New exit poll predicts huge victory for BJP in UP, Congress’ rout in Punjab

Update: 2022-03-09 11:19 GMT

A day before the counting of votes for five Assembly elections, an exit poll conducted by Lokniti-CSDS has predicted a massive victory for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, while forecasting the ouster of the Congress in Punjab.

The survey has just calculated the percentage of votes that contesting parties are likely to win in the elections and not a seat projection.

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According to the exit poll, results of which were tweeted by political analyst Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday, while BJP along with its allies will bag 43 per cent of the vote share in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party will become the main Opposition with 35 per cent of the vote share.

A 15 per cent of the votes will go into the account of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party while the Congress will get a paltry three per cent of votes. Other parties will jointly share four per cent of the votes.

In Punjab, the exit poll projects Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party as the frontrunner with 40 per cent of the vote share. A rout may await the ruling Congress whose vote share is projected at 26 per cent.

The Shiromani Akali Dal and its allies are likely to win 20 per cent of the votes while the BJP is projected to bag seven per cent of the vote share.

Congress which had exuded confidence in winning the Uttarakhand polls may at last settle for a humiliating defeat as the survey predicts the BJP to win a “comfortable majority” in the hill state, winning around 43 per cent of the votes. The Congress’ vote share is likely to be 38 per cent.

Like previous exit polls, the Lokniti-CSDS survey has also predicted the possibility of a hung assembly in Goa. While the BJP is likely to win 32 per cent of the votes, the Congress may bag 29 per cent of the votes. The Trinamool Congress, which made its debut in Goa this time will get 14 per cent of the votes while the AAP will win seven per cent of it.

Also read: What the exit polls don’t tell: A big win in UP is no guarantee for BJP

The results of the Lokniti-CSDS poll are in line with those predicted by earlier polls on Monday.

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