Delhi Election Live Updates: Polling on February 5, Says CEC Rajiv Kumar
New Delhi, India – The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar has announced that polling for the Delhi Assembly elections will take place on February 5, 2025. This announcement was made during his final press conference as CEC. The term of the current 70-member Delhi Assembly is set to end on February 23, necessitating elections before this date to form a new House.
The announcement comes amid an ongoing political row over the voter roll in Delhi. In 2020, the elections were announced on January 6, with polling held on February 8 and votes counted on February 11.
Following the poll panel’s announcement, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar stated that the party is ready with all 70 candidates, with Arvind Kejriwal as its Chief Ministerial face. She criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress for their lack of preparation and expressed confidence in a fair election, predicting Kejriwal’s re-election for a fourth term.
Meanwhile, Satish Upadhyay, the BJP candidate from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency, asserted that the Election Commission of India would ensure fair elections in the National Capital.
Key Points:
- The schedule for the Delhi Assembly Election will be announced shortly by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
- The term of the 70-member Delhi Assembly ends on February 23.
- In 2020, elections were announced on January 6, polling was held on February 8, and votes were counted on February 11.
- The final electoral roll published on Monday reveals that Delhi has over 1.55 crore registered voters, reflecting an increase of 1,67,329 electors in just over two months.
- The total number of voters in the city is 1,55,24,858, including 83,49,645 male voters, 71,73,952 female voters, and 1,261 third-gender voters.
- According to the final roll, the number of first-time voters aged 18-19 has risen by 52,554, highlighting the growing participation of young citizens.
- AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday released the party’s campaign song “Phir Layenge Kejriwal” for the Delhi Assembly elections.
- AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Friday accused the BJP of deleting the names of voters from the voters list for the Delhi Assembly polls.
- Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday accused the AAP of rigging the elections by double voting.
