Exit polls have predicted a fierce battle in the Delhi Assembly elections, with most favouring BJP to break AAP’s 27-year dominance. While some pollsters gave BJP a clear majority, others predicted a tight race.

NEW DELHI — 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 state legislature election. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party hasn’t won the territory that includes India’s capital of 20 million people in over a quarter-century.