Delhi election result: Delhi all set for mega settle, here is a recap of exit polls

With just under two hours left for the counting of votes for the high-stakes Delhi Assembly polls, a majority of exit polls had predicted a BJP comeback in the national capital after 27 years. Two pollsters favoured the ruling AAP to retain power for a third consecutive term, and fourth overall.

An average of five exit polls shows that the BJP, coming on the back of thumping victories in Haryana and Maharashtra, is likely to secure 39 seats, comfortably above the halfway mark of 36. The AAP, battling a 10-year anti-incumbency, is likely to be reduced to 30 seats. Health warning: Exit polls often get it wrong, as witnessed in past elections.

All exit polls have predicted another drubbing for the Congress, which ruled Delhi from 1998 to 2013, with the party projecting to get between 0-2 seats. The grand old party failed to open its account in the 2015 and 2020 Assembly polls.