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Bihar Axis My India Exit Polls 2020 live updates: Big win for Tejashwi with GA expected to get 139-161 seats, predicts Axis My India
Bihar Exit Polls 2020: Here are the predictions from Axis My India exit poll
The third and final phase of polling across 78 constituencies in Bihar assembly elections has concluded with voters turning up across 15 districts of the state in huge numbers. India Today Axis My India exit poll has predicted that the Tejashwi Yadav lead Grand Alliance will lead in Bihar with the alliance partners securing 139-161 seats. While chief Nitish Kumar led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to get 61-91 seats, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, which decided to fly alone this assembly election, will get three to five seats and the remaining too may get a similar number of seats, Axis My India has projected.
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The predictions are based on responses of people who have cast their votes and have been surveyed by pollsters stationed outside polling booths. Exit polls, which are based on the assumption that the voters revealed their choices correctly, are often off the mark. The actual outcome can only be ascertained when the counting of votes is completed, which is scheduled for November 10.
During the 2015 Bihar assembly elections, only one agency had managed to capture the mood in the state which overwhelmingly voted for an alliance led by chief minister Nitish Kumar with him coming to power for the third consecutive term. Axis APM released its findings on its website which weren’t telecast on any television channel. The poll predicted 169-183 seats for the Grand Alliance and 58-70 for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Here is latest on poll predictions by Axis My India, which forecast its prediction on India Today news channel
Big win for Tejashwi, GA likely to get 139-161 seats, predicts Axis My India
The India Today Axis My India exit poll has predicted a massive win for Tejashwi Yadav led Grand Alliance. According to the pollster, the RJD led GA will win on 139-161 seats, NDA may get 61-91 seats, while the LJP, GDSF, and others are expected to get 3-5 seats each.
Tejashwi Yadav led Grand Alliance likely to win 10 of 18 seats in Bihar’s Champaran region
On 49 seats of Bihar’s Bhojpur, GA to get 45% votes: Axis My India
On 49 seats of Bihar’s Bhojpur, GA is likely to stay ahead. Here’s the vote share predicted by India Today Axis My India exit polls
NDA- 33%
GA -- 45%
LJP - 7%
GDSF- 6%
Others- 9%
Nitish Kumar still elders’ choice: India Today Axis My India
Those above 36 years of age have increasingly (45% and above) voted for the incumbent BJP-led NDA government, India Today Axis My India has predicted.
Those between 26-35 years age group prefer GA: India Today Axis My India
Forty seven percent of those between the age of 26 years and 35 years voted for the Mahagathbandhan, 36% have favoured NDA, while only 7% have voted for the LJP, India Today Axis My India has predicted.
47% youth voted for Grand Alliance, says India Today Axis My India
The India Today Axis My India has predicted that 34% people in the age category of 15 to 25 years have voted in favour of the NDA, 47% for the Grand Alliance, 8% for the LJP while the others must have got 4% votes from youngsters category.
Who is the preferred chief minister?
According to news channel India Today airing Axis My India predictions, Tejashwi Yadav is the most preferred chief minister of Bihar. Forty four percent people they spoke to prefer Tejashwi Yadav as the next chief minister of Bihar, India Today Axis My India said, while Nitish Kumar was preferred by 35% respondents and Chirag Paswan by just seven percent.
What has Republic TV predicted
Republic TV exit poll has predicted that the BJP-led NDA is expected to win anywhere between 91-117 seats, while RJD and Congress-led grand alliance could garner 118-138 seats. The LJP is expected to win 5-8 seats, it has predicted.
Exit poll predictions start coming in
C-Voter exit poll, being telecast by Time Now and the Republic TV exit polls have predicted that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJ)-led alliance is likely to take the lead in Bihar. According to C-voter, NDA may win 116 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan may get 120, LJP one, and others may get six seats.
Polling ends, focus now on exit polls
Polling across 78 constituencies had ended and exit poll predictions will soon start trickling in. The Election Commission of India said that the state witnessed a voter turnout of 55.22% till 5pm. The number is likely to increase it added.
When will exits poll results be out?
Soon after voting ends across all polling stations in the 78 constituencies in the final phase of elections in Bihar, pollsters outside the stations will submit their findings which will be aired by television channels. Voting is scheduled to end by 6pm but usually stretches a bit if voters are still queued up outside polling booths.
