New Delhi: The polling for the 70-membered Delhi Assembly elections began on Wednesday December 4, where ruling Congress is engaged in an electoral battle with BJP, while new contestant in the battle Aam Aadmi Party’s possible impact is being watched keenly.

The last recorded votes at 5 pm, summoned that over 74 percent votes have been casted.

The voting began at 8 am at over 11,000 polling stations out of which 630 have been identified as critical and hyper critical.

A total of 1.19 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, out of which 66.11 lakh are men and 53.20 lakh are women. The number of first time voters is 4.05 lakh.

While 810 candidates are in the fray in the three-cornered contest between Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party, the BJP has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies Congress and AAP are contesting from all the 70 seats.

Bahujan Samaj Party, which was the third largest party in last Assembly election, has fielded candidates for 69 seats, Nationalist Congress Party in nine and Samajwadi Party at 27 seats. A total of 224 independents are also in the fray.

The election results are due on Sunday December 8.