Assembly polls: Exit Polls predict hung assembly for Mizoram
With 21 seats needed for a majority, the exit polls do not signal a clear victory for any one of the parties in the state.
With 21 seats needed for a majority, the exit polls do not signal a clear victory for any one of the parties in the state.
Record turnout The voting passed off peacefully in Karnataka with a voting turnout of 73.19 per cent, surpassing the 72.36 per cent recorded in 2018.
The exit polls, which were released after the polling ended in Karnataka, predicted that Janata Dal-Secular JD(S) would not touch the 37 seats it won in the 2018 polls but will continue to be a strong regional player in the state.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma is likely to form a post-poll alliance, indicated exit polls conducted by a number of media houses.
The exit polls also predicted a poor performance by Congress and indicated that the party has failed to revive itself in the national capital.
The exit polls have projected the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party to retain power, the BJP to better its previous record and the Congress to remain a no-gainer with minimum zero and a maximum of two seats.
Yesterday,the Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari took to Twitter and said (in Hindi) that, BJP will form the government and no one should 'blame the EVMs.'
But before that, several agencies have come out with the results of the exit polls that give an overview of the number of seats the three major parties, namely the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Congress are likely to win.
Meanwhile, incumbent CM Raghubar Das, who was leading in Jamshedpur East, has been pushed to the second position by independent candidate Saryu Roy. Das is now trailing by 771 votes.
Jharkhand recorded around 71 per cent voting in the fifth and final phase of polling on Friday for 16 Assembly constituencies.
