Delhi Assembly elections 2025: Voting to be held on Feb 5, results on Feb 8

Delhi Assembly elections 2025 will be held on February 5 and the votes counted on February 8 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on TuesdayThe last date to file nominations is January 17 and the scrutiny of nominations will be done by January 18Candidates will be able to withdraw their nominations till January 20It is a singlephase election We have deliberately kept polling on a Wednesday so more people come out to voteiquest like we did in Maharashtra Kumar said at a press conferenceWhile announcing the schedule of the Delhi Assembly elections 2025 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar rejected claims by opposition parties about the voting machines being compromisedCourts have ruled on 42 occasions that EVMs are not hackable and allegations of tampering are totally baseless Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar saidAnnouncing the schedule of the Delhi Assembly elections 2025 the CEC advised the public against jhooth ke gubbare spreading liesEVMs are commissioned only seven to eight days before polling day and candidates are kept informed through their agents at every step Courts have ruled on 42 occasions that EVMs are not hackable allegations of tampering with the machines are totally baseless Kumar said addressing a press conferenceThe CEC reiterated that it is impossible to change voter turnout data and a misconceived narrative is being spread about an increase in voting after 5 pmDisclosure is our main pillar detailed guidelines and datasets are available on our website he saidChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that India will soon create a new record of one billionplus votersKumar said 2024 was the year of elections globally when twothird of the worlds population in democracies voted in different pollsWe also had elections in eight states and UTs There was a good atmosphere new records were set in the Lok Sabha elections in terms of voting percentage peoples participation womens participation the chief election commissioner CEC saidElectoral rolls were released yesterday We are crossing 99 crore voters We are going to be a nation of one billion voters very soon which will be another record in voting Kumar saidAfter the declaration of SSR special summary revision by Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Bihar and Punjab which will be declaring SSR results today we will be crossing 99 crore voters for the first time the CEC said adding Number of women voters is also going to be around 48 crore