Delhi Exit Poll Results 2020 Live Updates: NewsX-POLSTRAT predicts clean sweep for AAP

Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP had won 67 of the 70 seats in last assembly elections held in 2015. In Lok Sabha polls in 2019, BJP had registered leads in 65 of the 70 assembly constituencies.

News X-POLSTRAT Exit poll has predicted a clean sweep for Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi Assembly polls in its first projection right after 6 pm, when the polling ended. The exit poll predicts 50-56 seats for Aap followed by 10-14 seats for the BJP and one seat for the Congress.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and his family members show their finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the Delhi Assembly elections at a polling station, in Civil Line area of New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (PTI)

14.5 million registered voters in Delhi will get to vote today to choose a new government for Delhi through the election of representatives to 70 assembly

Kejriwal’s AAP had won 67 of the 70 seats in last assembly elections held in 2015. In Lok Sabha polls in 2019, BJP had registered leads in 65 of the 70 assembly constituencies.

Both the BJP and the Congress have improved their vote share in this period. The BJP polled 56% votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, up from 36% in 2017 and 32% in 2015.

Exit polls are based on responses of people who have just cast their votes. Pollsters predict the results much before the actual counting of votes, assuming that the voters have correctly revealed their choice.

However, it remains to be seen how accurate exit polls turn out to be. They had predicted AAP’s return in 2015, but were way off the mark when it came to the number of seats.

14.5 million registered voters had the opportunity to exercise their franchise today in order to elect a new government for Delhi.

(An election exit poll, not always known to be correct, is a poll of voters taken immediately after they exit the polling stations)