The voting for the Delhi Assembly Elections ended at 6pm, those in the queue will be allowed to vote. The voter turnout was 54.65% at 6pm, which is less the 2015 Delhi Assembly Polls when it recorded 67.12% turnout. The turnout percentage is likely to rise.

Polling was held in a single-phase for the 70-seat Assembly.

The results of the same would be declared on February 11.

Incumbent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is vying for another term in a triangular contest between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party.

In the last assembly elections held in 2015, AAP had won 67 seats while the BJP could manage only three seats. However, Congress failed to open its account.

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6: 00pm: Voting for the Delhi Assembly Elections has ended.

6:00 pm: 54.65% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls at 6 pm.

54.65% voter turn out reported from #Delhi by 6:00 PM.#DelhiElections2020 #DelhiAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/aPxjhHfda0

— Sheyphali Sharan (@SpokespersonECI) February 8, 2020

5: 32 pm:  As the voting time draws close, more voters come out in the last hour. 53.4% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls so far.

5: 20 pm: 49.01% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls so far.

5: 00 pm: 44.52% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls so far.

4: 45 pm: 43.21% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls so far.

4: 15 pm: 42.70% voter turnout in Delhi assembly till 4 pm.

3: 50 pm: 41.21% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls so far.

3: 30 pm: Senior CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat cast his vote at Sanchar Bhawan.

3: 15 pm: 30.18% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 3 pm.

2: 25 pm: 28.14% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 2 pm.

2: 00 pm: “As soon as I came out from polling booth I saw son of AAP candidate arguing with the police over getting admission inside polling booth. At that moment, an AAP worker Harmesh used abusive language against me. Thank the police who arrested him immediately,” said Congress’ Alka Lamba.

1: 45 pm: Wrestler Sushil Kumar casts his vote at a polling booth in Baprola village.

1: 30 pm: “It was a nice feeling to take part in the democratic process. Everyone should exercise their right to vote; I think everyone should have access to public transport and it should be subsidized for students,” said Raihan Rajiv Vadra, son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra.

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1:00 pm: 19.37% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 1 pm.

12: 55 am: “I am happy that everything is moving smoothly. I urge all to come out and vote. This is the festival of democracy. One should vote for the best candidate. Pick and drop services are there for the old and disabled voters. Everyone is doing a wonderful job. I am very happy now,” Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singhsaid after casting his vote at polling booth in Jangpura.

12: 25 am: 15.68% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 12 noon.

12:15 am: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora after casting his vote at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency.

12: 10 am: Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha Advani cast their vote at a polling booth on Aurangzeb lane.

12: 00 am: Former Indian cricketer and BJP MP Gautam Gambhir voted along with his wife.

11: 50 am: 11% vote in Shaheen Public School till 11am.

11: 45 am: Voters queue outside Shaheen Public School in Shaheen Bagh.

11: 38 am:

Delhi: Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa and senior Congress leader Dr Karan Singh at a polling station in Chanakyapuri area. #DelhiElections2020 pic.twitter.com/8GSlHXwKcR

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

11: 34 am: Scuffle breaks out between AAP and Congress workers near Majnu ka Teela, Congress candidate Alka Lamba tries to slap an AAP worker. AAP leader Sanjay Singh has said the party will complain to Election Commission.

11: 30 am:

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: Everyone should come out and vote. It is extremely important. Don’t be lazy. #DelhiElections pic.twitter.com/HIAkZ26WHu

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

11: 15 am: 6.96% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 11:00 am.

11: 10 am:

Taapsee Pannu casts vote with family, says ‘every vote coun

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— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) February 8, 2020

11: 05 am: Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has cast her vote at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency. She was accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who will cast her vote at booth no.114 & 116 at Lodhi Estate.

11: 00 am: Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari offered puja at a temple at Yamuna Vihar before casting his vote. Manoj Tiwari also met a seer earlier to seek blessings for the Delhi elections.

10: 55 am: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at polling booth number 81 & 82 at Aurangzeb Road to cast his vote.

10: 50 am:

Voting underway in Delhi, visuals from a polling booth in MCD primary school in Shakarpur. A bridegroom also cast his vote with his family. #DelhiElections2020 pic.twitter.com/KiUvTfhFw6

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

10: 45 am: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Singh cast their vote at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi assembly constituency.

10: 35 am:

Delhi: Voters queue outside a polling booth in Jamia Nagar as polling for legislative assembly elections is underway pic.twitter.com/d8vqZVd0Xv

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

10: 32 am:Election officer Udham Singh who was deployed at a polling booth in Babarpur Primary School in Northeast Delhi died after suffering a heart attack, reported news agency ANI.

10: 30 am: President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind cast their votes at Dr Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, President’s Estate.

10: 25 am:

Voted along with my family, including my first-time voter son. Urge all young voters to come out to vote. Your participation strengthens democracy. pic.twitter.com/QU8wUZ18hv

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 8, 2020

10: 20 am: Delhi Deputy CM and Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Patparganj Assembly constituency, Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia cast their vote at MCD school in Pandav Nagar.

10: 15 am: “By giving Delhi clean air, clean drinking water and house to every poor, Delhi will become the best capital of the world and that can be done only by a government with far-sighted thinking and strong intention. I appeal to the people of Delhi to vote to free Delhi from lies and vote bank politics,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted in Hindi.

10: 10 am: 4.33% voter turnout in Delhi assembly polls till 10:00 am.

10: 05 am : “I appeal to all, specially to the women, to cast their votes today. I am hopeful that people of Delhi will vote on the basis of the work done. I am hopeful that Aam Aadmi Party will come back to power for the third time,” Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said after casting his vote.

10: 00 am: A 110-year-old voter turned up to cas his vote at a polling booth in Sanoth village in Narela constituency.

9: 55 am : Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his family casts his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines.

Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his family casts his vote at a polling booth in Civil Lines; BJP’s Sunil Yadav & Congress’s Romesh Sabharwal are contesting against him from New Delhi constituency. pic.twitter.com/oistLxaoDb

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

9: 45 am: Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Rajinder Nagar, Raghav Chadha casts his vote at a polling station in Rajinder Nagar; Congress’s Rocky Tuseed and BJP’s RP Singh are contesting from the assembly constituency here.

9: 40 am: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal leaves for casting his vote.

9: 25 am: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Meenakshi Lekhi casts her vote at a polling station in South Extension Part-II.

9: 20 am: An EVM at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya booth number 114, New Delhi constituency isn’t functioning.

9: 15 am: BJP leader Menaka Gandhi has arrived at the Nirman Bhawan polling booth in New Delhi constituency to cast her vote.

9: 10 am: Congress candidate from the Chandni Chowk assembly constituency, Alka Lamba casts her vote at polling booth number 161 at Tagore Garden Extension.

9: 05 am: Voting has not yet begun at C10 block booth in Yamuna Vihar due to a technical issue in the EVM.

9: 00 am: 0.74% polling was done till 9 am. BJP’s Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Verma among early voters

8: 30 am: 

दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए आज मतदान का दिन है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी अपील है कि वे अधिक से अधिक संख्या में लोकतंत्र के इस महोत्सव में भाग लें और वोटिंग का नया रिकॉर्ड बनाएं।

Urging the people of Delhi, especially my young friends, to vote in record numbers.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 8, 2020

7: 25 am: In the 2015 polls, the AAP had secured 54.3 per cent of the vote share. The BJP managed 32.3 per cent and the Congress trailed with a meager 9.7 per cent.

7: 20 am: Voting began at 8 am at about 13,750 polling stations across the city. All five polling stations in Shaheen Bagh have been declared “critical” by Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh.

7:15 am: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of Delhi Assembly polls with the deployment of 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), 19,000 Home Guards and 42,000 Delhi Police personnel.

7:00 am: The Delhi Metro started its services at 4 am today to facilitate the movement of polling staff to their designated duty locations.