NEW DELHI, JAN 6
The elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly will take place on February 8 and the results will be declared on February 11, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced here on Monday.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the notification for the polls will be issued on January 14 while the last date of withdrawal of candidature will be January 24.
The election is likely to witness a three-cornered contest involving the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, the BJP and the Congress.
In the 2015 polls, Arvind Kejriwal had led the AAP to a unprecedented victory with his party bagging 67 seats, leaving just three seats for the BJP.
The five-year term of the present Assembly ends on February 22 and a new House is to be constituted before that.
