With trends suggesting a third term for the AAP in Delhi, senior party leader Sanjay Singh said by giving a “massive mandate”, people of the national capital have said that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is not a terrorist but a staunch nationalist.

Despite the BJP using all its might to wrest power in the national capital, the “son of Delhi” won, he said.

“The two crore families of Delhi have now said that their son Arvind Kejriwal is not a terrorist but a staunch nationalist. I salute the people of Delhi from (for) giving AAP such a massive mandate,” Singh said in a tweet.

The AAP leader was referring to remarks made by BJP MP Parvesh Verma at a poll rally. Verma had called Kejriwal a “terrorist” over his alleged support to an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protest in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh.

“Despite BJP leaders putting all their force behind it (election campaign), the son of Delhi won. Amit Shah has been shown that the son of Delhi has won and people of Delhi have voted for development and progress,” said Singh, referring to Kejriwal, said while addressing party workers at the AAP headquarters here.

According to EC's website, Kejriwal was leading from his New Delhi constituency. He reached the party office as the counting got underway.

AAP leads with over 10k votes in 15 seats, BJP's Jagdish Pradhan ahead by 26k votes from Mustafabad

AAP candidates were poised for victory with margins of over 10,000 votes in 15 constituencies, including Chandni Chowk and Tilak Nagar, while BJP's Jagdish Pradhan was the only candidate from the saffron party to lead by a margin of over 26,000 votes from the Mustafabad seat, according to afternoon trends.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was trailing by 859 votes from the Patparganj constituency while AAP's Atishi was leading by a slender margin of six votes from the Kalkaji seat.

BJP's Jagdish Pradhan was ahead of Aam Aadmi Party's Haji Yunus by a margin of 26,656 votes from Mustafabad, which is a minority dominated constituency.

Congress's Ali Mehdi polled only 2,074 votes. Incumbent AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha was ahead of his JD(U) rival Shailender Kumar by 18,285 votes from the Burari seat, which has a considerable Poorvanachali population.

In the Chandni Chowk constituency, AAP's Parlad Singh Sawhney was ahead of his BJP rival Suman Kumar Gupta by 17,668 votes. Sitting MLA Alka Lamba, who shifted loyalties to the Congress from the AAP, polled only 609 votes.