Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is eyeing the state legislature election in Delhi where it is in race against a popular regional party that has governed the Indian capital for over a decade.

Exit polls show Modi's Hindu nationalist party sweeping Delhi election - Most exit polls predict a landslide victory for the BJP in Delhi – though such exercises have a patchy record in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party is set to win an election in the Delhi capital territory, TV exit polls projected on Wednesday, in a rebound after its surprisingly poor showing in a general election last year.

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is predicted to defeat the Aam Aadmi Party of Arvind Kejriwal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Some 15 million people in Delhi are gearing up to vote on Wednesday in a state election that will test prime minister Narendra Modi ’s appeal against the incumbent party that first rose to power on an anti-corruption message.

Thousands voted in the Indian capital’s state legislature election on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi for over a decade.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was trying to regain power in the federal territory that includes New Delhi on Wednesday as residents voted in a. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party hasn’t won the territory that includes India’s capital of 20 million people in over a quarter-century.

Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party on the back foot because of voter fatigue, but analysts predict a ‘much tougher fight’ between the parties.

Voting was underway on Wednesday in Delhi, the union territory that includes the capital of India, New Delhi, to decide the 70 members of its legislative assembly in a tight election whose results are scheduled to be declared on Saturday.

Delhi votes in a fierce legislative assembly race, with key issues including corruption, unemployment, and welfare.