Clockwise from top left: Yogi Adityanath; Akhilesh Yadav; N Biren Singh; Charanjit Singh Channi; Pushkar Singh Dhami; Pramod SawantUttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa, Punjab Election Exit Poll Results 2022 Highlights: As the seven-phased assembly elections across five states came to an end on Monday, the exit polls predicted a clear win for the BJP and its allied parties in Uttar Pradesh but with a reduced majority.
According to most of the agencies conducting exit polls this time, the AAP is expected to unseat Congress in Punjab while there will be a tight race between the Congress and BJP in Uttarakhand and Goa. In Manipur, the saffron party, along with its allies — the NPP, NPF and JD(U) — will have an edge over the Congress, showed the exit polls.
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In Punjab, India Today Axis-poll predicted 76-90 seats for AAP, 19-31 seats for Congress, 1-4 seats for BJP, and 7-11 seats for SAD in 117-seat Assembly. According to Polstrat, BJP and allied parties will win 211-225 out of 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, SP and its allies will get 146-160 while the BSP will clinch 14-24 while the Congress will get 4-6 seats. Prediction by Times Now-Veto showed, the BJP winning 37 seats and Congress getting 31 Uttarakhand. In 40-seat Goa assembly, the Congress is expected to get 16 seats closely followed by the BJP with 14, showed the exit polls by Times Now-Veto. Manipur, meanwhile, will see the BJP’s seats varying between 23 and 28 and the Congress’ between 10 and 14, said India News projections.
The results of the Assembly elections will be announced on March 10.
India Today-Axis My India has predicted 288-326 seats for BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP to win about 37 seats and Congress about 31 in Uttarakhand, says Times Now-Veto.
In Punjab, India Today Axis-poll predicted 76-90 seats for AAP, 19-31 seats for Congress, 1-4 seats for BJP, and 7-11 seats for SAD in 117-seat Assembly.
According to exit polls by Zee News-DESIGNBOXED, BJP will retain Manipur with 32-38 seats, while Congress allies’ seats will vary between 12-17.
News 18 Punjab P-MARQ exit polls predicted 27-31 seats for BJP and 11-17 seats for Congress and its allies.
India News predicted 23-28 seats for BJP and 10-14 seats for Congress and its allies.
The majority mark in Manipur is 31.
Time Now’s projection shows, 16 seats for Congress in Goa, 14 for BJP, 4 for AAP while 6 for other parties in fray. With a total 40 Assembly seats in the state, the majority mark in Goa is 20.
According to Polstrat, BJP and allied parties will get 211-225 out of 403 seats in UP, SP and its allied parties will get 146-160 while BSP will get 14-24 while Congress will get 4-6 seats
According to Matrize, BJP and allied parties will get 262-277 out of 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh. SP and its allied parties will win 140 while BSP will get 17. The majority mark in UP is 202.
According to the exit poll by NewsX, in Punjab, AAP will clinch 56-61 seats. Congress will get 24-29, while BJP will get 1-6 seats and SAD will win 22-26 seats. The majority mark in Punjab is 59.
According to exit poll by NewsX, the Congress will clinch 33-35 seats in Uttarakhand, closely followed by BJP with 31-33 seats. AAP will win between 0 to 3 seats.
According to the exit poll by India Today-Axis, in Punjab, AAP will have a clean sweep winning 76-90 seats. Congress will get 19-31, while BJP will get 1-4 seats and SAD will win 7-11 seats. The majority mark in Punjab is 59.
Ahead of the assembly poll results, BJP leaders and strategists in Uttarakhand have begun internal confabulations over the possible post-poll scenarios that may emerge in the state.
Party strategist Kailash Vijayvargiya arrived in Dehradun on Sunday and was huddled with former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank at the latter's residence to discuss how the party was likely to fare in the polls.
He also held discussions with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pradesh BJP president Madan Kaushik. An important party meeting to be attended by party poll in-charge for Uttarakhand Pralhad Joshi is also being held on Monday. --PTI
Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Jaipur on Monday to discuss post-poll scenarios ahead of assembly election results on March 10. Gandhi, accompanied by the party leader Rajeev Shukla, reached the Jaipur airport where she was received by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra. Party sources said she will hold discussions with the chief minister about post-poll scenario in the five states. From the airport, Gandhi left for the hotel with Gehlot and others. --PTI
Captain Amarinder Singh, whose Lok Congress Party is contesting the Punjab polls in an alliance with the BJP, said: “I am not a Pundit. I am not somebody who can predict. My party has done well. BJP has done well. Let us see what happens.”
With the date for the Goa Assembly poll results nearing, the Congress has said it is open to a post-poll alliance with parties other than the BJP to form the next government, if it does not get a majority on its own. Elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly were held on February 14 and the results would be declared on March 10.
Talking to reporters on Sunday, All India Congress Committee's Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao said if his party falls short of the majority mark of 21, it is open to seeking the support of outfits like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to form government. Rao said after the final result is out, the Congress Legislature Party will waste no time in electing its leader. If the Congress gets majority, "we will stake claim to form government the same day", he said. (PTI)