New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- In line with pre-poll predictions, and its showing in the 2024 general elections in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was poised to return to power in the national capital, counting data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 12 pm showed

Voting for Delhi's 70 Assembly seats took place on 5 February, and the results are being tallied today.

If the current trends hold, the BJP could end the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) decade-long rule and secure its first state election victory in Delhi in 32 years. The BJP stands to cement its dominance if it secures this small, but symbolic and strategic, state that has eluded it for the longest time.

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