Voting underway for assembly elections in Delhi

Voting is underway for assembly elections in Delhi. The polling began at 7 this morning and will continue till 6 in the evening. Voting is taking place across all 70 constituencies with extensive security measures in place. Over one crore fifty-six lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their ballots for 699 candidates. 

The key candidates in the fray are Aam Aadmi Party National convenor Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, and Delhi Minister Gopal Rai, BJP’s Vijender Gupta, Pravesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, and Kailash Gahlot. Congress has fielded Sandeep Dikshit, Haroon Yusuf and Alka Lamba.

Elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling in the National capital. Over 13 thousand seven hundred polling booths have been set up



across the 70 assembly constituencies. Out of these, 70 polling stations are being fully managed by women, while 70 others are being managed by divyangjans. 

The Election Commission has deployed more than one lakh and eighty thousand polling personnel to ensure the smooth conduct of elections. Assured minimum facilities have been put in place at all polling centres for the voters to ensure a smooth polling process. These include ramps, wheelchairs, medical teams and creche services.

Out of one crore fifty-six lakh eligible voters, over 83 lakh are male, around 72 lakh female and 1 thousand two hundred 67 third gender voters, who are expected to exercise their franchise. Besides, 783 voters are above 100 years of age.