Delhi Assembly elections will be held on February 8 and it will witness a triangular contest among the ruling Aam Aadmi Party AAP, the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the Congress. The results will be declared on February 11, the Election Commission announced on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the notification for the polls will be issued on January 14 while the last date of withdrawal of candidature will be January 24. The nomination process will commence with the issuance of the notification. (Photo Credit: PTI)
In the 2015 polls, Arvind Kejriwal had led the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to an unprecedented victory with his party bagging 67 seats, leaving just three seats for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Congress drew a blank. (Photo Credit: IANS)
Over 1.46 crore voters can exercise their franchise in the February 8 Assembly election, according to the final electoral roll published on Monday. (Photo Credit: IANS)
There are total 1,46,92,136 voters - 80,55,686 males, 66,35,635 females and 815 belonging to third gender - in the final voters list. All voters will be provided QR code-enabled voters slip which will speed up voting through easy identification. (Photo Credit: PTI)
This time Delhi will have 13,659 polling stations as compared to 11,763 in 2014, a jump of 16.89 per cent, according to an EC press note. For Delhi elections, the Commission will deploy 33,600 ballot units, 18,200 control units and 20,600 paper trail machines. (Photo Credit: PTI)
