Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Live Updates: AAP winning by huge margin, says Manish Sisodia
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 09, 2020, 11:50:24 IST
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 Live Updates: AAP winning by huge margin, says Manish Sisodia

Delhi recorded 61.46 per cent voter turnout on Saturday, down from 67.47 per cent in 2015 assembly elections. Exit polls predicted an easy win for AAP, which sought to retain power on development plank, against the BJP that ran an aggressive campaign centred around the issues of anti-CAA protests and nationalism. Stay updated with The Times of India to get all the live updates of Delhi assembly elections, constituency-wise poll percentage and more.
05:29 (IST) Feb 08
EC will also monitor the movement of teams deployed to provide “pick and drop” facility to about 4,000-odd voters who are disabled or aged above 80. Special teams will go to the houses of the registered voters at the scheduled time to pick them. After voting, they will be dropped back home.
05:29 (IST) Feb 08
The Election Commission will keep polling stations marked as “critical” under direct surveillance. CCTV cameras have been installed at all polling stations, but live feed from critical polling stations will be closely monitored at the surveillance room set up in the office of chief electoral officer (CEO) of Delhi. Barring the voting enclosure, all other areas of the polling booth will be under constant watch of CCTVs. Officials said there are over 3,700 critical booths at 516 polling stations.
05:29 (IST) Feb 08
There are 13,750 polling booths, besides one auxiliary booth, located at 2,689 locations across Delhi. Around 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will be deployed as part of the security measures. This is nearly four times the number of CAPF personnel deployed during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, said EC officials.
05:28 (IST) Feb 08
Over 1.47 crore people will vote for the high voltage elections in Delhi. Voters in various categories include males (81,05,236), females (66,80,277), service voters (11,608), third gender voters (869), and senior citizens (aged 80 and above) voters (2,04,83).