High-Voltage Campaigning Ends Today Ahead of Feb 5 Delhi Polls

To bring an end to the high voltage campaigning AAP and other parties also carried out different-model spoofs of campaigning so as to increase tension in the battle field in approaching Delhi Assembly Polls on Feb 5.
According to the Model Code of Conduct issued by the Election Commission, the public meetings, the election related functions and campaigning should not be conducted 48 hours prior to the closing of the polls.
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The campaigning in the Delhi assembly polls ends at 1700 hours on Monday and January 29 will be silent as is mandatory before a poll. Approximately 1, 56, 00 voters will cast their vote on February 5 and in all 699 candidates are in the race for 70 assembly seats of Delhi.

However, as all the three major parties, AAP, Congress and BJP led from the front and campaigned on the last day before the end of the election campaign on Sunday. Several leaders of all the political parties moving up and down from morning to evening holding meetings, rallies, and even roadshows to popularize their agenda. On Monday where campaigning is prohibited until the end of the day all the political parties are expected to give their all in campaigning.

On Sunday, the ex-CM of Delhi and the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who took the lead in the party’s electoral campaign said, “ AAP is receiving the affection of people from all over Delhi. But the BJP has gone completely varendar and the people of the Delhi do not approve it and they will give a reply BJP through the button of broom. It’s regrettable that EC is Now a Silent spectator and Watcher over BJP’s Bulldozing Hooliganism.

In the last day of the campaigning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned 22 road shows and rallies in New Delhi in order to remove the Congress and become the master of the capital again. However, the incumbent AAP party is quite confident of a third consecutive victory relying on the plus model of free welfare facilities.

The party, that had a 15-year rule in the capital, failed to win a single seat in last two elections and is now in an attempt to rise up again. The fiercely competitive outcome has been characterised by use of spoof videos involving use of artificial intelligence, political barbs, and loud campaign programmes.

According to the provisions of the MCC agreed by the Election Commission of India, all entertainments, public meetings, poll-related functions, and processions and campaigned are barred 48 hours before the completion of the voting. In the same respect, the poll body also states that the use of cinematograph films, television, and newspapers to broadcast campaign material is also forbidden in this duration. It seems that the election campaign has focused on sloganeering and each political party deals in abusive language with the other parties.

While AAP Moreover, the AAP simply lambasted the BJP as the Bharatiya Jhootha Party or BJP and Gali Galouch Party, Modi reacted in similar fashion by calling AAP an AAP-Daa and its leader, Arvind Kejriwal as Ghoshna Mantri.

In its bid to regain the lost ground in Delhi’s political landscape, Congress termed Kejriwal as ‘Farziwal’ (Fake) and ‘Chhota Recharge’ Modi. The political war in Delhi has got a new turn this time as memes and digital campaigns gather all the limelight in the town.

Out of the total 2,67,64,832 voters, 50,83,881 are male voters, 29,86,377 voters are women, and 1,267 voters belong to third gender category. In an effort to ensure this objectives turns out to be achievable, 733 polling stations have been availed for persons with disabilities to vote comfortably. The Election Commission of India has also officially launched the Queue Management System (QMS) application for the first time in India; the voters can check the crowd presence real-time Over Delhi Election - 2025 QMS.

Regarding the home voting for voters above the age of 60 and persons with disabilities, 6970 out of the 7553 registered voters have already voted. This service which started from January, 24th is to be completed on February, 4th. For free and fair elections, 220 companies of the paramilitary forces and 19,000 home guards, and 35,626 Delhi Police will be used. In the same regard, the commission has developed 21,584 ballot units, 20,692 control units, and 18,943 VVPATs of which some are dummy and Braille ballot papers. AAP had a dominance in all the ten constituencies in the year 2015 by winning 67 of the total 70 seats while the BJP, and the Congress did not win any seat.

In the year 2020, AAP retained the supremacy in the civic polls securing 62 seats and BJP got eight while the Congress did not win any seat. This time, a resurging BJP is eager to end AAP’s successful run and the Congress is also not a far-off player and, the national capital is all set to witness one of the biggest electoral wars. The outcome of elections will determine if the slogans that have been used were appealing to the electorate or the political framework of the capital city is as it was.

While AAP might toughen its position in Delhi, BJP might come back to power or Congress might pull a surprise and whatever goes in the next month and the final results are declared on 8th February.