Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party won the most seats in the high-stakes state legislature election in India’s federal territory, including New Delhi, for the first time in over a quarter-century.

Axar.az reports that, citing AP, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party won 40 seats in the 70-member assembly that includes India’s capital of 20 million people, ousting the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, that ruled New Delhi since 2015.

In a major upset, the AAP founder and its top leader, Arvind Kejriwal, and his deputy Manish Sisodia, lost their seats, despite their party having built widespread support with its welfare policies and anti-corruption movement.

Supporters of the BJP, waving party flags and Modi's posters, chanted slogans and danced outside its headquarters in the capital as vote results began trickling with most exit polls predicting the party's win.

Amit Shah, India's powerful home minister and the BJP leader, said in a statement that his party's victory signified that "people can’t be misled with lies every time.”

“Our victory is a sign of the people’s faith in Prime Minister Modi’s vision of progress,” he said.

Over 60% of more than 15 million eligible people voted to elect the local government on Wednesday.