Hindustan Times : Jan 06, 2020, 04:09 PM
New Delhi: Delhi Assembly elections to be held on 8 February, the Election Commission of India announced on Monday. The counting of votes will be done on 11 February. The elections will be conducted in single phase.The term of the 70-member Delhi assembly will end on February 22 and a new House has to be constituted before that.Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seeking re-election after a massive win in the last assembly polls held in 2015. The AAP won 67 seats and the remaining three went to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The Congress drew a blank.Follow highlights here:• Delhi Assembly elections to be held on 8 February, counting of votes on 11 February.• Term of current Delhi assembly expires on February 22, 2020: CEC Sunil Arora• Door to door verification has happened for these elections. A total of 1,46,92,136 electors are eligible to vote for the polls: CEC Sunil Arora• About 90,000 officials to be deployed for conducting free and fair polls: CEC Sunil Arora• 13,750 polling stations for holding Delhi Assembly elections: CEC Sunil Arora• Adequate strength of security has been deployed: CEC Sunil Arora• Media will be briefed on a daily basis after announcement of dates: CEC Sunil Arora• Turnout in naxal affected ares of Chhattisgard, Jharkhand was ironically more than Delhi: CEC Sunil Arora• Facility of rams, wheelchairs have been provided. Pick and drop facility for PWD and senior citizens will be provided: CEC Sunil Arora• Category of absentee voters has been introduced. It caters to voters who aren’t able to turn up due to physical limitations: CEC Sunil Arora• Model code of conduct shall be applicable in Delhi henceforth, shall make sure its vigorously implemented: CEC Sunil Arora.