Over 45 per cent of voter turnout was registered till 4 pm in elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Sunday.
The voter turnout was a dismal 18 per cent till 12.30 pm, but rose to 30 per cent by 2.30 pm.
The previous civic body polls in 2017 had recorded 53 per cent voting.
"The polling till 2 pm is around 30 per cent for all 250 wards in Delhi. The process is going on smoothly in all the wards. No untoward incident has been reported so far," a senior official of the State Election Commission (SEC) said.
There are over 1.45 crore electors eligible to exercise their franchise in the elections in which 1,349 candidates are contesting.
According to SEC data, Delhi has 1,45,05,358 voters, of which 78,93,418 are men, 66,10,879 women, and 1,061 are transgender people.
There are 13,638 polling stations set up across Delhi, of which 3,360 in 493 locations have been identified as "critical" or "sensitive".
According to official figures, there are 229 voters aged 100 and above, and 2,04,301 people aged above 80 but less than 100 years.
The counting of votes will take place on December 7.
(With PTI inputs)
