Zee News Maha Exit Poll 2019 updates: Win predicted for BJP in Karnataka, LDF in Kerala

As the polling for all the 542 constituencies spread across seven phases of the Lok Sabha election 2019 came to an end on Sunday evening, the exit poll surveys began. Zee News will show the "poll of polls" which will include details of all the exit poll surveys released by different pollsters and TV news channels. Various pollsters and news channels - Today's Chanakya, Republic-CVoter, ABP-CSDS, News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis, Times Now-CNX, NewsX-Neta - will release their exit poll results on the election about the number of seats different parties are likely to win on May 23 when the counting of votes takes place and results are declared.

The exit polls prediction for the political parties and their alliances will start coming in once the Election Commission (EC) lifts the embargo on airing exit polls. However, the EC has notified that the prohibition on exit polls will continue till 6.30 pm on Sunday. The EC had in March issued an advisory to the media saying exit polls can only be telecast after the final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ends on May 19. The advisory is also applicable for Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim.

Though the exit poll predictions may not always be true, pollsters claim they give an idea of the emerging political situation. Usually, private pollsters or agencies working for newspapers and broadcasters ask voters to know who they actually voted for and based on their replies, they predict the trends/results. Election predictions based on exit and opinion polls have gained much traction in the past decade with television's reach increasing in India alongside the mushrooming of news portals.

Here are what Exit Polls predicted for Kerala and Karnataka:

*  Republic-CVoter predicts 15 seats to UPA (Kerala)

* Republic-Jan Ki Baat gives 14-16 seats to UPA (Kerala)

* News 18 IPSOS predicts 7-9 seats for UDF, 11-13 seats for LDF and 0-1 seats for NDA. (Kerala)

* News 18 IPSOS predicts 21-23 seats for the BJP and 5-7 seats for UPA. (Karnataka)

*  Today's Chanakya‏ has predicted UDF 16 ± 3 Seats LDF 4 ± 3 Seats BJP+ 0 ± 1 Seats Others NIL (Kerala)

* Today's Chanakya‏ has predicted BJP+ 23 seats, ± 4 Seats Congress+, 5 ± 4 Seats, Others NIL (Karnataka)

* India TV CNX has predicted 17 seats for the BJP, 8 for the Congress, 3 seats for the JDS.  (Karnataka)

* India TV CNX has predicted UDF to get 14 seats, LDF 5, NDA 1

* India Today Axis Poll predicts 21-25 seats for BJP, 3-6 seats for the Congress, and 0-1 for Others in Karnataka.

* India Today Axis Poll predicts 15-16 seats for the UDF, 3-5 seats for the LDF and 0-1 seats for the BJP in Kerala.

* In Karnataka, electors voted for 28 Lok Sabha seats in the second (April 18) and third (April 23) phase. In the second and third phase, people voted for 14 Lok Sabha seats each. In Kerala, electors voted for 20 Lok Sabha seats in a single phase April 23 (third phase).