Several exit polls predicted a BJP victory in the national capital, while two gave an edge to the AAP in a tight contest.

The counting of votes for the Delhi Assembly elections will take place on Saturday, deciding whether the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) retains power for a third consecutive term or if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returns to governance in the national capital after 27 years.

In 2015, AAP dominated the Delhi Assembly elections, winning 67 of 70 seats, and in 2020, it secured 62 seats.

AAP, BJP and Congress -- are heading to the counting table with the anticipation of a favourable political situation. For the Congress, which could not open its account since 2015, the expectation is a 'good fight' in half-a-dozen seats of which they could win a couple.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was trying to regain power in the federal territory that includes New Delhi on Wednesday as residents voted in a. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party hasn’t won the territory that includes India’s capital of 20 million people in over a quarter-century.

Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party on the back foot because of voter fatigue, but analysts predict a ‘much tougher fight’ between the parties.

Voting was underway on Wednesday in Delhi, the union territory that includes the capital of India, New Delhi, to decide the 70 members of its legislative assembly in a tight election whose results are scheduled to be declared on Saturday.

Two exit polls released on Wednesday gave BJP an edge over AAP in the Delhi assembly polls, one of the four analysed here gave the incumbent a third consecutive decisive mandate and another gave BJP an even clearer win.