UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

File No. 002-13017
File No. 811-00750

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	/X/
Pre-Effective Amendment No.           ________	/   /
Post-Effective Amendment No.               170	/X/
	and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	/X/

       Amendment No.                                       170      

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS II

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19103-7094
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:	(800) 523-1918

David F. Connor, Esq., 2005 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Please send copies of all communications to:

Jonathan M. Kopcsik, Esq.
Taylor Brody, Esq.
Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098
(215) 564-8099
(215) 564-8071

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

/X/	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
/   /	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
/   /	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
/   /	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:
/   /	this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on this 13th day of April, 2020.

DELAWARE GROUP EQUITY FUNDS II
By:	/s/ Shawn K. Lytle
	Shawn K. Lytle
	President/Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature		Title	Date
/s/ Shawn K. Lytle		President/Chief Executive Officer	April 13, 2020
Shawn K. Lytle		(Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee
Jerome D. Abernathy	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Jerome D. Abernathy
Thomas L. Bennett	*	Chair and Trustee	April 13, 2020
Thomas L. Bennett
Ann D. Borowiec	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Ann D. Borowiec
Joseph W. Chow	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Joseph W. Chow
John A. Fry	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
John A. Fry
Lucinda S. Landreth	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Lucinda S. Landreth
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Frances A. Sevilla-Sacasa
Thomas K. Whitford	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Thomas K. Whitford
Christianna Wood	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Christianna Wood
Janet L. Yeomans	*	Trustee	April 13, 2020
Janet L. Yeomans
Richard Salus	*	Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer	April 13, 2020
Richard Salus		(Principal Financial Officer)

*By: /s/ Shawn K. Lytle
Shawn K. Lytle
as Attorney-in-Fact for each of the persons indicated
(Pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(Delaware Group^® Equity Funds II N-1A)

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase