New Delhi: Delhi will go to polls in a single phase on February 5 (Wednesday), with a fierce triangular contest between the AAP, BJP and the Congress setting the political temperatures soaring in the cold wave-gripped national capital. The results will be announced on February 8 (Saturday).

With the Election Commission’s announcement of the poll schedule, the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has come into force. The ruling AAP, battling a wave of corruption allegations, will be eyeing a hat-trick. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party swept the 2015 and 2020 elections with 67 and 62 seats, respectively.

The BJP, reduced to just single digits in the last two elections, will be hoping to return to the helm in the national capital after a hiatus of 26 years. The Congress, which once ruled Delhi for 15 years, will be contesting the polls alone after having stitched an alliance with the AAP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

The election, the first of 2025, is being seen as a prestige battle for all the three parties. Last year, Kejriwal resigned as Chief Minister after his bail in the liquor policy case, asserting that he would return at the helm once the people of Delhi repose their trust in him. This time, the party is banking on a host of welfare schemes targeting the women and elderly to beat anti-incumbency and its rivals.


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