It’s BJP vs AAP, will leave surveys be right? Counting of ballots starts at 8 am–

Authorities have actually boosted safety and security steps as the ballot counting procedure for the 70-member Delhi Legislative Assembly is set up to start on Saturday.

Visuals revealed safety and security employees released outside different checking facilities in Delhi.

Meanwhile, leave surveys have actually anticipated a comfy success for the BJP in the surveys, with AAP falling back and Congress proceeding its miserable efficiency. However, AAP leaders have actually specified that leave surveys have actually constantly ignored the event’s seat matter, and they revealed self-confidence in the event’s go back to power.

Key constituencies consist of New Delhi, where AAP leader and previous Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is opposing versus Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit and Parvesh Verma of the BJP. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is encountering BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri and Congress prospect Alka Lamba.

The project saw sharp exchanges in between leaders of the 3 events.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi, on Friday, shot down insurance claims made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) principal Arvind Kejriwal, that declared that the Election Commission (EC) had actually not offered booth-wise ballot information for the setting up constituencies. The survey body made clear that the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, had actually been “complied with in letter and spirit” at every ballot terminal.

“As per Rule 49S of the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, all the Presiding Officer had furnished the account of votes recorded in Form 17C to every Polling Agent present at the polling station on the day of poll, February 5, 2025,” Delhi chief executive officer’s workplace published on X.

On Friday, Kejriwal declared that the Election Commission has actually rejected to publish Form 17C, which provides booth-wise the complete variety of ballots questioned in each setting up political election.

“EC has refused to upload form 17C and the number of votes polled per booth in each assembly despite several requests. Aam Aadmi Party has made a website, where we have uploaded all the form 17C of every assembly,” Kejriwal claimed in a message on X.

The Rule 49S component (1) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 states, “The presiding officer shall at the close of the poll prepare an account of votes recorded in Form 17C and enclose it in a separate cover with the words ‘Account of votes recorded’ superscribed thereon.

The second part of Rule 49S states that the presiding officer shall provide a copy of Form 17C to every polling agent.

“The presiding officer shall furnish every polling agent present at the close of the poll a true copy of the entries made in Form 17C after obtaining a receipt from the said polling agent therefor and shall attest it as a true copy,” component (2) of Rule 49S of Conduct of Election guidelines states.