The Indian and Canadian cities will go head to head in today's vote when the 72 Commonwealth member countries will decide which bid has earned the right to host the 2010 Games.
There is no clear favourite in the race with both cities earning high marks from the Commonwealth Games Federation in the evaluation reports on the two bids put out earlier this year.
With the 2010 Winter Olympics also taking place in Canada at Vancouver, the smart money may be on New Delhi to emerge victorious although the Indian city does not the experience in hosting major sporting events that Hamilton can boast of.
New Delhi will be hoping that its experience in previously hosting the Asian Games twice as well as staging the Afro-Asian Games earlier this year will help it to convince the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) of the validity of its bidding document.
"The Evaluation Committee has been most impressed at the technical excellence of the bids proposed by Hamilton and Delhi and is confident that each city could host a spectacular sporting and cultural festival for the athletes of the Commonwealth," said Mike Fennell, chairman of the CGF.
"The CGF congratulates Hamilton and Delhi on the high quality of the bids as well as the commitment and enthusiasm that each bid city has shown to hosting the Commonwealth Games.
"We wish both Delhi and Hamilton the best of luck in the vote ahead."
The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be the 19th in the event's history and while the Games have previously been held in Canada they have never been staged in India before.
The 2006 Games will be staged in the Australian city of Melbourne.
Either Delhi or Hamilton will be chosen as the host city for the 2010 Commonwealth Games when the Commonwealth Games Federation holds its general assembly meeting in Jamaica today.
