature till March 26.
"A total of 51 candidates were rejected for providing wrong documents and were thus ineligible," said the poll panel official.
The highest number of candidates in the run were from the New Delhi constituency with 29 candidates, while the lowest number of candidates registered were for North West Delhi seat with 15 candidates.
A total of 63 candidates are contesting as Independents.
The allotment of symbols to the candidates will also be done March 26 after the final list is out.
Dev said the poll panel would examine all the advertisements posted on Internet and the social networking sites.
"Any complaint received in respect to the use of Internet, and social networking sites during the election campaign shall be examined thoroughly," he said.
The parties have to provide evidence regarding expenditure on advertisements, which will be included in their overall expenses, Dev said.
Huge traffic jam on NH-24, 58 due to road cave in
Ghaziabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Huge traffic jams were witnessed on National Highway-24 and NH-58 Monda
Rainfall Alert: Strong winds, it will rain for two days, IMD told - how will the weather be
Weather Update Today, IMD rainfall alert: Even though Monsoon has bid farewell from across the co
Today is Super Saturday in IPL. The first match of the day will be played between Mumbai Indians
Given the tight monetary stance of various central banks, it appears that the weakness in global
Arvind Kejriwal, who has become a shrewd player in politics, has been making such demands from ti
Indian Railways: On Holi (Holi special train 2022) If you are also planning to go home or you als
Yoga volunteers waiting for appointment for 6 months
Despite being issued a letter to Yoga Volunteers for adjustment from Sports Department to AYUSH D
The last and third match of the three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Ireland (AFG vs IR
BJP hails rail budget, Congress questions resource availability
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The ruling BJP hailed Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's budget for 2015
When the debate on the issue of farmers started in the Rajya Sabha on Friday morning, the MPs wer