Maharashtra Exit Polls 2019: NDA wins the bulk of seats, Cong trailing

Maharashtra Exit Polls 2019: Exit polls often get it wrong and the actual results will only be known on Thursday, May 23, when votes are counted.

A majority of exit polls have unanimously predicted a big win for the BJP-led NDA in Maharashtra.

Exit polls often get it wrong and the actual results will only be known on Thursday, May 23, when votes are counted. (Samir Jana/HT Photo)

The Republic-C Voter gave the BJP-led NDA 34 seats, while it predicted 14 seats for the Congress-led UPA. Times Now-VMR further increased the NDA tally in comparison to C-Voter survey and predicted 38 seats for it, while the Congress had to make do with 10.

The CNN-News18-IPSOS survey further hiked the NDA numbers to 42-44, while leaving out 4-6 seats for the UPA.

Maharashtra, the second largest state after Uttar Pradesh in terms of the number of members it sends to the Lok Sabha, added to the sizeable chunk of the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA’s) 300-plus victory in the last general election.

The ABP-AC Nielsen survey was the same as the Republic-C Voter with 34 and 14 seats for the NDA and the Congress respectively.

News 24-Chanakya predicted 38 seats for the NDA and 10 seats for the Congress.

The Republic-Jan Ki Baat also gave the NDA 34-39 seats while the range for the Congress hovered between 8-12.

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