Delhi is all set to elect its new government. About 1.56 crore voters will elect 70 lawmakers in the single phase polling that would begin Wednesday morning. In a high-stakes election where accusations and counter-accusations flew high in the weeks-long acerbic campaign, the ruling AAP and BJP has emerged as the main contender giving no quarter to the rival. The Congress, despite a fairly decent campaign by the party’s standard, is expected to be a distant third. However, it is likely to damage AAP’s prospects in several seats.

Apart from the AAP, Congress and BJP, the Delhi election has about a dozen parties in action including the BSP (70), NCP (30), AIMIM (12), CPI (6), CPM (2), CPI-ML (2), JD-U (1), LJP-R (1). The Delhi election also witnessed re-ignition of rivalry between the allies. Within the INDIA-bloc, it seems the Congress and AAP have failed to learn any lessons from the Haryana debacle and are again in a slugfest with each other in Delhi. This will benefit BJP. However, things are a bit rough in NDA as well. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP is contesting on 30 seats against the BJP despite both the parties being part of the Mahayuti government in Maharashtra. But........

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