After the Hindu nationalists' narrow victory in the spring 2024 general election, their return to control of the capital indicates that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity remains intact.

The BJP won 48 of the 70 seats in the capital district, well ahead of the 22 for the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal, a fierce critic of Modi, Election Commission data showed.

Control of the assembly in New Delhi is set to change hands, a feat that eluded the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata Party for nearly three decades.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win 48 of the 70-member legislative assembly, where it was leading, according to the Election Commission of India’s website. BJP is reclaiming Delhi after almost three decades.

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is pitted against the Aam Aadmi Party, led by Arvind Kejriwal, which runs Delhi and has built a vast support base on its popular welfare policies and an anti-corruption movement.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party will form the government in Indian capital Delhi after 27 years as it scripted an impressive election victory. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won or is leading in 47 seats in the 70-member legislative assembly,

Describing the BJP’s win in Delhi Assembly polls as historic, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday complemented Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying people of the national cap

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