Delhi election dates announced; voting on February 7 and counting on Feb 10

12 January,2015 05:23 PM IST |   |  IANS

Delhi will vote to elect a new assembly on February 7, a year after the AAP government resigned after 49 days in power, and the votes will be counted on February 10


New Delhi: Delhi will vote to elect a new assembly on February 7, a year after the AAP government resigned after 49 days in power, and the votes will be counted Feb 10, it was announced Monday.

Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said the last date for nomination of candidates will be Jan 21 and they could withdraw from the contest by Jan 24.

Delhi elected a hung assembly in December 2013 after which the Aam Aadmi Party formed a minority government headed by Arvind Kejriwal with Congress backing. Kejriwal resigned Feb 14, 2014.

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