Elections to the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi will be held on May 12, the sixth stage of the seven-phase poll exercise which is set to commence on April 11, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Sunday.
Polling will be held in seven stages on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19, the EC said and added that votes would be counted on May 23.
The seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi were won by the BJP in the last general assembly polls.
According to the final electoral roll published on January 18 by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), there are over 1.36 crore voters in Delhi.
After the EC announcement, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, "Ultimately back to 'We the people' -- the real power of our democracy. Time to throw out the most dictatorial and anti-federal govt in the history of India. Time to seek answers on demonetisation, jobs, destruction of traders and destroying brotherhood amongst different communities."
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