Delhi votes today : Election for the 70 assembly seats of Delhi

New Delhi: AAP-BJP-Congress three-way contest in crucial Delhi battle

• 1.56 crore voters to decide fate of 699 candidates across 70 seats

• AAP eyes third term, BJP hopes to end its 25-year power drought in Delhi

  Election for the 70 assembly seats of Delhi, crucial for Arvind Kejriwal in view of the massive corruption allegations against him and his government, will be held today. The triangular contest will be between the ruling AAP, BJP, and the Congress.

  Here are the top 10 points in this story:

  1. Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has swept the last two elections. But since then, the government has been facing huge corruption allegations in connection with a now-scrapped liquor policy.

  2. The BJP is hoping for victory this time, powered by huge rallies led by PM Modi and an early start from its mammoth election machinery. After 10 years in Delhi's political fringes, the Congress is also hoping for a comeback.

  3. Mr. Kejriwal and several of his ministers, including his closest aide Manish Sisodia, had been in jail for months, and the AAP chief had to step down from the Chief Minister's post, leaving Atishi in charge. He, however, took a moral high ground, saying he would be back in the top post only after a "certificate of honesty" from the people.

  4. The AAP government has also been hamstrung owing to its repeated face-offs with the Lieutenant Governor over multiple issues.