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The 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election for all 70 constituencies is scheduled to be held on 5 February 2025. Results will be declared on 8 February 2025 [1] [2] [3]
The previous Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2020, resulting in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) forming the state government. Arvind Kejriwal assumed office as Chief Minister for a third consecutive term. On 21 September 2024, Kejriwal resigned after being jailed on corruption charges, and Atishi Marlena was sworn in as the Chief Minister. [4] The tenure of the 7th Delhi Assembly is set to conclude on 15 February 2025. [5]
Poll event | Schedule |
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Notification date | 10 January 2025 |
Last date for filing nomination | 17 January 2025 |
Scrutiny of nomination | 18 January 2025 |
Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 20 January 2025 |
Date of poll [6] | 5 February 2025 |
Date of counting of votes | 8 February 2025 |
Date before which election shall be completed | 10 February 2025 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Aam Aadmi Party | Arvind Kejriwal | 70 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Virendra Sachdeva | 68 | ||||
Janata Dal (United) [7] | Shailendra Kumar | 1 | ||||
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) [8] | Deepak Tanwar | 1 | ||||
Total | 70 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Indian National Congress | Devender Yadav | 70 | ||||
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Communist Party of India | Shankar Lal | 6 | ||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Anurag Saxena | 2 | ||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | Ravi Rai | 2 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | 70 | ||||
Nationalist Congress Party | 30 [9] | |||||
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) | Chandrashekhar Azad | 15 | ||||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Shoaib Jamei | 2 |
The Aam Aadmi Party campaign was kickstarted by Arvind Kejriwal. [22] As part of its campaign the party announced various schemes such as the Mahila Samman Yojana [23] that would include providing monthly financial assistance of Rs.2,100 to women and the Pujari Granthi Samman Yojana that would provide financial assistance of Rs.18,000 to temple priests and granthis of gurudwaras. [24]
The opposition BJP started its campaign with the Parivartan Yatra, highlighting the corruption of the AAP government. [25] Later prime minister Narendra Modi officially launched the party campaign at a rally in Rohini, where he criticized the government on issues of water shortages, pollution etc. as well as calling the government an "Aapda" (transl. Disaster). [26]
The BJP's election manifesto focused on welfare, governance, and anti-corruption measures, targeting women, senior citizens, and underprivileged communities. The manifesto promised to implement the Mahila Samridhi Yojana, providing Rs 2,500 per month to women, along with Rs 21,000 and six nutrition kits for pregnant women under the Matru Suraksha Vandana scheme. [27] The BJP pledged to increase pensions for senior citizens, widows, and destitute women, while introducing subsidies for LPG cylinders and free cylinders on Holi and Diwali. Additionally, it proposed establishing Atal Canteens to provide affordable meals for Rs 5 in slum clusters. The manifesto also emphasized continuing all existing welfare schemes, including free electricity for households consuming up to 200 units and free DTC bus rides for women, while vowing to eradicate corruption and implement Central schemes like Ayushman Bharat which have been blocked by the incumbent AAP government. [28] [29]
The Indian National Congress announced that it would hold a month-long Dilli Nyay Yatra in November (transl. Delhi Justice March) to attack the state and central governments on issues such as pollution, inflation, unemployment, and garbage disposal. [30]
The yatra was launched by Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on 8 November [31] and was to cover all seventy assembly constituencies in four phases. [32] The first phase of the yatra was launched in Rajghat on 8 November 2024 and ended in Shalimar Bagh on 13 November, covering 15 assembly constituencies. [33] The second phase of the yatra started from Gokulpuri in North East Delhi on 16 November until 20 November, covering 16 assembly constituencies. In the second phase, party chief Yadav highlighted sanitation, problems faced by daily wagers and hawkers as the main issues plaguing Delhi. [34] The third phase started from Valmiki Mandir at Palam village on 22 November. [35] The party accused the AAP state government of failing to resolve basic problems, such as supply of dirty water, increased electricity bills, long wait for ration cards and pension for beneficiaries in the 10 last years. [36] The march concluded on 7 December 2024. [37]
Delhi PCC chief Devender Yadav criticised Kejriwal for promising ₹2,100 per month to Delhi women, saying that the AAP had failed to fulfil its promise of giving ₹1,000 per month to women in Punjab. [38]
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The Congress party announced that it would provide universal health insurance to all Delhi residents covering costs up to ₹25 lakhs, akin to the Right to Health Act it passed in Rajasthan during its rule in the state. [39] [40]
On January 6, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar announced the Pyari Didi Yojna, a proposed scheme that would provide financial assistance of ₹2500 per month to women in Delhi, should the Congress party come to power. He highlighted that this initiative would be modeled after the Gruha Jyoti scheme implemented by the Congress government in Karnataka, which he said benefited 1.22 crore women in the state. He further claimed that all guarantees made by the Congress in Karnataka were met within three months of taking office. [41] [42]
Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Lead | ||||
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AAP | NDA | INC | Other | |||
30 January 2025 | Superbo-Poll | 38-43 | 20-25 | 7-12 | 0 | AAP |
Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
Aam Aadmi Party | 70 | ||||||||
NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 68 | |||||||
Janata Dal (United) | 1 | ||||||||
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 70 | ||||||||
Indian National Congress | 70 | ||||||||
Other parties | |||||||||
Independents | |||||||||
NOTA | |||||||||
Total | 100% | — | 70 | — | |||||
District | Seats | |||
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AAP | BJP | Others | ||
North Delhi | 8 | |||
North West Delhi | 7 | |||
North East Delhi | 5 | |||
West Delhi | 7 | |||
Central Delhi | 7 | |||
East Delhi | 6 | |||
South Delhi | 5 | |||
South West Delhi | 7 | |||
South East Delhi | 7 | |||
New Delhi | 6 | |||
Shahdara | 5 | |||
Total | 70 |
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