Polling for Delhi assembly on 5th & Counting of votes on 8th of next month

Polling for the Delhi Assembly will be held on the 5th of February and counting will be done on the 8th of next month.  The Election Commission today announced the poll schedule for the 70-member Delhi Assembly elections.

Briefing the media in New Delhi today, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, the notification will be issued on 10th January and last date of nomination will be 17th of this month. Mr. Kumar said, 13 thousand 33 polling stations will be set up for over one crore 55 lakh voters in the national capital. He expressed hope that Delhi voters will vote in larger numbers this time.

The Chief Election Commissioner denied the allegations of EVM tampering, increasing the voter turnout numbers after 5 PM, and slowing the counting process. He reiterated that EVMs are foolproof devices and it is impossible to change voter turnout data. He stressed that India is the gold standard of elections.

            The term of the current Assembly will end on 23rd of next month. In the 2020 Assembly elections, AAP had won 62 seats while BJP grabbed 8 seats. Congress failed to win a single seat.