New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be returning to power in Delhi after about three decades, initial trends of the counting of the Delhi Assembly Elections on Saturday indicated.

The saffron party is on course to defeat the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with leads on at least 50 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly. Delhi has 70 seats in the assembly, and a party or alliance needs at least 36 seats to form government in the national capital.

Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP won last two elections bagging 63 seats in 2020 and 67 seats in 2015 assembly polls. As the counting was underway on Saturday, AAP was ahead on just 19 seats.

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