Low turnout for Delhi gurdwara body polls

The polling for the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee elections witnessed a low turnout of 37.27 per cent on Sunday, officials said. The DSGMC which controls shrines in the city, including Rakabganj and Bangla Sahib Gurdwaras as well as various academic institutions and hospitals, goes to polls after every four year. In the DSGMC, 46 members are directly elected from 46 wards in Delhi. Rest of the members are appointed from different seats of Sikh religion and groups. The elections being conducted by the Delhi government’s Directorate of Gurdwara Elections, has 342,000 voters. The voting percentage of male voters was 39.95 per cent and it was 34.95 per cent for females, officials said. The Punjabi Bagh ward recorded the highest voting percentage of 54.10 per cent while Sham Nagar recorded the lowest 25.18 per cent, according to the figures issued by the directorate.