Delhi Election 2020 Live Updates: Polling on Feb 8, results on Feb 11

Delhi Election 2020: The term of the 70-member Delhi Assembly ends on February 22

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Important dates for Delhi election:

January 14: Official notification

 

January 21: Last date of nomination

 

February 8: Poll 

 

February: Counting of votes

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The Delhi Assembly election will be held in a single-phase

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Delhi election result will be announced on February 11: EC

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Delhi election to be held on February 8: EC

Delhi election to be held on February 8: EC

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Last day of nomination on January 21: CEC

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Notification to be issued on January 14, Tuesday

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All arrangements are in place for enforcement of Model Code of Conduct in Delhi:CEC 

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90,000 policemen will be deployed: EC on Delhi election

90,000 policemen will be deployed to ensure that the polling process is held smoothly. The additional secretary will handle any additional deployment of officials on poll duty: EC

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About 90,000 officials will be deployed for smooth conduct of polling: Sunil Arora

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There are 13,750 polling stations: Sunil Arora

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Election Commission will announce Delhi poll dates shortly

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We have held a meeting with Delhi chief secy and Delhi Police commissioner: Sunil Arora

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 Total electors in the final electoral roll of the NCT of Delhi as on January 6, 2020 are 146,92,136

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Term of current Delhi assembly expires January 22, 2020: CEC

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Appropriate arrangements have been made: EC on Delhi Election

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora says appropariate arrangements have been made

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Elections Commission is addressing media, will announce dates shortly

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AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal was the chief ministerial candidate and contested the elections from the New Delhi seat again after successfully managing to defeat incumbent MLA and then CM Sheila Dixit in the 2013 elections.

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AAP started campaigning in Delhi in November 2014 and inducted several first-time candidates, with as many as 27 out of 70 MLA candidates.

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Safety of women, corruption, water problems and price rises were the main issues in Delhi Election 2015.

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Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs were used in 2 assembly seats in Delhi elections- New Delhi and Delhi Cantt.

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The election commission announced the schedule for the elections on 12 January 2015.

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Delhi Assembly Elections 2015 recap

In the Delhi Assembly Elections 2015, Kejriwal-led AAP bagged 67 of the 70 seats, while the BJP won just 3.

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Amit Shah starts begins BJP campaign

Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah accuses Arvind Kejriwal of wasting public money on advertisements. He accuses Kejriwal of "favouring the tukde tukde" gang by not giving sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar, the former president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU), in a sedition case. Shah was speaking at a public rally marking the official start of BJP's election campaign.