India, Feb. 8 -- The contest for key seats in the Delhi elections showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have managed to maintain strong leads in their respective strongholds, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data as of 11am.

The BJP, meanwhile, had established commanding leads in northeast and east Delhi seats such as Mustafabad, Karawal Nagar, Vishwas Nagar, and Patparganj, while the AAP is faring well in Muslim-majority constituencies like Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Okhla, and Seelampur, early trends show.

In the most decisive lead as of 11 am, BJP's Mohan Singh Bisht was ahead of AAP's Adeel Ahmad Khan by over 36,000 votes in Mustafabad, a constituency that witnessed riots in 2020. ...