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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
PM Modi and Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Election 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: Delhiites have begun voting to elect their government. 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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