Campaigning Ends for Delhi Assembly Elections 2025

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Voting on February 5, Results on February 8

New Delhi, Feb 4 – The high-stakes campaign for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 officially concluded on Monday evening. With just a day left for the polls, the national capital is set to witness a three-way contest among the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress.

Polling Details

Voting for all 70 assembly seats will take place in a single phase on February 5. The Election Commission has set up 13,766 polling stations across the city for 1.56 crore eligible voters. Among them, 83.76 lakh are men, 72.36 lakh women, and 1,267 are third-gender voters.

Delhi’s Political Landscape

The AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, has been in power since 2015, securing landslide victories in the past two elections. In 2020, AAP won 62 out of 70 seats, while the BJP managed to secure just 8 seats. The Congress, which once dominated Delhi politics, failed to win a single seat in both 2015 and 2020.

The BJP, which last governed Delhi in 1998, has been out of power in the capital for 27 years. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years, is aiming to make a comeback in this election.

Counting & Results

The votes will be counted on February 8, with results expected by the evening.

Exit Poll Restrictions

The Election Commission has banned the publication of exit polls before 6:30 PM on February 5. A notification issued on February 3 stated:

“The Commission notifies the period between 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM on February 5, 2025, as the period during which conducting and publishing or publicizing exit polls through print, electronic media, or any other means shall be prohibited.”

Other Elections on February 5

Along with the Delhi Assembly Elections, bypolls will also be held for the Milkipur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh and the Erode (East) assembly seat in Tamil Nadu on the same day.

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