All preparations are in place for the Delhi Assembly elections underway on Saturday. Voting began at 8 in the morning and wind up at 6 PM.Election Commission and other agencies have made elaborate arrangements to ensure smooth conduct of the polls.

90,000 government employees are deployed to manage the election. 190 companies of Central Armed Police Forces and 42,000 Delhi Police personnel are deployed to ensure fair and peaceful conduct of election.

Special attention has been given to the security preparations for the sensitive constituencies. In view of the ongoing anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh, all five polling stations in the area have been put under the ‘critical’ category, and confidence-building measures are continuously being undertaken to reassure voters.

The 2020 Delhi polls will be tech-driven with greater use of technology elements like mobile apps, QR codes, social media interface, seeking to enhance the experience of all categories of voters, before polling or on the voting day. Electors can carry smartphones at polling stations in 11 assembly constituencies for accessing QR codes from the voters’ helpline app in case they have not brought the voters’ slip to the booth.

Delhi has 70 Assembly constituencies and one constituency in each of the 11 districts will have this tech-driven facility.The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for posting a video on his Twitter handle to target the opposition, saying prima facie it has the potential of disturbing communal harmony. Kejriwal has been asked to respond to the notice before 5.00 pm on Saturday.