Delhi to vote in Lok Sabha election on Sunday: Here's all you need to know
The seven Lok Sabha seats that are going to polls on Sunday are Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, and South Delhi. Lok Sabha election 2019 date in Delhi is May 12.
Lok Sabha election 2019 in Delhi would be held on Sunday (May 12). All the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi are going to polls in a single phase (Phase 6). Voting in Delhi will begin at 7 am and continue till 5 pm. The campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi ended Friday evening.
The seven Lok Sabha seats that are going to polls on Sunday are Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, East Delhi, New Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, and South Delhi. A total of 59 Lok Sabha constituencies are going to vote in phase 6 of the Lok Sabha election 2019.
The main parties contesting the Lok Sabha election in Delhi are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Some of the key constituencies going to polls in Delhi include North East Delhi where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Manoj Tiwari against Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Also in the fray is AAP's Dilip Pandey, making the contest triangular.
North East Delhi constituency has emerged as the prestigious seat for both Congress and the BJP where three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has locked horns with Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari.
In Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency, BJP has fielded Union minister Harsh Vardhan against Jai Prakash Agarwal of the Congress and AAP's Pankaj Gupta.
East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency may remain a focus on May 23 (the day of the counting of votes) in view of the recently erupted pamphlet controversy. AAP candidate in East Delhi Atishi had accused BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir of having distributed pamphlets containing "obscene and derogatory" remarks against her. Gautam Gambhir has denied the allegations.
Atishi, who was accompanied by Deputy Delhi Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during a press conference, broke down as she read out the pamphlet in front of reporters. In this constituency, Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely has been pitted against the BJP and AAP candidates.
In South Delhi constituency, BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri is contesting against Congress's Vijender Singh and AAP's Raghav Chadha.
The seventh phase of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be held on May 19. The counting of the votes has been scheduled for May 23.