Delhi election results 2025: Modi's BJP wins big in high-stakes contest

PM Modi's party is set to form a government in the Indian capital after 27 years.

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won or is leading in 48 seats in the 70-member legislative assembly, while the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is ahead in 22 seats, according to data from the Election Commission of India (EC).

A party that wins more than the halfway mark of 35 seats can form the government.

"Development wins, good governance triumphs," Modi wrote on X, adding his party would leave "no stone unturned" in developing Delhi .

In a video message on X, the AAP's former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said he and his party "humbly accepted" the verdict of the people and congratulated the BJP on its win.

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