The vote counting for the Delhi assembly elections will determine if the AAP retains power for a fourth term or if the BJP breaks a 27-year absence. Both parties are prepared, with allegations of attempted candidate poaching adding to the tension.

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.

Two exit polls released on Wednesday gave BJP an edge over AAP in the Delhi assembly polls, one of the four analysed here gave the incumbent a third consecutive decisive mandate and another gave BJP an even clearer win.

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