Delhi Assembly Polls: Voting underway for all 70 constituencies

Voting is underway for the high-octane Delhi Assembly elections, with over 33.31 per cent of the voters coming out to exercise their franchise till 1 pm on Wednesday across 70 assembly constituencies. Polling is underway at 13,766 stations to decide the fate of 699 candidates in a contest that could reshape the political landscape of the national capital. Around 1.56 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes. The polling began at 7 this morning and will continue till 6 in the evening.

President Droupadi Murmu voted in the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections 2025. The President cast her vote at the polling station in Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya inside Rashtrapati Bhavan complex. pic.twitter.com/yGGYx94zRy

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President Droupadi Murmu, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Union Ministers Dr S Jaishankar, and Hardeep Singh Puri, Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, and Delhi Chief Minister Atishi were among the first to cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly Polls. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioners Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar,  Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr P K Mishra, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, Congress candidate from New Delhi constituency Sandeep Dikshit, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, AAP candidate from Jangpura constituency Manish Sisodia, and others also exercised their franchise in the early hours at different polling booths in the national capital.
Prominent leaders whose political fate will be decided include – 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 leaders Sandeep Dikshit, Haroon Yusuf and Alka Lamba are also on the political battlefield.
While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing a third straight term, banking on its governance record and welfare schemes, the BJP and Congress are looking for a resurgence.