Delhi Elections 2025: As voting for the 70 Assembly constituencies will take place on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the voters to participate in the “festival of democracy”.
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Voting for the 70 Assembly constituencies will take place today, from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm.
In a post on X, PM wrote, “Voting for all the seats in the Delhi Assembly elections will be held today. I urge the voters here to participate in this festival of democracy with full enthusiasm and cast their valuable vote. On this occasion, my special wishes to all the young friends who are going to vote for the first time. Remember – first vote, then refreshment!”
Delhi elections-an overview
Delhi has 1,56,14,000 registered voters, including 83,76,173 males, 72,36,560 females, and 1,267 third-gender voters. The electorate also includes 2,39,905 first-time voters aged 18-19, 1,09,368 elderly voters aged 85 and above, and 79,885 persons with disabilities.
Around 97,955 personnel and 8,715 volunteers have been deployed for the elections. Security measures include 220 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), 19,000 Home Guards, and 35,626 Delhi Police personnel, ensuring peaceful polling.
To promote inclusivity, 70 polling stations will be exclusively managed by women staff, and another 70 will be run entirely by persons with disabilities. Additionally, 70 polling stations have been set up to encourage youth participation.
The New Delhi seat sees a high-profile three-way contest with former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal (AAP), BJP’s Parvesh Verma, and Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit (son of former CM Sheila Dikshit).
In the Kalkaji constituency, incumbent Chief Minister of Delhi CM Atishi is contesting against Congress’s Alka Lamba and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri.
Jangpura sees a contest between AAP’s Manish Sisodia, Congress’s Farhad Suri, and BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah.
(This is a developing story.)
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