Chandigarh :The one certain fact emerging from the exit polls in Punjab is that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP combine has been decisively thrown out. The other certain fact is that the race between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is too close to call.
Four exit polls were unanimous in saying that the Akalis are most definitely out after 10 years of rule. CVoter gives SAD-BJP between 5 and 13 seats, compared with its 2012 showing, when it won as many as 68 seats. The India Today-Axis exit poll projects it getting 4-7 seats. Chanakya’s poll gives SAD-BJP 9 seats with a margin of ± 5. And India News-MRC’s exit poll gives this combine 7 seats.
CVoter predicts AAP winning between 59 and 67 seats in the 117-strong Assembly. This is up from nil in the 2012 Punjab elections. The Congress party’s showing has remained about the same as in 2012, this poll said. It’s predicted to have won between 41 and 49 seats. In 2012, the Congress won 46 seats.
India Today-Axis’s exit poll projects the Congress getting a comfortable majority, winning 62-71 seats in the state. It predicts AAP winning 42-51 seats.
Chanakya’s exit poll predicted a tie between AAP and Congress. It predicts both parties getting 54 seats.
India News-MRC also predicted a tie with the Congress and AAP getting 55 seats each.
March 9, 2017 by admin
Akalis, BJP out; Congress, AAP neck and neck : Exit poll reports
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