The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the dates for the Assembly elections on Feb 07,2015
With
the declaration of the poll schedule, the Model Code of Conduct will
come into force with immediate effect, the Election Commission (EC)
said
The
notification for the polls will be issued by the Lieutenant Governor on
January 14, 2015 while the last date for filing nominations is January 21,2015
Delhi elections schedule
| Last date for nomination |
January 21, 2015 |
| Scrutiny of nomination |
January 22, 2015 |
| Last date for withdrawing nomination |
January 24, 2015 |
| Voting |
February 7, 2015 |
| Counting |
February 10, 2015 |
| Completion of poll process |
February 15, 2015 |
The updated electoral rolls for the upcoming Assembly polls have been already published on January 5,2015
Background to the election
In the Delhi Assembly elections held in December 2013, AAP gave BJP a run for its
money and uprooted Congress which had ruled Delhi since 1998.
The Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal bagged 28 seats,
BJP-Shiromani Akali Dal won 32, and Congress was pushed to a humiliating
third with just 8 seats.
AAP with its elections symbol of "jhadu" (broom) promised to
sweep away the dirt in politics and claimed to be the cleanest and
pro-people party in the country
AAP formed a minority government with outside support from the Indian National Congress(INC)
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal resigned after 49 days on February 14,2014
Arwind Kejriwal cited the failure of the Assembly to pass the promised Jan Lokpal Bill as the reason for his resignation
After several interventions by the Supreme Court of India, the NDA Govt's Union Cabinet
recommended the dissolution of the Delhi Legislative Assembly and fresh
elections on the recommendation of LG Jung on November 04,2014
The dissolution (of the
Delhi Assembly) order of the President will expire by February 15 and in
order to restore the mandate of the people as expeditiously as
possible, the Commission has decided to go in for elections where the
results will be known well before February 15,2015
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