New Delhi: Counting of ballots for the bitterly-fought Delhi Assembly polls, seen as having significance beyond borders of the capital, began on Tuesday morning amid tight security.
The electoral fate of former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his challengers from BJP Kiran Bedi and Congress' Ajay Maken and 670 other candidates will be known today.
Counting of votes is taking place simultaneously at 14 Centres across the city.
Delhi Assembly election result is being seen as an indicator of the popularity of the BJP government at the Centre though the party has rejected this view.
The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements for the counting.
All the exit polls had given AAP a decisive edge over BJP with one of them giving it as high as 53 seats in the 70-member House.
The BJP had rejected the exit polls and exuded confidence of wresting power in Delhi after a gap of 16 years. The party on Monday said it would get 34-38 seats.
A record 67.14 per cent turnout was recorded in the polls on Saturday. The stakes in this election are high for both BJP and AAP which had put up a spirited fight during the high-voltage campaign.
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