Delhi Election 2025 LIVE: President Droupadi Murmu casts her vote, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan booked, key contests, voter turnout updates, other details you can't miss

Delhi Election 2025: The nationalist superior recorded a elector turnout of 8.10 per cent arsenic of 9:30 americium connected Wednesday arsenic polling went underway crossed 70 assembly seats. Among cardinal constituencies, elector turnout stood astatine 7 per cent successful New Delhi, 7.5 per cent successful Jangpura, and 6.2 per cent successful Kalkaji arsenic of 9 am, according to the latest ECI data.

The signifier is acceptable for a high-octane Assembly predetermination arsenic the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eyeing a 3rd consecutive term, banking connected its governance grounds and payment schemes portion the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress look for resurgence. This clip around, 1.56 crore eligible voters are casting their ballot to take the adjacent CM of Delhi.

The cardinal contests to ticker for are successful New Delhi constituency, wherever erstwhile Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal fights BJP MP Parvesh Verma and Congress’s Sandeep Dikshit, arsenic good arsenic successful Kalkaji, wherever Delhi CM Atishi battles BJP’s Delhi portion main Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress’s Alka Lamba. Another cardinal contention is successful Jangpura, wherever AAP’s Manish Sisodia fights BJP’s Tarvinder Singh Marwah, and Congress’s Farhad Suri.

Delhi Election 2025 | Here are the latest developments successful the much-awaited electoral battleground:

• "I entreaty to the voters to travel retired of their homes and formed their ballot for a amended future, amended education, health, and different facilities. Voters of Delhi are smart," says AAP MP Raghav Chadha.
• Till 9 am, elector turnout stands astatine 8.1 per cent crossed 70 Assembly constituencies successful Delhi. Northeast Delhi has recorded the highest elector turnout astatine 10.70 per cent, portion Central Delhi's turnout stands the lowest astatine 6.67 per cent.
• Taking a excavation astatine AAP, Congress person Rahul Gandhi urges radical of Delhi to retrieve portion voting who committed the biggest scam successful Delhi portion talking astir practising cleanable politics. Earlier successful the day, helium formed his ballot successful the New Delhi constituency astatine the Nirman Bhawan polling centre.
• President Droupadi Murmu casts her ballot for the Delhi Assembly elections connected Wednesday, exercising her franchise astatine Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, President's Estate, amid choky information arrangements. Earlier successful the day, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, accompanied by his woman Sangeeta Saxena, besides voted astatine St Xavier's School, Raj Niwas Marg.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges citizens to formed their votes arsenic polling is underway for the Delhi Assembly elections. In a station connected X, helium writes,“Voting for each the seats successful the Delhi Assembly elections volition beryllium held today. I impulse the voters present to enactment successful this festival of ideology with afloat enthusiasm and formed their invaluable vote. On this occasion, my peculiar wishes to each the young friends who are going to ballot for the archetypal time. Remember: First vote, past refreshment!”
• AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan has been booked connected charges of violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) earlier the Delhi Assembly elections. The Okhla MLA was booked nether Section 223 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for disobeying orders fixed by nationalist servants and Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, aft helium was seen electioneering with implicit 100 supporters successful Zakir Nagar connected Tuesday night.
• AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya has been booked for giving a flying buss to a BJP pistillate worker, and his enactment workfellow Ajay Dutt's household members person been accused of assaulting a BJP pistillate worker.
• On Tuesday, Chief Minister Atishi was booked for violating the MCC, and different lawsuit was lodged against her supporters for obstructing authorities enactment and slapping a cop.
• After being booked, CM Atishi, the AAP campaigner for the Kalkaji seat, slammed the Delhi Police and Election Commission of India (ECI) for "acting successful a partisan manner."
• Security has been beefed up crossed polling booths successful Delhi arsenic voting is underway. About 3,000 polling booths person been identified arsenic sensitive, with peculiar information arrangements, including drone surveillance, astatine immoderate locations. Ramping up security, Delhi Police has stationed further forces astatine delicate booths, with Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) deployed to support instrumentality and order.
• Polling is taking spot crossed 70 seats from 7 americium and volition proceed till 6 pm.