The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Delhi Assembly elections. According to the schedule released by the commission, voting for the assembly elections in Delhi will be held in a single phase on 5 February 2025 and the results will be declared on 8 February.
Delhi election full schedule
- When will voting take place in Delhi- 5 February When
- will the Delhi election results be declared- 8 February
- When will the notification be issued- 10 January
Announcing the dates of the elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar started the press conference by wishing a Happy New Year. He expressed hope that democracy will continue to strengthen in the times to come. 2024 was the year of elections all over the world. There was record voting in the Lok Sabha. The new year is starting with the elections in Delhi. He said that we hope Delhi will vote wholeheartedly. Rajiv Kumar also answered the questions raised on the Election Commission after the Lok Sabha elections. He answered in a poetic style with the lines, “All questions are important, answers are warranted…”
Delhi Assembly Election-
- Elections on 70 seats;
- total 1.55 crore voters;
- 2.08 lakh first time voters
Polling stations and other important information in Delhi assembly elections
There are 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi. 2 lakh 8000 voters have joined the polling for the first time. There are a total of 13033 polling stations in Delhi. At 2697 locations, out of which 13033 are urban. Webcasting is 100%. There are 1191 polling stations on average. PWD will manage all 70. To manage women in the assembly, 210 model polling stations have been made in 7070 assembly constituencies. Drinking water, toilets, Chinese wheelchair facilities will be available at the polling stations.
Let us tell you that the term of the 70-member Delhi Assembly is ending on 23 February. Elections are to be held before that to form a new House. Assembly elections in Delhi have traditionally been held in a single phase. This time, a triangular contest will be seen between BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi Assembly elections.
Triangular contest
In the Delhi Assembly elections, AAP aims to win the elections for the third consecutive time. Congress is eager to regain the national capital. On the other hand, BJP is hoping to win the assembly elections by raising corruption allegations against Arvind Kejriwal.
Kejriwal claims CBI will raid Sisodia’s house
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, citing “reliable sources”, claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will raid the house of party leader Manish Sisodia in the next few days. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at former Chief Minister Kejriwal’s claim, saying that this is his (Kejriwal’s) “trick” to gain public sympathy ahead of the assembly elections next month as he is afraid of losing the elections. The CBI has not immediately reacted to the claim of former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal. Kejriwal has made this allegation at a time when elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly are to be held next month.
The BJP claimed that the CAG report has raised 139 questions related to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former residence at Flagstaff Road and exposed his “black deeds”.
Schedule for General Election to Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2025
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