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
Voters show their ink-marked fingers at a polling booth in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Kalkaji in New Delhi on February 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Almost 58% of Delhi voters had cast their votes by 5 p.m. on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), sealing the city’s political fate for the next five years. The … Read more
Voters waiting in line to cast their vote at a polling station in the Erode (East) Assembly constituency during the byelection, in Erode in Tamil Nadu on February 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan Polling began at 7 a.m. at 237 polling stations in the Erode (East) Assembly constituency on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). As of 5 … Read more
Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in the Jafrabad area during the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Most exit polls on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) predicted an edge for the BJP over the ruling AAP in the Delhi Assembly … Read more
Kheru Nisha with her children inside a night shelter located near the Delhi Golf Club | Photo Credit: Soibam Rocky Singh . Delhi’s homeless citizens stepped out from night shelters and roadside dwellings to vote in the Delhi Assembly elections on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). Delhi Assembly election 2025 LIVE updates Currently residing in a … Read more
New Delhi: Polling officials carrying EVMs and other election materials arrive at a polling centre at Gole Market ahead of Delhi Assembly poll | Photo Credit: – As Delhiites cast their votes today in the 2025 Legislative Assembly elections, anticipation builds around the forthcoming exit polls. The Delhi Election results will be announced on February … Read more
Voters at a polling station of Daryaganj area during the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi, on February 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI As Delhi voters cast their ballots for the Assembly polls on Wednesday (February 5, 2025), allegations of fake voting emerged in some parts of the National Capital, including Seelampur and Kasturba … Read more
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Akhilesh Yadav. File | Photo Credit: PTI Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (February 5, 2025) claimed that police personnel were checking voters’ IDs in the Milkipur constituency, where polling is underway for the assembly by-election, to “create fear” among them and urged the Election Commission to immediately remove them. … Read more
Amanatullah Khan. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Delhi Police has registered a case against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in place for Delhi Assembly polls,” police said on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). This comes hours before voting got under way in Delhi on Wednesday morning. … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at a polling booth during the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu, Union ministers S. Jaishankar and Hardeep Singh Puri, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, were … Read more