2015 Delhi Assembly Election Feb 07,2015

 

The Delhi Assembly Election will be held in late January or early February 2015 to elect 70 members

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

AAP names candidates for all 70 assembly seats

The Aam Aadmi Party has released names of candidates for all the 70 assembly seats of Delhi for upcoming elections. The list includes many of the sitting MLAs while there are few new faces that the party is fielding for the elections 

Candidates List

Jagdeep Singh- Harinagar
Jarnail Singh - Tilak Nagar
Girish Soni- Madipur
Vishesh Ravi- Karol Bagh
Somnath Bharti- Malviya Nagar
Saurabh Bhardwaj- Greater Kailash
Sanjeev Jha- Burari
Bandana Kumari- Shalimar Bagh
Satyendra Jain - Shakur Basti
Somdutt - Sadar Bazar
Cammando Surender - Delhi Cantt
Sandeep - Sultanpuri Majra
Anil Bajpai - Gandhi Nagar
Atul Gupta - VishwasNagar
Rajesh Rishi - Janakpuri
Gulab Singh- Matiala
Vijender Garg- Rajender Nagar
Kapil Mishra- Karawal Nagar
Jitender Tomar - TriNagar
ND Sharma- Badarpur
Bhavna Gaur- Palam
Arvind Kejriwal- New Delhi
Manoj Kumar- Kondli
Rajendra Gautam- Seemapuri
Fateh Singh- Gokulpuri
SD Sharma- Ghonda
Kailash Gehlot- Najafgarh
Amanatullah Khan- Okhla
Rajendra Dabas- Mundka
Naresh Balyan- Uttam Nagar
Sarita Singh- Rohtash Nagar
Pankaj Pushkar- Timarpur
Haji Yunus- Mustafabad
Ch. Goverdhan Singh- Mehrauli
Ajay Dutt- Ambedkar Nagar
Suresh Bhardwaj- Wazirpur
Pramila Tokas- RK Puram
Pawan Sharma- Adarsh Nagar
Ajesh Yadav- Badli
Avtar Singh- Kalkaji
Adv Charanji Lal Gupta- Rohini
Akhilesh Pati Tripathi- Model Town
Mahendra Yadav- Vikaspuri
Col (R) Devendra Sehrawat- Bijwasan
Jarnail Singh- Rajouri Garden
Alka Lamba- Chandni Chowk
Haji Ishraq- Seelampur
Adarsh Shastri- Dwarka
Rituraj Jha- Kirari
Praveen Kumar- Jangpura
Nitin Tyagi- Laxminagar
SK Bagga- Krishnanagar
Shiv Charan Goyal- Moti Nagar
Sahi Ram- Tuglakabad
Kartar Singh Tanwar- Chattarpur
Ved Prakash- Bawana
Sharad Chauhan- Narela
Manish Sisodia - Patparganj
Rakhi Bidlan- Mangolpuri
Madan Lal- Kasturbanagar
Raju Dhingan- Trilokpuri
Dinesh Mohania- Sangam Vihar
Prakash Jarwal- Deoli
Gopal Rai- Babarpur
Imran Hussain- Ballimaram
Asim Ahmed Khan- Matia Mahal
Hazari Lal Chauhan- Patel Nagar
Ram Niwas Goel- Shahdra
Raghuvendra Shaukeen- Nangloi Jat

Congress Releases First List of Candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections

The Congress on Thursday Jan 01,2015 released its first list of candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Delhi.The list of 24 candidates includes nine incumbent legislators, the party's Delhi election in-charge, PC Chako, told IANS.

The Congress - which came third in the last assembly election in December 2013 - has given a chance to contest the polls to 11 candidates who had come second at that time.

The prominent leaders in the list include Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPPC) chief Arvinder Singh Lovely, former ministers Haroon Yusuf, Raj Kumar Chauhan and AK Walia.

2015 Delhi Assembly Election Date Announced
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday  Jan 13,2015 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

Indian National Congress(INC) fields Kiran Walia against AAP's Kejriwal

The Indian National Congress(INC)has prepared its second list of 43 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. 

As per the list, the party has decided to field former woman and child development minster Dr Kiran Walia against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal from New Delhi constituency. 

Among other confirmed candidates are Ajay Maken from Delhi Sadar constituency, Mahabal Mishra from Dwarka seat, Yoganand Shastri from Malviya Nagar and Chaudhary Prem Singh from Ambedkar Nagar Assembly seat. 

“The Indian National Congress(INC) has decided to officially release the second list on the auspicious day of Makar Sakranti on January 14. The candidates, however, have been informed about their constituencies, and they have even started planning their campaign

Among the absent names are those of former transport minister Ramakant Goswami, former social welfare minister Mangat Ram Singhal, Delhi Commission of Women Chairperson Barkha Singh, and former presidents of Delhi University Students’ Union Amrita Dhawan, Ragini Nayak and Shalu Malik. 

Congress releases 3rd list of 15 candidates

Congress on Thursday Jan 15,2015 released its third list of 15 candidates for Delhi Assembly elections

• Praveen Kumar Bhugra: Narela
• Mukesh Goyal: Adarsh Nagar
• Jagdish Yadav: Rithala
• Chaman Lal Sharma: Shakur Basti
• Rajesh Lilothia: Patel Nagar
• Malaram Gangwal: Madipur
• CP Mittal: Hari Nagar
• Madan Mohan: Palam
• Brahm Yadav: Rajinder Nagar
• Sharmistha Mukherjee: Greater Kailash
• Anil Kumar: Patparganj
• Bansi Lal: Krishna Nagar
• Veer Singh Dhingan: Seemapuri
• Vipin Sharma: Rohtas Nagar
• Rinku: Gokalpur

Arvind Kejriwal asks voters to take money from BJP, but vote for the AAP

Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal landed himself into a fresh controversy by asking the voters in Delhi to take bribe from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress but to vote for AAP in the upcoming Assembly elections. 

Arvind Kejriwal while addressing a rally at West Delhi’s Nawada asked the voters to fool both the parties — BJP and Congress — by voting for the AAP. 

“It’s election time. Do not refuse the money offered by the leaders from the BJP and the Congress. While some of them have looted money from 2G scam, some have looted money from coal scam, and if no one shows up, then voluntarily go up to that party and demand the money and if they ask, then tell them as they didn’t come to you, you have come here for the money,” said Arvind Kejriwal 

Delhi Goes to Polls Saturday Feb 07,2015

 

Polling stations have opened in Delhi Assembly Elections at 8 am at over 12,000 polling stations, of which which 714 have been identified as "critical" and 191 "highly critical".

A total of over 1.33 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. A total of 673 candidates are in the fray in the contest.'ndtvrelcontent'></div>

Over 64,000 police personnel had been deployed across the city to ensure free and fair polls.

The BJP, which has remained out of power in Delhi for the last 16 years, brought in former team Anna member, Kiran Bedi into the party and made her its chief ministerial candidate 

The Indian National Congress(INC), which had ruled Delhi for 15 years till December, 2013 has been projected way behind the AAP and the BJP in pre-poll surveys

In morning newspapers, a full page BJP ad demonstrated how to vote for its symbol, the lotus, provoking early morning complaints from chief rival in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Saturday morning, "As Delhi votes today, urging voters to go out & vote in large numbers. I particularly call upon my young friends to vote in record numbers."

The BJP party president Amit Shah, who tweeted, "The future of Delhi lies in your finger, please participate in large numbers & vote. #DelhiVotes,"

The results for the 70-member state assembly are due on Tuesday Feb 10,2015