Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Live Updates: AAP winning by huge margin, says Manish Sisodia

Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, BJP candidate from Hari Nagar assembly constituency offers prayers at Fateh Nagar Gurudwara

The Election Commission has marked one model polling booth in each constituency while each district will have one polling station that will be managed by an all-woman team.

According to officials, everybody whose name features in the voters’ list can cast their votes. If anybody doesn’t have a voter’s card, he can show a photo identity card such as PAN, Aadhaar, passport or photo passbook of a nationalised bank/post office to the polling officer to give his vote. However, if a name is missing in the electoral roll, that person won’t be allowed to vote even if he has a voter’s ID.

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With over 4.2 lakh registered voters, Matiala is the largest constituency in terms of electors, followed by neighbouring Vikaspuri. Chandni Chowk is the smallest with a little over 1.2 lakh voters, followed by Matia Mahal.

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Apart from 40,000 Delhi Police personnel, 190 companies of paramilitary and 13,000 cops from Punjab, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have been deployed for the entire Delhi.

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Congress' vote rose from 15% in 2014 to 22.5% in 2019 Lok Sabha elections which indicates traction with its base of minorities and poorer voters. However, in Delhi, death of its stalwart Sheila Dixit has been a big setback which has left a vacuum in state leadership and lack of a chief ministerial face. Moreover, in the event of a polarised electorate, Congress will have most to lose if voters consolidate on saffron lines.

Far behind is Congress, for which its only strength seems to be its recent performance in other state elections and its surprise ranking in Lok Sabha elections 2019 in which it stood second to BJP.

The BJP has also pulled-in its heavyweights for campaigning in Delhi like the PM, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union home minister Amit Shah among others. BJP leaders have also admitted that their prospects in Delhi elections improved due to continuing protests in Shaheen Bagh against the amended Citizenship Act.

Meanwhile, for BJP ack of a chief ministerial candidate who can challenge Kejriwal, remains its biggest hurdle in Delhi. BJP continues to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its face for Delhi elections and has been persistent in evoking national issues in Vidhan Sabha elections.

In 2020, AAP continues to remain a strong contestant riding on the development of government schools, new mohalla clinics along with free water and electricity. With Arvind Kejriwal seeking a second term as chief minister of Delhi, AAP leaders have maintained that this election in Delhi will be about the work done by the AAP government. The party has also tried to stay away from the Shaheen Bagh protests against the amendments in the Citizenship Act. While Kejriwal came to power in 2015 riding on the anti-corruption movement and the promise to implement the Lokpal, the legislation continues to remain in the cold box.

While AAP will be contesting alone on all 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly, BJP will contest on 67 seats and its ally Janata Dal United and Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) will fight on the remaining 3 seats. Similarly, Congress will fight on 66 seats and its ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will fight on the remaining 4 seats.

Since the entry of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi's electoral politics, the capital has witnessed a three-way fight among BJP, Congress and the AAP. In 2015 assembly elections, AAP won with a landslide victory sweeping 67 out of 70 assembly seats. The BJP won three seats while the Congress drew a blank. The three political parties continue to remain the frontrunners in the capital.

Delhi Metro will start running from 4 am, an hour and half ahead of its normal time so that staff on election duty can reach their destinations on time.