Virendra Sachdeva. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The next Delhi Chief Minister will be from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but the Central leadership will decide on who it will be, the party’s Delhi president Virendra Sachdeva said on Saturday (February 8, 2025) as votes were counted for the Assembly elections held earlier this … Read more
Congress leader and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi at the Kannur airport, before heading to her constituency Wayanad, on February 8, 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who arrived at Kannur Airport on Saturday (February 8, 2025) morning, said about the Delhi Assembly elections that people wanted a change and they voted for … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. File | Photo Credit: PTI As early trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in 45 of Delhi’s 70 Assembly seats and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) big-wigs trailing in some seats, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday (February 8, 2025) said leaders who were part … Read more
BJP supporters at the party office on the counting day for Delhi Assembly polls, in New Delhi, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 years, with the latest Election Commission trends at 1:05 pm showing the saffron party ahead … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Mohan Singh Bisht from Mustafabad constituency. File | Photo Credit: PTI Kapil Mishra, the BJP candidate from north-east Delhi’s Karawal Nagar Assembly seat is leading with number of 45,534, after counting of 15 rounds. As the counting is underway for theDelhi … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were quick to begin celebrations in the national capital as early trends of the results of the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections indicated a comeback for the saffron party on Saturday (February 8, 2025). Senior party leaders reached the BJP office in the city, as supporters danced to the beats of … Read more
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives to cast her vote for the Delhi Assembly elections with Party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party candidate from New Delhi Sandeep Dikshit, on February 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Sandeep Dikshit, Congress leader and son of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, conceded … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate outside the BJP State headquarters, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: Reuters Story so far: “50 seats will ensure a comfortable government for BJP,” said BJP candidate from Kalkaji, Ramesh Bidhuri, on Saturday (February 8, 2025) as the saffron party took an early lead of 40+ seats in the Delhi … Read more
Poll officials begin counting of votes at the Netaji Subhas University of Technology counting centre for Delhi Assembly polls, in New Delhi, Saturday, February 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI As the counting of votes for the Assembly polls began in Delhi on Saturday (February 8, 2025), candidates cutting across party lines visited shrines in … Read more
BJP candidate from Kalkaji Delhi Assembly seat, Ramesh Bidhuri | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Chief Minister Atishi is trailing from BJP rival Ramesh Bidhuri by 2800 votes from Kalkaji seat at the end of the fifth rounds of counting for the Delhi Assembly polls, the Election Commission website showed. Mr. Bidhuri said the AAP … Read more
Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch team goes to Kejriwal’s residence after his claim of poaching attempt by BJP On Thursday (February 6, 2025), the AAP alleged that the BJP offered ₹15 crore each to 16 of its candidates, mostly sitting MLAs, to leave the party and join the BJP to form the government after the results. On … Read more
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal addressing the media at party office | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO On the eve of the counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly election, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) refused to upload Form 17C and the number of votes polled per booth … Read more
CM Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday rejected Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of irregularities in the State voter list, saying the claim stems from his party’s imminent defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls. Talking to reporters in Nagpur, Mr. Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, maintained … Read more
Security personnel keep vigil at a counting centre in New Delhi on February 7, 2025 on the eve of counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly elections. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly election held on February 5 is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday (February 8, … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener Arvind Kejriwal with his mother Gita Devi and wife Sunita Kejriwal arrive to cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI On the eve of counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Delhi, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on … Read more
File photo of Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena | Photo Credit: ANI Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Friday (February 7, 2025) ordered an anti-corruption bureau (ACB) probe into allegations by the AAP leaders that the BJP attempted to poach its candidates, officials said. Meanwhile, the ACB team has reached AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s … Read more
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Friday (February 7, 2025) arrived at party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in Delhi to take part in the meeting being held ahead of the Assembly Election results scheduled tomorrow. Also Read | EVMs kept in strongrooms with three-tier security system, … Read more
Security personnel keep vigil at a counting centre ahead of the results of the Delhi Assembly polls. | Photo Credit: PTI The voting for the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 concluded on February 5 with an overall voter turnout of 60.39%. The eagerly awaited results are scheduled to be announced on Saturday (February 8, 2024). Most … Read more
A polling official carrying EVMs and other election materials. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The EVMs and VVPAT machines used in the Delhi Assembly election have been kept in 70 strongrooms and are secured by a three-tier cordon, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R. Alice Vaz said on Thursday. “These strongrooms, one for each Assembly … Read more
Security personnel near a strongroom in Gole Market on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to poach his party’s candidates. While making the claim on X, the AAP chief, instead of directly naming the BJP, said that … Read more
Senior BJP leaders at a meeting in Delhi on February 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday (February 7, 2025) said his party is poised to come to power in the Capital by winning more than 50 of the 70 Assembly seats. “People have given a decisive mandate … Read more
The story so far: “Delhi’s law and order is under the Central Government, but Delhi is now being known as the capital of crime,” lamented its ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal on December 14, 2024, in his letter to Union Home Minster Amit Shah. Accusing Mr. Shah of turning Delhi into a jungle raj, he said, “BJP … Read more
Police personnel checks voter slips for the Delhi Assembly election, in New Delhi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI More than 1,090 cases of alleged violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) have been registered in Delhi, an official said on Thursday (February 6, 2025). Also Read | Delhi Assembly polls: Majority of exit … Read more
On Wednesday, a group of 150-odd voters travelled 40 km to their polling booth in central Delhi. They claimed to have even received voter slips outside the booth, only to be told by an officer inside that their names had been deleted from the electoral roll. These voters had been relocated from the city’s Kali … Read more
Candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) levelled allegations of electoral malpractices against each other during polling on Wednesday, even as the police reported no breach of law and order. While senior AAP leaders and Assembly poll candidates Manish Sisodia (Jangpura) and Saurabh Bharadwaj (Greater Kailash) accused the BJP … Read more
Voters showing their ink-marked finger after casting their vote at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Kalkaji on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Rising prices, unemployment, air pollution, and better infrastructure were on top of Delhi voters’ minds when they stepped out to vote on Wednesday. However, the issues varied across regions and social structures. … Read more
Among those who stepped out to exercise their franchise on Wednesday were the city’s homeless citizens. Several such voters told The Hindu that they had cast their ballot in the hope of seeing their children in schools and being able to afford two square meals a day. Kheru Nisha, who stays in a night shelter in Lodhi … Read more
People wait to cast their votes during the Milkipur Assembly by-election, in Ayodhya district, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. More than 65% of the total 3.70 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the bypoll to the Milkipur Assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), surpassing the turnout recorded in the 2022 Assembly polls. … Read more
Mustafabad Assembly in north-east Delhi on Wednesday recorded the highest voter turnout at 69%, according to Election Commission data. It was followed by Seelampur — 68.70% — located in the same region. In Mustafabad, several polling stations saw queues of voters throughout the day as they came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. “For … Read more
People outside of a polling station during the Delhi Assembly elections, at Jamia Nagar, Okhla seat, in New Delhi on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI There were no major complaints of names deleted from the voter’s list during polling in the New Delhi Assembly constituency on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), despite the … Read more