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West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry Assembly elections 2016 - Exit polls: As it happened
Exit polls at the end of five-state elections on Monday evening predicted a Trinamool sweep in West Bengal, a BJP win in Assam, a Left victory in Kerala but the verdict was split over Tamil Nadu.
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Today’s Chanakya News X seat projection for Kerala: LDF - 75 ± 9, UDF - 57 ± 9, BJP+ - 08 ± 4 and Others - 0 ± 1.
India TV-CVoter exit polls: In Puducherry, the DMK-Congress combine is projected to win 10-18 seats.
On the other hand, AINRC is projected to win 5-13 seats, AIADMK 1-9 seats, BJP 0-2 seats and Others 0-4 seats in a House of 30 members.
India TV-CVoter exit poll: In Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK is projected to win 135 to 143 seats.
On the other hand, DMK-Congress combine is projected to win 74 to 82 seats and BJP-led NDA may get only 0-1 seats.
Others 13-21 seats.
Exit poll conducted by CVoter and telecast on India TV - In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress projected to win within a range of 163 to 171 seats in a House of 294. (TMC had won 184 seats in the last Assembly electyions).
The Left-Congress alliance may win 112-128 seats. (CPI(M)-led Left Front is projected to win 71-79 seats and Congress may bag 41-49 seats.)
BJP is projected to win two to six seats and Others one to five seats.
CVoter-India TV poll - In Kerala, the United Democratic Front has been projected to win within a range of 54 to 62 seats.
The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front is projected to win 74-82 seats in a House of 140.
BJP-led NDA may win 0-4, and Others also 0-4 seats.
Exit poll conducted by CVoter, telecast on India TV predicts BJP-led alliance to get seats within a range of 53-61 in a House of 126.
On the other hand, the ruling Congress is projected to get 37-45 seats, while the AIUDF is projected to win 14-22 seats, with 6-14 seats going to Óthers and Independents.
The half way figure is 64.
Times Now C-voter exit poll: AIADMK+ - 139 DMK+ - 78, BJP - 0 and Others - 17.
Mamata all set to rule the roost in West Bengal as per NewsXTodaysChanakya exit poll.
TMC to win 210 (+ / - 14) and Left-Congress 70 (+ / - 9).
Tamil Nadu exit poll: Axis My India poll for India Today - DMK-Congress 106 to 120; AIADMK 89 to 101; BJP 0 to 3 and Third Front 4 to 8.
BJP all set to win Assam, says NewsX-Today’s Chanakya exit poll.
The exit poll gives 90 (+/ -9) seats to BJP, 27(+/-7) seats to Congress, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has been predicted to get 9 (+/- 3) seats and 00 (+2) seats to other parties.
Kerala Assembly elections - LDF: 88-101 seats, UDF: 38-48, BJP: 0-3 and Others 1 to 4 says IndiaToday-AxisMyIndia.
C-Voter-Times Now exit polls: LDF 74-82 seats, UDF 54-62 seats and NDA 0-4 seats in Kerala.
News Nation Exit Poll: AIADMK - 95-99 (35%), DMK - 114-118 (39%), PWF - 12-16, BJP - 0-1 and Others - 5-9.
Assam Assembly elections - TimesNow-CVoter Exit Poll - Congress 41, BJP+ 57, AIUDF 18 and Others 10 (Margin of error +/- 3).
Poll conducted by ABP Ananda predicts a huge win for Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
TMC expected to win 178 seats and Left-Congress 110.
BJP to win 1 and others 5.
According to India Today-Axis My India polls TMC to win 233-253 seats in West Bengal.
TimesNow-CVoter exit poll predicts TMC to win 167 seats, CPM+ 75, Congress 45, BJP 4 and others 3.
BJP-led alliance to form government in Assam with 81 seats, Congress at 33 seats as per ABP News.
Congress may win 26-33 seats in Assam out of 126 seats as per India Today polls.
AIUDF may win 6 to 10 seats.
As per India Today survey BJP-AGP combine expected to win win 79-93 seats in Assams.
Exit polls project victory for BJP-AGP combine in Assam.
As we wait for the exit polls results, some of the pertinent questions are as follows -
- Can Mamata Banerjee repeat her amazing win of 2011?
- Can Congress-Left combine dent Mamata's fortune?
- Can Jayalalithaa create history in Tamil Nadu?
- Can the 93-year-old Karunanidhi make one last comeback?
- Can BJP wrest power from Congress and Tarun Gogoi in Assam?
- Can Oommen Chandy storm back to power in Kerala?
69.19% voters turnout recorded till 5 PM in Tamil Nadu.
70.35% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM in Kerala.
Meanwhile, an earlier tweet from PM Modi:
Tamil Nadu recorded 42.1 percent polling till 1 PM, Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhoni said today, as per PTI.
Picking up pace rapidly, the Union Territory of Puducherry recorded 71.08 per cent voting till about 4 PM. At 11.30 AM, it had been just 30 per cent, Election Commission officials said.
An estimated 57.54 percent voters exercised their franchise till 3 PM in the elections to 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala today.
An estimated 57.54 percent voters exercised their franchise till 3 PM in the elections to 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala today.
Delhi: The high-octane Assembly elections in five states - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry came to an end on Monday.
While the voting in West Bengal and Assam had concluded earlier, polling was held for 232 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu, 140 in Kerala and 30 in Puducherry today.
After the polling, various exit polls predicted that Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala had voted for change.
On the other hand, it was said to be advantage DMK in Tamil Nadu.
Counting of votes will take place on May 19.
Following are the updates: