Counting of votes for 70 members Delhi NCT Assembly is underway at 19 centres. Trends are now available for 37 seats. BJP is leading at 20 seats while Aam Adami Party is leading on 16 seats. Congress is leading on 1 seat.
The BJP has crossed the majority mark as early leads are in for the Delhi Assembly election results. Exit polls had shown a BJP victory in the polls as the AAP eyes a hat-trick in the national capital.
At 8:30 am, Arvind Kejriwal's AAP went ahead but the BJP made ground to reestablish its lead in a see-saw battle. The Congress, predicted to face a wipeout, leads in one seat.
The AAP first came to power in Delhi in 2013, winning 28 seats, but the government lasted just 49 days. In the 2015 elections, the party won a record 67 seats. In the 2020 polls, AAP won 62 seats.
Delhi Chief
Minister and AAP leader Atishi expressed confidence in her party's victory in the elections and claimed that the people of Delhi, including from her constituency Kalkaji, would support the AAP and re-elect Mr Kejriwal with a huge mandate.
"This has not been an ordinary election, it has been a fight between the good and evil, a fight between work and (gundagardi) hooliganism. I have high hopes that the people of Kalkaji constituency and the entire state of Delhi will stand up with the party that has worked, will stand up with the Aam Aadmi Party and Arvind Kejriwal," she said. "Arvind Kejriwal will become the Chief Minister of Delhi for the fourth time with a huge majority."
AAP's top leaders, including Mr Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and Atishi, are trailing from their respective seats, according to early trends.