The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi -- both in 2014 and 2019 -- is leading in five seats in the national capital.

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The Opposition INDIA bloc is leading in two.

Late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's daughter, Bansuri Swaraj is making her electoral debut in this general election.

Swaraj, 40, is trailing AAP's Somnath Bharti at the moment (9:37 am) in the New Delhi seat.

The AAP, which rules the national capital, is in a 4:3 seat arrangement with the Congress as part of the Opposition INDIA bloc taking on the BJP.

Sahi Ram of AAP is leading in South Delhi.

Kanhaiya Kumar, who lost the last Lok Sabha election from Bihar's Begusarai in 2019, is this time pitted against BJP's two-term MP and actor-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari from North East Delhi.

Besides Manoj Tiwari, the BJP has fielded six new candidates -- Praveen Khandelwal (Chandni Chowk), Harsh Deep Malhotra (East Delhi), Yogender Chandolia (Northwest Delhi), Ramvir Singh Bhiduri (South Delhi), Kamaljeet Singh Sehrawat (West Delhi) and Bansuri Swaraj (New Delhi).

LS polls: BJP, AAP leaders hopeful of win in Delhi seats 

As counting of votes for the seven Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi began on Tuesday, BJP leaders expressed confidence of a clean sweep, while AAP leaders said they were positive about the results.

BJP candidate from Chandi Chowk Praveen Khandelwal said, "I am fully confident that we are winning all seven seats of Delhi.

We will win with a huge margin. We will celebrate with vigour after winning.

My family is also very enthusiastic about the results as it is the first time for them to witness this."

Praying for her victory, BJP candidate from New Delhi seat, Bansuri Swaraj, offered payers at Lakshmi Narayan temple in Gole Market.

"I have come here to take the blessings of Lord Lakshmi Narayan.

I have immense faith that today India's citizens will select BJP's public welfare policies and PM Modi's Viksit Bharat vision.

I want the Modi 'sarkar' for the third time."

BJP was leading on six seats, while the Congress was ahead on one seat in Delhi, as per Election Commission trends.

Meanwhile, AAP leaders are also eyeing a victory and have expressed confidence that the trends will change.

"I have a good feeling.

I cannot comment on the number of seats but the internal assessment is showing constructive and positive outcomes," AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak said.