Delhi Elections 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: Voter turnout at 33.31% till 1 pm as high-stakes triangular contest underway

Delhi Elections 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: Voter turnout at 33.31% till 1 pm as high-stakes triangular contest underway

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: Till 1 pm, voter turnout stood at 33.31% across 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi. Northeast Delhi recorded the highest voter turnout at 39.51% and Central Delhi recorded the lowest at 29.74%.

Voters show their inked fingers after casting votes during Delhi Assembly polls. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Delhi Assembly Election 2025 Voting LIVE Updates: The high-stakes Delhi election is underway in 70 Assembly constituencies. President Droupadi Murmu, Union Ministers S Jaishankar, Hardeep Singh Puri, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar have cast their votes. Police force was deployed in large numbers outside a polling booth in Seelampur after the BJP alleged fake votes were being cast. Commenting on the development, Delhi Police said the situation is under control and allegations have not been substantiated; party leaders have left the spot.

Key candidates and constituencies:  AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal contests from New Delhi constituency against former BJP MP Parvesh Verma and Congress's Sandeep Dikshit – son of former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi fights BJP's Delhi unit chief Ramesh Bidhuri, and Congress's Alka Lamba. Another tight contest is in Jangpura, a seat that the AAP has won for two consecutive times. AAP's Manish Sisodia has been fielded there against BJP's Tarvinder Singh Marwah, and Congress's Farhad Suri.

Poll pitches and party campaigns: In the triangular contest between the AAP, the BJP, and the Congress, the ruling party aims for a third consecutive term, while the saffron party hopes to make a return to power after 25 years, and the grand old party strives to make a comeback. From welfare schemes, development model of governance, Yamuna's water quality to "Sheesh Mahal" controversy, the Delhi Assembly polls witnessed fierce campaigning with AAP, BJP and Congress leaders locking horns. While governance, law and order, women's welfare, freebies dominated the pre-poll discourse, it was also marked by aggressive name-calling, AI-generated spoofs.

 Don't vote for party engaging in empty rhetoric and fights, says AAP leader

After casting vote, AAP candidate from Rajendra Nagar Durgesh Pathak told PTI, "Everyone should come out of their homes to vote for the party that truly works for them. Do not give your vote to the party that only engages in empty rhetoric and fights. Speaking about Rajendra Nagar, the atmosphere here is very positive."

 Mustafabad records highest voter turnout till 1 pm

Check top 10 voter turnouts till 1 pm

Mustafabad - 43%

Seelampur – 40.25%

Gokalpur – 39.52%

Karawal Nagar – 39.18%

Najafgarh – 38%

Babarpur – 37.83%

Chhatarpur – 37.71%

Seemapuri – 37.63%

Sangam Vihar – 37.32%

Narela – 37.60%

 Heavy police deployment at polling booth in Seelampur after BJP alleges of fake votes

Police force was deployed in large numbers outside a polling booth in Seelampur after the BJP alleged fake votes were being cast. Commenting on the development, Delhi Police said the situation is under control and allegations have not been substantiated; party leaders have left the spot.