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Delhi Election 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: All 70 seats of Delhi are voting in a single phase today, while the results of the high-stake Assembly polls will be declared on February 8
Arvind Kejriwal And PM Modi
Delhi Election 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: Delhiites are voting to elect their government today. The capital is witnessing a tri-cornered contest between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is eyeing a third straight term, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress which are looking for a comeback.
All 70 seats of Delhi are polling in a single phase today (Wednesday, February 5), while the results of the high-stake Assembly polls will be declared on February 8.
As many as 1.56 crore voters will decide the fate of 699 candidates contesting across 70 constituencies. Of the voters, 83.76 lakh are men, 72.36 lakh are women, and 1,267 are third-gender voters.
Notably, AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal won the last two Delhi Assembly Elections held in 2015 and 2020. While the Congress was in power in Delhi for 15 years in a row till 2013. The BJP has not been in power in Delhi for the last 27 years.
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Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: CEC Rajiv Kumar Casts Vote
CEC Rajiv Kumar cast his vote in Delhi and said, “Everyone has worked very hard together. Today, over 1.5 lakh people are involved in conducting the elections. Preparations have been going on for months. No one should stay home without voting—everyone must cast their vote. I am sure that Delhi will see high voter turnout… Young voters are participating actively, which is encouraging. We have worked very hard to motivate them, as they represent the future of democracy.”
Delhi Election 2025 LIVE Updates: Delhi Voter Turnout At A Glance
Mustafabad seat in north-east Delhi witnessed 12 per cent turnout while Chandni Chowk recorded 5 per cent turnout, the Election Commission said.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: AAP's Gopal Rai Says BJP 'Desperate' To Win Delhi Polls
AAP candidate from Babarpur assembly seat Gopal Rai sad, “I appeal to people to vote in large numbers and vote for work…BJP is desperate and due to the disappointment of defeat, they are doing all prohibited things whether it is attacking journalists, women, or distributing money. All this shows that BJP is desperate.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Delhi Records 8.1% Turnout Till 9 AM
Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 8.1% till 9AM, Election Commission’s site showed.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Minister Hardeep Singh Puri's Message To Delhi Voters
After casting his vote, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri asked Delhi residents to restore Delhi. He said, “The message is that I would like to tell all the citizens of Delhi, the voters, that this is not an opportunity for us; it is our duty and chance to restore Delhi, which has been devastated by ‘AAP-da’ in the last so many years. Therefore, this is not just a normal election; it has a very special importance and I am fully confident that people will come today and voter turnout will be good.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: President Droupadi Murmu Casts Her Vote
President Droupadi Murmu cast her vote at Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, President’s Estate.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Delhi CM Atishi Offers Prayers At Kalkaji Temple
Delhi CM and AAP candidate from Kalkaji Assembly seat Atishi offered prayers at Kalkaji Temple ahead of casting her vote. In the Kalkaji seat, Atishi is facing Congress’s Alka Lamba and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri.
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Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Two Employees Of CM's Office Detained With Rs 5 Lakh Cash
Two employees of the Delhi Chief Minister’s officer were detained by police on Tuesday after cash worth Rs 5 lakh was recovered from their possession. One of them is rumoured to be CM Atishi’s personal assistant.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Manish Sisodia Casts Vote Along With His Wife
AAP leader and MLA candidate from Jangpura constituency Manish Sisodia cast his vote along with his wife.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Arvind Kejriwal Says 'Hooliganism' Will Lose As Delhi Votes
Arvind Kejriwal said ‘hooliganism’ will lose and Delhi will in today’s polling. He wrote in a post on X, “Dear Delhiites, today is the day to vote. Your vote is not just a button, it is the foundation of your children’s bright future. It is an opportunity to provide good schools, excellent hospitals and a respectable life to every family. Today we have to defeat the politics of lies, hatred and fear and make truth, development and honesty win. Vote yourself and also inspire your family, friends and neighbours. Hooliganism will lose, Delhi will win.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Case Against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan For MCC Violation
Delhi Police registered a case against AAP MLA and candidate from Okhla Vidhan Sabha Amanatullah Khan for MCC violation.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: BJP's Bansuri Swaraj Casts Vote
BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj said, “It is the festival of democracy in Delhi today and I appeal to the voters of the national capital to come out in large numbers and exercise their democratic rights so that Delhi becomes a developed capital of the developed nation. You will see, only the lotus will bloom on 8th February.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: BJP's Arvinder Singh Lovely Says Delhi Facing 'Fundamental Issues'
BJP candidate from Gandhinagar Assembly Constituency, Arvinder Singh Lovely said, “Delhi is facing many fundamental issues; Yamuna is in such bad state that the Supreme Court has to intervene. The air that we breathe is so polluted. Now, it’s time to get rid of this govt, and Delhi needs a govt under the leadership of PM Modi that works for the people.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: S Jaishankar Casts Vote
After casting vote, Foreign minister S Jaishankar said, “I am an early voter. I think the public is in a mood for change.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra Casts Vote
Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra casts vote at a polling booth in Moti Bagh in Delhi.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Responsibility Of Everyone To Vote, Says Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi
Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said, “First of all, I want to congratulate that it is a matter of great pride for the whole country that what we are seeing today is that in a democracy everyone can exercise their right to vote. It is not just the right to vote but it is also the responsibility of every common citizen to take part in the democratic process and decide the future of India themselves.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Manish Sisodia Offers Prayers At Kalkaji Mandir
AAP leader Manish Sisodia offered prayers at Kalkaji Mandir ahead of casting his vote.
Manish Sisodia is contesting from the Jangpura constituency. The former Deputy CM of Delhi is up against BJP’s Tarvinder Marwah and Congress’ Farhad Suri.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Manish Sisodia Offers Prayers At Kalkaji Mandir
AAP leader Manish Sisodia offered prayers at Kalkaji Mandir ahead of casting his vote.
Manish Sisodia is contesting from the Jangpura constituency. The former Deputy CM of Delhi is up against BJP’s Tarvinder Marwah and Congress’ Farhad Suri.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi Votes
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi cast his vote at a polling booth in K. Kamraj Lane in the New Delhi Assembly constituency.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Sandeep Dikshit Reflects On His Mother's Legacy As He Votes In Delhi
Sandeep Dikshit, son of Delhi’s former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, said, “I voted for a candidate I believe will do a good job.”
Making a reference to his mother, he said, “People are remembering the woman who built Delhi.”
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Kiren Rijiju Urges Voters To Choose Development
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote on X that voting for the Delhi Assembly elections was being held that day. He requested all respected voters to vote for the development and golden future of Delhi and urged them to inspire more people to participate in the festival of democracy.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: PM Modi Urges People To Vote In Large Numbers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X, urging people to participate in the festival of democracy with full enthusiasm and cast their valuable votes.
He also sent his special wishes to all “the young friends who are going to vote for the first time”.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Arvind Kejriwal To Fight From New Delhi Seat
Among prominent candidates, former Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from the New Delhi seat. The BJP has fielded Parvesh Verma, a former Member of Parliament and the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, against Kejriwal.
The Congress party has nominated Sandeep Dixit, the son of former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, from the same seat.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Arvind Kejriwal To Fight From New Delhi Seat
Among prominent candidates, former Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from the New Delhi seat. The BJP has fielded Parvesh Verma, a former Member of Parliament and the son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, against Kejriwal.
The Congress party has nominated Sandeep Dixit, the son of former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, from the same seat.
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Key Battles
Delhi Election 2025 Polling LIVE Updates: Delhi To Vote In Single Phase Today
All 70 seats of Delhi will vote in a single phase today, February 5. The Delhi election is a three-way contest between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress.
