Exit polls: Modi's Hindu rightwing party looks to sweep Delhi polls Most exit polls predict a landslide victory for the BJP in Delhi – though such exercises have a patchy record in India.
If the exit polls get it right, the BJP winning Delhi would be a crucial step in regaining electoral confidence in the party’s northern heartlands, after it lost its outright majority in last year’s national election and was forced to form a coalition government.
Exit polls, conducted by private firms, predicted the BJP would win an absolute majority in the 70-member Delhi assembly, defeating Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP.
While some exit polls were still yet to be released on Wednesday, a running “poll of polls” placed the BJP on 43 seats, AAP on 26 and the Congress party with just one seat.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva welcomed the polls, saying that the party's victory would be "more spectacular than what the exit polls have shown today".
