The Aam Aadmi Party had won 67 of the 70 seats in the 2015 elections in Delhi, with only three seats going to the BJP and none to the Congress
New Delhi: Around 1.46 crore voters can exercise their franchise in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, according to the final electoral list, officials said on Monday.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Delhi Ranbir Singh said the final publication of voters list shows there is a total of 1,46,92,136 voters in Delhi including 80.55 lakh males and 66.35 lakh females.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora says that consultations were held with three secretaries before the election schedule was finalized. The commissioner also met Delhi Police officials and other officials to check preparedness on 26 December. Arora said 90,000 policemen will be deployed to ensure that the polling process is held smoothly. The additional secretary will handle any additional deployment of officials on poll duty.
The Delhi polls will be held in a single-phase on 8 February while the counting will be held on 11 February, CEC Sunil Arora said while addressing media. Meanwhile, the last date of filing nomination papers for the candidate will be 22 January. The last date for withdrawal of nominations will be 24 January.
The Model Code of Conduct will come into effect in Delhi with immediate effect, the CEC says. It is a set of guidelines issued by the poll panel for the conduct of political parties and candidates during elections mainly with respect to speeches, polling day, polling booths, portfolios, election manifestos, processions, and general conduct. Arora said that a media monitoring cell will also be formed for the election and all arrangements will be there to enforce the model code of conduct.
This time new concept of absentee voters introduced, the Arora said. He said that it will enable those voters to take part in elections who are not able to come to polling stations due to physical circumstances or unavoidable reasons. PWDs and senior citizens above 80 years of age can either vote in person or vote through postal ballot, he added.
The Aam Aadmi Party had won 67 of the 70 seats in the 2015 elections in Delhi, with only three seats going to the BJP and none to the Congress.
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