After the five hours of counting and Arvind Kejriwal's admission of defeat, the BJP is set for a sweeping victory in the national capital.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Saturday regained power in the nation’s capital for the first time in 27 years. The victory is said to be a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing national election last year.

AAP, which grew out of an anti-corruption movement in 2012, tasted its first electoral success in Delhi and has ruled the territory, which includes India's parliament and federal government offices in New Delhi, for two terms from 2015.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bhartiya Janata Party on Saturday regained power in the nation's capital for the first time in 27 years, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win 48 of the 70-member legislative assembly, where it was leading, according to the Election Commission of India’s website. BJP is reclaiming Delhi after almost three decades.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party will form the government in Indian capital Delhi after 27 years as it scripted an impressive election victory. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won or is leading in 47 seats in the 70-member legislative assembly,