ECI vote counting for Delhi Assembly Elections at eci.gov.in: The polling for Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 concluded on February 5. Now, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to announce the results on Saturday. The ECI will begin the vote counting at 8:00 am on February 8. The ECI will count the postal ballots first and then the votes gathered by Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
When and Where to watch Delhi Assembly Elections Results?
Soon after the Election Commission of India starts counting the votes at 8:00 am on Saturday, they will start releasing the electoral trends. To check who is winning and who is trailing, you can go on ECI’s official website – eci.gov.in. Initial trends will start coming in about half-an-hour after the counting begins, with seat-by-seat results being announced throughout the day. The trends will start appearing in real-time at eci.gov.in. You can select the constituency and the trends will appear on the page. Apart from ECI’s official website, financialexpress.com will also showcase real-time trends. Follow our live blog on Delhi elections for further updates.
In the Delhi Election 2025, 699 candidates are contesting from across 70 assembly seats. The elections were held in a single-phase on Wednesday. The key parties in this race are the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Indian National Congress. The Election Commission of India reported a voter turnout of 60.42% on February 5. These results will determine if AAP can secure a third consecutive term in power or if the BJP will end its 27-year wait to regain control of Delhi. A party needs at least 36 seats to form the government in the capital.
Delhi Elections 2025: Key Candidates in fray
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is contesting the New Delhi seat against BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit. Delhi CM and AAP candidate Atishi is running from Kalkaji, facing Congress’s Alka Lamba and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri. Manish Sisodia of AAP is fighting for the Jangpura seat against Congress’s Farhad Suri and BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah. Senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain is contesting from Shakur Basti, competing against BJP’s Karnail Singh.