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BJP the clear winner in Gujarat, HP: Exit polls

NEW DELHI: The BJP looks headed for facile victories in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, according to a string of exit polls conducted by media organisations. The votes will be counted on Monday.

BJP the clear winner in Gujarat, HP: Exit polls

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New Delhi, December 14

The BJP looks headed for facile victories in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, according to a string of exit polls conducted by media organisations. The votes will be counted on Monday.

Almost all exit polls predicted more than 100 seats for the BJP in Gujarat where the party has been ensconced in power for close to two decades now.

In Himachal Pradesh, where the electorate has chosen the Congress and BJP alternately in Assembly polls, the exit polls projected a clear majority for the saffron party, unseating the Congress.

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Today’s Panchari gave the BJP 135 seats in Gujarat and predicted a measly 47 for the Congress, 14 less than the Opposition party has in the current Assembly. It predicted a vote share of 49 per cent for the BJP and 38 per cent for challenger Congress.

A party or an alliance has to win at least 92 seats in the 182-member House to form the government in Gujarat.

In the 2012 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 115 seats, the Congress 61 and others six. The Times Now-VMR exit poll predicted 115 seats for the BJP and 64 for the Congress, with the remaining going to others.

The Republic-C Voter exit poll gave the BJP 108 seats and the Congress 74.

The ABP-CSDS exit survey by ABP News predicted a BJP victory in 117 seats as against the Congress’ 64. NDTV said the BJP was likely to clinch 112 seats.

India Today’s ‘Aaj Tak’ news channel also predicted that the BJP would retain power, winning anywhere between 99 and 113 seats. Aaj Tak’s was the lone survey that said the BJP's tally could slip under 100. 

The India TV-VMR survey also forecast a BJP win, with the party likely to clinch anywhere between 108 and 118 seats. The Congress, it said, could win 61 to 71 seats. The survey said the BJP could garner 48 per cent of the votes polled, the Congress 41 and others 11 per cent.

In Himachal Pradesh, the exit polls predicted the BJP’s return to power with a comfortable majority. The Times Now-VMR and Zee News-Axis exit polls predicted an identical tally of 51 seats for the BJP in the 68-member Assembly. A party needs 35 seats for a simple majority in the House.

The Times Now-VMR poll gave 16 seats to the Congress and one to other, while the Zee News-Axis poll forecast 17 seats for the current ruling party. The Aaj Tak-Axis exit poll gave 47-55 seats to the saffron party, 13-20 to the Congress and 0-2 to others.

Among other exit polls, the News X survey predicted 42-50 seats for the BJP and 18-24 for the Congress.

The Congress had returned to power in Himachal Pradesh in 2012 pocketing 36 seats, marginally more than the halfway mark, while the BJP secured 26. The others had bagged the remaining six. — PTI

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