India, Feb. 8 -- The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on 38 seats against Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) 27 in the 70-member Delhi assembly as of 10am, according to the Election Commission of India.

The BJP's vote share stood at 48.34% while the AAP had 42.59%; the Congress garnered only 6.7%. AAP swept the 2015 and 2020 assembly elections, securing 67 and 62 seats, respectively.

Early trends from the counting centres after two rounds showed a close contest in the New Delhi seat between AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP's Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma.

Meanwhile, BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri is leading in the Kalkaji seat with 1,342 votes against Delhi CM Atishi. Former deputy CM Manish Sisodia is also engaged in a close contest in Jangpura wi...