New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are currently engaged in a tough battle as counting of votes for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls is currently underway on Wednesday.
As per trends at 10 am, AAP is ahead in 124 seats while the BJP is leading in 112 seats.
The Congress is leading in nine seats.
The vote counting began from 8 am.
The fate of 1349 candidates, who are in fray in the election for 250-ward, is to be decided today after completion of counting.
Both AAP and BJP candidates have contested from all 250 wards, while Congress has 247 wards in the fray.
This time, Delhi recorded a total voter turnout of approximately 50 per cent in the polling held on December 4.
The exit polls predicted on Monday that AAP would sweep civic polls.
According to the India Today-Axis My India, the AAP is likely to get between 149-171 seats out of the 250 wards and form its maiden government in MCD after unification of the three corporations.
BJP, which was in power for the last three terms, is expected to get between 69-91 seats, followed by others 5 to 9. The Congress is likely to get between 3-7 seats.
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