[Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election rally.]
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are neck-and-neck battle in Uttarakhand and Goa whereas the Grand Old party is set to retain power in Manipur, Times Now - CVoter Exit Polls said Thursday.
According to the Times Now - CVoter Exit Polls broadcast today, BJP and Congress both are likely to end up with 32 seats in Uttarakhand. The state has a total of 69 seats.
The Exit Polls showed BJP ahead in Garhwal region with 16 seats whereas Congress leads in Kumuan region where it is likely to bag 16 seats. In Plains, the BJP is expected to win 8 seats and Congress could bag 11 seats.
The News24-Today's Chanakya survey gives the BJP a huge majority at 53 seats in Uttarakhand, while the India Today Axis exit poll says the party will get 46 to 53 seats in the state. India News-MRC shows the BJP at 38 and the Congress at 30 in Uttarakhand.
For the 40 seats of Goa Assembly, Times Now-CVoter Exit Polls said, the BJP will win 18 seats and Congress will bag a total of 15 seats.The survey has given AAP just 02 seats.
In Manipur where the Congress is in power Ecit Polls predicted that the Grand Old party is marginally ahead of the BJP. But, neither party is likely to get outright majority in the state's 60-member assembly, shows the poll of exit polls, which averages the surveys by the India TV-C Voter and India Today Axis.
The poll of exit polls by NDTV predicts 26 seats will go to the Congress and 24 to the BJP in the Manipal's 60-seat assembly, where the halfway mark is at 30.
The India-TV-C Voter poll predicts the BJP will win 25 to 31 seats -- the upper end giving the party a clear majority. The Congress, it says, will trail with 17 to 23 seats.
The India Today Axis survey gives the Congress 30 to 36 seats and the BJP between 16 and 22 seats.
Along with Uttarkhand, Goa and Manipur elections were also held in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. The month-long election process started with polling in Punjab and Goa on February 04.
All leading Exit Polls are predicting that the BJP is leading in Uttar Pradesh, but short of the magic number of 202 to form the government.
The Exit Polls are however divided about the outcome of Punjab polls. While some predicted the Congress is leading, some others gave the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) a clear lead.
All five states witnessed high turnout with polling in Goa touching 81% on February 4. The same day Punjab saw a turnout of 77.37%.
Of the seven phases in Uttar Pradesh election, the maximum polling was in the second phase when 65.16% voters exercised their franchise. The two-phased polling in Manipur saw a turnout of 85.5% and 86%, respectively. The turnout in Uttarakhand was 65.64%.
Okram Ibobi Singh, Akhilesh Yadav, Parkash Singh Badal, Harish Rawat and Laxmikant Parsekar are hoping to retain power in Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa, respectively
All five went states that went to the polls — Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur — witnessed bitterly fought campaigns over the last one-and-a-half months.
Counting of votes will be done on Saturday Mrach 11, 2017. According to the election commission, counting of votes in all five states will start at 07:00 am.
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