The AAP is aiming for a third consecutive term, while the BJP is making all efforts to return to power after more than two decades in the National Capital.
The counting of votes for the high-stakes Delhi assembly elections will be held on Saturday. The AAP is eyeing a third consecutive term while the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to come back to power after more than two decades.
Madhya Pradesh BJP President VD Sharma claimed "history is in the making after 26 years in Delhi" and added that the "BJP will make a clean sweep" as the counting of votes for the high-stakes Delhi assembly elections will take place on Saturday.
BJP MP Jagdambika Pal predicted that Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, her predecessor Arvind Kejriwal, and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will lose the upcoming elections as the counting of votes takes place on Saturday.
Exit polls have predicted that BJP will win comfortable victory in the polls with AAP falling behind and Congress continuing its dismal show. AAP leaders, however, said that exit polls have always predicted the party winning less seats than it actually gets. They expressed confidence of p
The exit polls varied in their prediction of the margin of BJP victory with one poll saying that the party could win 51-60 out of 70 assembly seats in Delhi. Two polls also predicted AAP victory. The exit polls came with their predictions after the conclusion of voting in Delhi assembly p
Commenting on the exit polls, Sharma told ANI, "The exit polls are in favour of the BJP. Along with this, as a political worker, when we go to the field, we can sense that the BJP's chief minister will be elected in Delhi."
As per the ECI data, among the eleven districts, North East recorded the highest voter turnout at 66.25 per cent, while South East had the lowest at 56.16 per cent.
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.
"In the area domination, we have intercepted five persons belonging to an outside state trying to influence elections. Legal action is being initiated at Tughlak Road Police Station, and further investigation is underway," DCP New Delhi wrote in a post on X.
Ravi Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South East, told ANI, "We received a call about people being caught with Rs 5 lakh. Our team reached the spot, and the FST handed over two men, namely Gaurav and Ajit. Both are attached to the Delhi CM's office, as per preliminary info