India, Feb. 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party are locked in a tight contest to form the next government in Delhi. While the BJP surged ahead as counting of votes began on Saturday morning, the AAP is slowly narrowing the gap. According to early trends, the BJP is leading on 39 seats, while the AAP is ahead on 31.

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A party needs to win 36 or more seats to win the Delhi assembly elections.

Several of the contests are currently too close and the tide could swing either way as more votes are counted.

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is leading by 386 votes from the New Delhi seat. However, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi is trailing the BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri by 1,635 votes.

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