New Delhi: The AAP led in 46 seats. and the BJP and the Congress in 13 and 03 seats each as officials Tuesday counted the votes polled in the 70-member Delhi assembly election.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Somnath Bharti, who were ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal government, forged ahead of their rivals, election officials said.
Three other AAP candidates were also on the winning track.
BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi and Congress veteran A.K. Walia also forged ahead of their rivals.
Exit polls have predicted a win for the AAP, which ruled Delhi for 49 days until Kejriwal resigned as chief minister in February 2014.
Earlier, Kejriwal tweeted: "All the very best Delhiites. Do pray. Prayers are very powerful."
Asif Mohammad Khan of Congress is leading in Okhla whereas former minister Haroon Yusuf of Congress is trailing in Ballimaran as vote counts began in Delhi Tuesday morning, according to the initital results available at 09:00 a.m.
Five-time MLA from Matia Mahal assembly seat in Delhi, Shoaib Iqbal is leading, initial trends available at 08:45 a.m. showed. Shoaib is contesting the 2015 election on Congress tikcket.
Shoaib Iqbal, who was earlier with Janata Dal, JD(S), Lok Janshakti Party and JD (U) again in 2013 had joined the Congress ahead of the 2015 assembly elections.
Asim Ahmad Khan is the AAP candidate from the constituency.
Interestingly, Iqbal was earlier in talks with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehdaul Muslimeen (MIM) including party chief Asaduddin Owaisi to help open the MIM unit and streghen it in Delhi. But, he changes his mind after the MIM decided not to contest the Delhi polls.
Counting of votes in the assembly elections to Delhi began at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
A total of 673 candidates are in the fray for 70 assembly seats.
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