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The Delhi Assembly election was held on February 5, 2025, with results set to be declared on February 8. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress are competing for control of the 70-member Delhi Legislative Assembly. Exit polls have largely projected a BJP victory, marking a potential return to power after 27 years.Counting of votes for Delhi's 70 assembly constituencies began amid tight security at 19 locations across the national capital on Saturday. Early trends on the Election Commission website show that BJP is leading in two seats, with the party making a strong start in the initial phase of the vote counting process. Although it is still too early to determine the final outcome, the early lead sets the stage for an intense electoral battle.Early trends indicate a strong lead for the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections. According to Times Now, BJP is ahead in 36 seats, while AAP leads in 20 and Congress in 2. News18 shows BJP leading with 30, AAP with 18, and Congress with 1. NDTV reports BJP ahead in 37, AAP in 26, and Congress in 1. India Today also reflects a BJP lead with 36 seats, AAP at 23, and Congress at 1. The numbers suggest a tough battle as counting progresses.Delhi Election Results 2025 Live UpdatesDelhi Election 2025: Voting and Counting ProcessThe Election Commission of India (ECI) will begin the counting process at 8:00 am on February 8. The postal ballots, including votes from government officials, service voters, and elderly or differently-abled individuals who opted for postal voting, will be counted first. Following this, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be unlocked and votes counted in multiple rounds. Voter turnout stood at 60.42%, slightly lower than the 62.59% recorded in 2020.Most exit polls released on Wednesday gave the BJP an edge over the AAP. However, AAP leaders said that exit polls have historically underestimated the party's performance. They expressed confidence in returning to power.According to the P-MARQ exit poll, the BJP is likely to win 39-49 assembly seats, AAP 21-31 seats, and Congress 0-1 seat.Also Read: Delhi Election Results 2025: How each vote is counted and cross-checkedMatrize's exit poll predicted a close contest between the BJP and AAP, stating that the BJP is likely to win 35-40 seats, AAP 32-37 seats, and Congress one seat.Peoples Pulse exit poll projected 51-60 seats for the BJP and 10-19 seats for AAP, while giving zero seats to Congress. People's Insight exit poll estimated that the BJP could win 40-44 seats, AAP 25-29 seats, and Congress 0-1 seat.WeePreside exit poll predicted AAP could secure 46-52 seats, BJP 18-23 seats, and Congress 0-1 seat.Also Read: Rajinder Nagar Assembly Election 2025: Who is winning?Delhi Election 2025: Key Constituencies to WatchNew DelhiArvind Kejriwal, contesting from New Delhi for the fourth consecutive time, faces BJP’s Parvesh Verma and Congress’ Sandeep Dikshit. Kejriwal won this seat in 2020 with a margin of 21,687 votes.Arvind Kejriwal is trailing behind BJP’s Parvesh Verma in the early trends.Malviya NagarAAP’s Somnath Bharti, a three-time winner, is up against BJP’s Satish Upadhyay and Congress’ Jitendra Kumar Kochar. Bharti secured over 50% of the vote share in the last two elections.RohiniBJP’s Vijender Gupta, a two-time MLA from Rohini, is seeking a third term against AAP’s Pradeep Mittal. Gupta defeated AAP’s Rajesh Nama ‘Bansiwala’ by over 12,000 votes in 2020.BallimaranBallimaran, a Muslim-majority constituency, sees AAP’s Imran Hussain face off against Congress veteran Haroon Yusuf and BJP’s Kamal Bagri, who won a Delhi Municipal Corporation seat in 2022.Shakur BastiBJP has fielded Karnail Singh, the head of its Delhi Mandir Prakoshth (temple cell), against AAP’s Satyendar Jain, making this a high-profile contest.PatparganjManish Sisodia’s former stronghold, Patparganj, sees AAP’s Awadh Ojha competing against BJP’s Ravinder Singh Negi and Congress’ Anil Chaudhary. Sisodia had won in 2020 with 70,163 votes.KalkajiDelhi Chief Minister Atishi Singh is contesting from Kalkaji for AAP, facing Congress’ Alka Lamba and BJP’s Ramesh Bidhuri. The constituency has 1,94,515 registered voters.Early trends showed that Delhi CM Atishi is trailing, based on postal ballot counts from the Kalkaji constituency. Atishi is up against BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri.JangpuraAAP has fielded Manish Sisodia in Jangpura against Congress’ Tarvinder Singh Marwah and Farhad Suri. In 2020, AAP won by over 15,000 votes.OkhlaAAP’s Amanatullah Khan is contesting for the third time in Okhla, facing Congress’ Ariba Khan. Khan secured over 60,000 vote margins in both 2015 and 2020.Also Read: Gandhi Nagar Assembly Election 2025: Who is winning?With the vote count approaching, all eyes are on these key contests as Delhi awaits its next government.