Delhi assembly polls: AAP establishes clear lead in early trends

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the Delhi assembly polls in which the BJP and AAP are locked in a direct fight began at 8 am on Tuesday.

Early trends are on expected lines with AAP leading in 45 seats and BJP leading in 10 seats. Congress is ahead in 4 seats.

BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi was leading in Krishna Nagar over AAP rival S K Bagga while Arvind Kejriwal was ahead in the prestigious New Delhi seat.

BJP candidates are also leading in Seemapuri, Greater Kailash, Janakpuri, Rohini, Deoli and R K Puram.

AAP candidate and former minister Rakhi Birla was leading in Mangolpuri constituency in North West Delhi against her Congress rival Raj Kumar Chouhan.

Another former AAP minister Somnath Bharti was ahead in Malviya Nagar constituency in South Delhi over his Congress opponent Yoganand Shastri.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia was leading in Patparganj seat in East Delhi against ex-AAP MLA and BJP candidate Vinod Kumar Binny. BJP's Jagdish Mukhi was ahead in Janakpuri.

Former AAP minister Saurabh Bhardwaj was leading from Greater Kailash where Congress had fielded President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee.

AAP's Sharad Chauhan was leading in Narela. AAP was also leading in Mehrauli, Kasturba Nagar and Jangpura.

Five out of seven exit polls have predicted that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP may return to power once again in the national capital, with the second place for the BJP. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for 15 years, has been placed at a distant third.

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