Exit polls in Maha, Haryana show BJP comfortably ahead

NEWDELHI: Most exit polls released at the end of assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana predicted a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The counting of votes will take place on October 24.

Time Now Exit polls predicted a total of 230 seats for the BJPShiv Sena combine and gave the Congress-ncp alliance only 48 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.

The NEWS18-IPSOS exit polls gave the BJP-SENA combine 243 seats while the Congress-ncp was only given 41 seats in Maharashtra.

The ABP News-c Voter exit polls numbers also gave the BJPSena combine anywhere between 192-216 seats. The prediction for the Congress-ncp was anywhere between 55-81 seats.

In Maharashtra, it’s a contest between two alliances: mahayuthi, which is led by BJP-SENA, and the maha-agadhi (front), lead by the Congress and the NCP.

India Today-axis polls numbers also predicted majority for the BJP-SENA combine but with a smaller margin. It gave the BJPSena anywhere between 166-194 seats. The Congress-ncp was predicted to win anywhere between 72-90 seats.

The BJP ran an aggressive campaign emphasising on national security and abrogation of Article 370. The BJP charge was led by Prime Minister Modi , Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in both the states. The Congress had a lacklustre campaign with former party president Rahul Gandhi addressing a few rallies. No other prominent Congress face was seen in the rallies. Sonia Gandhi had to skip her lone rally in Haryana’s Mahendragarh.