Exit polls give edge to Cong in high-stakes Karnataka battle
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NEW DELHI: Exit polls on Wednesday predicted a great contest between the Congress and the BJP throughout the high-stakes Karnataka Assembly polls with most pollsters giving an edge to the grand outdated celebration.
India Today-Axis My India predicted a clear majority for the Congress with 122-140 seats throughout the 224-member assembly and gave the BJP 62-80 seats. It gave 20-25 seats to the JD (S), the third primary participant throughout the race.
News 24-Today’s Chanakya moreover forecast a majority for the Congress with 120 seats as in the direction of 92 seats for the BJP and 12 for the JD(S).
The final result for the three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) will in all probability be launched on Saturday.
While the ABP News-C Voter exit poll predicted that the Congress would get 100-112 seats, BJP 83-95, JD(S) 21-29, the Republic TV-P MARQ forecast that the Congress will get 94-108 seats, the BJP 85-100 and JD(S) 24-32.
The India TV-CNX exit polls gave the Congress 110-120 seats and the BJP 80-90 seats.
They predicted 20-24 seats for the JD (S).
The TV9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat exit poll stated that the Congress is vulnerable to get 99-109 seats, the BJP 88-98 and the JD(S) 21-26 whereas the Zee News-Matrize Agency predicted that the Congress would get 103-118, the BJP 79-94 and the JD(S) 25-33.
The News Nation-CGS poll said the BJP would get 114 seats, the Congress 86 and the JD(S) 21.
The Suvarna News-Jan Ki Baat forecast that the BJP was vulnerable to win 94-117, Congress 91-106 and the JD(S) 14-24.
Times Now-ETG exit polls gave 113 seats to the Congress and 85 to the BJP.
It predicted 23 seats for JD (S).
In the 2018 Assembly elections, BJP emerged as the one largest celebration by profitable 104 seats out of entire 224, adopted by the Congress at 80 and JD(S) at 37.
There was one unbiased member, whereas BSP and Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janata Party (KPJP) had one legislator each.
With no celebration having a clear majority and since the Congress and JD(S) had been trying to forge an alliance, B S Yediyurappa of BJP staked a declare and long-established the federal authorities.
However, it wanted to resign inside three days ahead of the idea vote, unable to muster the required numbers.
Subsequently, the Congress-JD(S) alliance long-established the federal authorities with Kumaraswamy as CM, nonetheless the wobbly dispensation collapsed in 14 months as 17 legislators resigned and bought right here out of the ruling coalition and defected to the BJP, facilitating it to return once more to vitality.
In the by-polls held subsequently in 2019, the ruling celebration gained 12 out of 15 seats.
In the outgoing Assembly, BJP has 116 MLAs, adopted by the Congress at 69, and JD(S) at 29.
NEW DELHI: Exit polls on Wednesday predicted a great contest between the Congress and the BJP throughout the high-stakes Karnataka Assembly polls with most pollsters giving an edge to the grand outdated celebration.
India Today-Axis My India predicted a clear majority for the Congress with 122-140 seats throughout the 224-member assembly and gave the BJP 62-80 seats. It gave 20-25 seats to the JD (S), the third primary participant throughout the race.
News 24-Today’s Chanakya moreover forecast a majority for the Congress with 120 seats as in the direction of 92 seats for the BJP and 12 for the JD(S).googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The final result for the three-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, the Congress and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular) will in all probability be launched on Saturday.
While the ABP News-C Voter exit poll predicted that the Congress would get 100-112 seats, BJP 83-95, JD(S) 21-29, the Republic TV-P MARQ forecast that the Congress will get 94-108 seats, the BJP 85-100 and JD(S) 24-32.
The India TV-CNX exit polls gave the Congress 110-120 seats and the BJP 80-90 seats.
They predicted 20-24 seats for the JD (S).
The TV9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat exit poll stated that the Congress is vulnerable to get 99-109 seats, the BJP 88-98 and the JD(S) 21-26 whereas the Zee News-Matrize Agency predicted that the Congress would get 103-118, the BJP 79-94 and the JD(S) 25-33.
The News Nation-CGS poll said the BJP would get 114 seats, the Congress 86 and the JD(S) 21.
The Suvarna News-Jan Ki Baat forecast that the BJP was vulnerable to win 94-117, Congress 91-106 and the JD(S) 14-24.
Times Now-ETG exit polls gave 113 seats to the Congress and 85 to the BJP.
It predicted 23 seats for JD (S).
In the 2018 Assembly elections, BJP emerged as the one largest celebration by profitable 104 seats out of entire 224, adopted by the Congress at 80 and JD(S) at 37.
There was one unbiased member, whereas BSP and Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janata Party (KPJP) had one legislator each.
With no celebration having a clear majority and since the Congress and JD(S) had been trying to forge an alliance, B S Yediyurappa of BJP staked a declare and long-established the federal authorities.
However, it wanted to resign inside three days ahead of the idea vote, unable to muster the required numbers.
Subsequently, the Congress-JD(S) alliance long-established the federal authorities with Kumaraswamy as CM, nonetheless the wobbly dispensation collapsed in 14 months as 17 legislators resigned and bought right here out of the ruling coalition and defected to the BJP, facilitating it to return once more to vitality.
In the by-polls held subsequently in 2019, the ruling celebration gained 12 out of 15 seats.
In the outgoing Assembly, BJP has 116 MLAs, adopted by the Congress at 69, and JD(S) at 29.
