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Voting will be held in a single phase on February 5 for all 70 assembly seats. The results will come on 8 February.
The Election Commission announced the Delhi Assembly elections on 7 January. Voting will be held in a single phase on February 5 for all 70 assembly seats. The results will come on 8 February. With the announcement of elections, the code of conduct also came into force in Delhi.
This will remain in force for about 35 days till the completion of the election process i.e. 10th February. If we compare this with the 2020 elections, it is 4 days less. Then the election was announced on January 6 and the process remained in force for about 39 days till completion i.e. on February 13.
The Election Commission announced Delhi Assembly elections on 7 January.
8 lakh voters increased to 1.55 crore from 2020 Nearly 8 lakh voters have increased in the 5 years since the last assembly elections 2020. Last time the number of voters was around 1.47 crore. There were 79.86 lakh men, 67.30 lakh women and 1176 third gender voters. Whereas this time there are 1.55 crore voters in the elections. These include 83.49 lakh men, 71.74 lakh women and 1261 third gender voters.
In 2013, the 1 year old party garnered 29% votes, reaching 54% in the next 2 years. The foundation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was laid on Gandhi Jayanti i.e. 2 October 2012. Exactly 1 year, 1 month and 2 days later, voting for Delhi elections took place on December 4, 2013. When the results came on 8 December, AAP won 28 seats with 29.49% votes. Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal defeated the then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from her New Delhi seat by about 26 thousand votes. Kejriwal got 53.8% votes, while three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit got only 22.4% votes.
BJP’s vote increased by 5% in 7 years, seats decreased from 31 to 8. In the assembly elections held in December 2013, BJP became the largest party, but fell 5 seats short of the majority. BJP won 31 seats by securing 33.07% votes. AAP formed the government with the support of Congress, but it did not last even for 2 months. President’s rule lasted for almost a year.
When elections were held in 2015, BJP’s vote share decreased by 0.88% to 32.19%. Due to this alone the party lost 28 seats. In comparison to 2013, BJP’s vote share increased by 5.44% to 38.51% in the 2020 elections, yet the party could win only 8 seats, increasing from 5 seats.
Congress came from 24% to 4% in 7 years, did not even open its account in the last 2 elections Congress, which had won three consecutive assembly elections from 1998 to 2013, could not even open its account in the 2015 elections. The party got only 9.65% votes. Whereas, in the 2013 elections, Congress had won 8 seats with 24.55% votes. The party’s plight in Delhi did not stop here. In 2020 the vote dropped to 4.26%.
About 18% swing voters become kingmakers of Delhi. Assembly elections are held in Delhi every time about nine months after the Lok Sabha elections. But, even in such a short interval the voting trend changes. If we look at the results of the last three assembly and three Lok Sabha elections, on an average only 18% swing voters have been deciding the power in Delhi.
A swing voter or floating voter is a voter who is not affiliated with any party. He can vote for different parties in every election depending on his advantages and disadvantages.
In 2014, BJP won all 7 Lok Sabha seats and was leading in 60 assembly seats out of total 70, but in 2015 assembly elections, AAP won 67 and BJP 3 seats. In 2019, BJP again won all the Lok Sabha seats and was ahead in 65 assembly seats. But in the 2020 assembly elections, AAP won 62 seats.
In the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, BJP again won all the seats and was ahead in 52 assembly seats. For the last three Lok Sabha elections, BJP has been winning unilaterally. AAP continued to win the assembly elections unilaterally by taking almost the same number of votes as the BJP gets in the Lok Sabha. At the same time, Congress could not get even 10% votes in Delhi Assembly elections after 2013.
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