The exit polls for the Uttarakhand Assembly elections are out and according to the media reports, it’s the Bharatiya Janata Party who is supposed to form a government in the state. As per India Today-Axis My India exit poll, the BJP is set to wrest power in Uttarakhand, winning 46-53 seats in the 70-member assembly while the India News-MRC and ABP-Lokniti predicted 38 and 34-42 seats for BJP while 30 and 23-29 seats for Congress respectively.
Assembly elections in Uttarakhand ended peacefully on February 15 and the exit polls are out on March 9 at 5:30 pm. The high-pitched battle fought mainly between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. Maximum voting was reported from Haridwar (65 per cent) — where Chief Minister Harish Rawat is a candidate in one of the constituencies — followed by 63 per cent in Uttarkashi. There were 14,771 polling centres and 23,693 polling stations were set up in the districts of Pilibhit, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Kheri, Bijnor, Rampur, Bareilly, Amroha, Sambhal, Shahjahanpur and Badaun, there were proper security arrangements on each polling station in order to ensure peaceful polling, said election officials.
Here are the predictions:
Total seats: 70
|
EXIT POLL |
BJP |
Congress |
BSP |
Others |
|
News 24 |
53 |
15 |
02 | |
|
India News-MRC |
38 |
30 |
02 | |
|
India Today-Axis My India |
43 |
34 |
08 |
15 |
|
News 24 |
53 | 15 | 02 |
6:45 PM: Predictions by several Hindi news channels
- Aaj Tak-Axis My India: BJP 46-53, Congress 12-21, Others 1-2
- India TV-CVoter: Uttarakhand expected to get hung Assembly. BJP 29-25, Congress 29-35 seats
6:26 PM:
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— CVoter India (@CvoterIndia) March 9, 2017
6: 20 PM: The BJP is set to wrest power in Uttarakhand, winning 46-53 seats in the 70-member assembly, according to an India Today-Axis My India exit poll.
6: 19 PM: The ruling Congress is projected to come a distant second with 12-21 seats, India Today-Axis My India exit poll.
6:12 PM: Indian Today predicts, BJP to win 46-53 seats out of 70
6:09 PM: CVoter calls in neck-to-neck fight, too close to call
6:05 PM: India Today gives 43 to BJP, 34 to Congress and 15 to others
5:53 PM: Zee News Chanakya poll gives 53 seats to BJP, 15 to Congres.
5:55 PM: News24 predicts BJP 53
5: 40 PM: News24 predicts Congress (15+)
