Delhi election exit polls highlights: Kejriwal-led AAP set to retain power

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Delhi election LIVE updates: TV exits polls predicted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will return to power in Delhi after elections ended on Saturday with more than 55 per cent turnout.

If AAP retains power, it will be the third straight electoral setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which lost power in Jharkhand and Maharashtra last year. The BJP last formed a government in Delhi in 1998 and its campaign was marked by controversial speeches. Junior finance minister Anurag Thakur was barred from campaigning by the Election Commission after he exhorted crowds to shoot so-called traitors to the nation, alluding to those protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act. The city saw at least three shooting attacks near the protest site ahead of the poll.

The Congress, India’s main Opposition party, relied on the influence of a set of high-profile candidates and the legacy of its leader Sheila Dikshit, who governed the city for 15 years before being voted out in 2013.
 

Delhi election results will be declared on February 11 (Tuesday).

9:32 PM

Delhi Congress President Subhash Chopra says, all exit polls are going to fail

Subhash Chopra said BJP will not get even 20 seats & Kejriwal is not going to form govt in Delhi, according to ANI.

9:29 PM

Saurabh Bhardwaj says Manoj Tiwari will soon exit as Delhi BJP chief

9:19 PM

Manish Sisodia congratulates party workers, says AAP is winning with huge margins

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Education Minsiter Manish Sisodia congratualed his party workers. He also said the party will be winning with huge margins.

8:58 PM

Shaheen Bagh: Women protesters vote in batches to keep agitation alive

On a sit-in for over a month against the Citizenship Amendment Act, women protesters at Shaheen Bagh voted in batches on Saturday so that the agitation remains unaffected.

 

While some of the women voted in the morning, others chose to get their fingers inked in the afternoon and the remaining in the evening.

 

8:39 PM

Amit Shah calls meeting of BJP's Delhi MPs after exit poll predictions

Union Home Minister Amit Shah calls meeting of BJP’s seven Lok Sabha MPs in Delhi after exit poll predictions, say TV reports. The party holds all Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.

 

7:59 PM

Delhi election exit polls by India TV - Axis My India poll: AAP set for landslide victory, may win 59-68 seats

7:58 PM

Delhi election exit polls by India TV - Axis My India poll: BJP likely to bag 2-11 seats

7:58 PM

Delhi election exit polls by India TV - Axis My India poll: Congress likely to draw blank

7:29 PM

SOURCE

AAP

BJP+

CONG+

OTHERS

 

Sudarshan News

41-45

24-28

1-2

0

Times Now- Ipsos

47

23

0

0

ABP News-C Voter

49-63

5-19

0-4

0

India TV-Ipsos

56

12

2

0

TV9 Bharatvarsh - Cicero

54

15

1

0

Republic TV- Jan Ki Baat

48-61

9-21

0-1

0

India News-Neta

53-57

11-17

0-2

00

7:15 PM

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: Exit polls

7:13 PM

Exit polls post a comfortable victory for Kejriwal-led AAP

Exit polls for the Delhi assembly election on Saturday forecast a comfortable victory for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party despite a likely rise in tally for the BJP in the 70-member House.

 

The Times Now-Ipsos exit polls predicted that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will retain his chair with the AAP winning 44 seats against 26 for the BJP.

 

The Republic-Jan ki Baat survey gave the AAP 48-61 seats and the BJP 9-21 seats.

 

The TV9 Bharatvarsh-Cicero predicted 54 seats for the AAP, 15 for the BJP and one for the Congress.

 

The exit polls predicted little improvement in the fortunes of the Congress which could not bag any seat in the 2015 polls.

 

The AAP had scored an overwhelming victory in the 2015 polls, winning 67 seats and reducing the BJP to three.

7:06 PM

'Ballot over bullets', 'jobs over freebies': First-time voters' priorities for Delhi polls

"Ballot over bullets" and "jobs over freebies" were among the priorities for many of the first-time voters who queued up at polling booths, excited to exercise their franchise.

 

Also among the first-time voters were Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's son Rehan, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's son Pulkit Kejriwal and Congress leader Ajay Maken's son Aujaswi Maken.

 

"I kept those at the lowest strata who are just able to make their ends meet in mind before I pressed the (EVM) button. The new-generation electorate would vote for equality, development, healthcare, education and clean air," said 21-year-old Akshay Singh.

 

Praveen Punj, a first-time voter at Tilak Nagar polling booth said, "We can't fight these forces with bullets. Even if they fire, we should not. They can only be fought with ballot. Happy to have made my contribution for the first time." He also posted a selfie on social media showing his inked finger with a caption "ballot over bullets #firsttime".

 

"Employment should be the topmost agenda for any voter to decide. Rest everything is secondary. Light, water... whatever amenities, even if they are expensive they can be availed if there is income. So my vote is for jobs rather than freebies," said Prahalad Kumar, a first-time voter in Nangloi.

 

Standing in a queue outside a polling booth in Chandni Chowk constituency Rahul and his friend Karan, both first-time voters, said they were going to vote for development.

7:03 PM

6:58 PM

Delhi election exit poll result: AAP likely to bag 49-63 seats, according to ABP-CVoter

AAP: 49-63
BJP: 5-19
Congress: 0-4

6:56 PM

District-wise polling percentage till 5 pm

North west- 58.69%

North east- 63.41%

South- 56.52%

Central- 56.59%

South west- 58.51%

East- 57.89%

West- 57.24%

North- 58.15%

New Delhi- 50.73%

Shahdara- 61.96%

South East- 55.93%