The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that voting for the Delhi assembly elections will be held in a single phase on February 5, with results to be declared on February 8. The term of the 70-member Delhi Assembly ends on February 23, and elections have to be held before that to constitute a new House.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has announced the dates for the Delhi Assembly elections. Gazette notification will be issued on January 10, candidates will be able to file their nominations till January 17, nominations will be scrutinized on January 18, candidates will be able to withdraw their nominations till January 20. Voting will be held on February 5 and counting on February 8, and the election process will be completed by February 10.
The Chief Election Commissioner said that 13033 polling stations will be set up at 2697 places for the total 70 assembly seats in Delhi. All polling booths will be webcasted and the complete control of 70 polling booths will be with women.
The Aam Aadmi Party has announced candidates for all 70 seats; the party had won 62 seats in the last assembly. Soon after the announcement of the election date, AAP’s national convenor and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appealed to his workers to put in their best efforts and expressed confidence in victory. Arvind Kejriwal wrote on X, ‘The date of the election has been announced. All the workers should get ready to enter the fray with full strength and enthusiasm. Their big systems fail in front of your passion. You are our biggest strength. This election will be between the politics of work and the politics of abuse. The people of Delhi will trust our politics of work. We will definitely win.’
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