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Delhi Election Exit Poll Results: BJP on top, say pollsters
Delhi election: Exit poll predictions indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party may make a comeback in the national capital after 27 years.
Voting for the Delhi assembly elections to elect a 70-member House concluded with 57.89% turnout recorded. The final voter turnout will be updated by the Election Commission of India shortly. Meanwhile, the exit poll predictions indicate that the BJP is poised to gain an advantage over the ruling AAP in the 2025 assembly elections, suggesting that the saffron party may make a comeback in the national capital after 27 years....Read More
The polling for the Delhi assembly elections was held in a single phase across 13,766 polling stations in the national capital, with AAP, Congress, and BJP engaged in a fierce triangular contest.
Around 1.56 crore citizens are eligible to vote in the city, including 83.76 lakh men, 72.36 lakh women, and 1,267 individuals from the third gender.
More than 30,000 police personnel and 220 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed across Delhi to ensure a fair and smooth voting process.
Key updates
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal has been booked in connection with his remarks alleging that the Haryana government had "poisoned" the Yamuna water.
- Arvind Kejriwal will be facing off against BJP's Parvesh Varma and Congress's Sandeep Dikshit in a high-octane battle. The Kalkaji constituency also features a competition between heavyweights Delhi CM Atishi, Congress' Alka Lamba, and BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri.
- The Election Commission of India has introduced a Queue Management System (QMS) app, which will enable voters to check crowd levels in real-time. Special provisions have been made for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
- The ECI has issued a notification banning the conduct, publication, or publicising of exit polls between 7 am to 6.30 pm on February 5
The counting of the votes will take place on February 8.
