Over 1.8 lakh personnel deployed for smooth conduct of Delhi assembly polls

All arrangements are being made for the smooth conduct of elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly to be held tomorrow. The polling will be held from 7 AM to 6 PM on Wednesday. Over one crore 56 lakh voters will decide the fate of the 699 candidates in the fray. Campaigning came to an end last evening. The counting of votes will take place on Saturday.

The Election Commission has deployed over 1.8 lakh personnel for the assembly polls. Seizures of cash, liquor, drugs, freebies, and precious metals amounting to over 220 crores rupees have been



recorded in a strict clampdown of inducements. Of these, the largest component is drugs at 88 crore rupees followed by precious metals at over 81 crore rupees. 

This marks a nearly four-fold increase compared to the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections where total seizures amounted to 57.5 crore rupees. Since the Model Code of Conduct enforcement, 7,499 complaints have been received through cVigil. Out of these, only 32 cases remain under process, and the rest have been successfully resolved.