BJP's sweeping win in Delhi assembly election has drawn global media attention, with many outlets portraying it as a significant political shift in the capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the BJP's resounding victory in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections as a “historic mandate,” expressing gratitude to the people of the national capital for their trust in the party’s vision of development and good governance.

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Indian politics needs transformation and fresh blood in order to get rid of politics of deceit and foolishness, calling out to the youth to join politics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is poised to win an election in India’s national capital, which it last controlled in 1998, in a sign of his continuing popularity.

The win, seen as yet another reaffirmation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s electoral dominance, comes after the BJP’s unexpected triumphs in Maharashtra and Haryana.

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.