Exit polls aired on Saturday showed the Congress was likely to win Haryana by a landslide and was ahead of other parties in the likely cliffhanger Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) assembly polls.
The results of both parliamentary elections will be announced on October 8th.
According to various opinion polls, the Congress has continued its momentum in Haryana’s Lok Sabha elections and is expected to win between 45 and 61 seats in the 90-member Lok Sabha constituency, taking the lead from the BJP for the first time in a decade. This is an opportunity to take back power. The majority is 46 people.
In Haryana’s single polls held on Saturday, the voter turnout as of 7 pm was 61.19 per cent, lower than the turnout in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which was 64.8 per cent across all polling stations. This was announced by the Election Commission of India.
In the Haryana assembly elections, India Today-C Voter gave Congress 50-58 seats, BJP 20-28 seats, Dushyant Chautala’s JJP 0-2 seats and AAP 0 seats, while TimesNow- Dhruv Research predicted the Congress would win between 50 and 64 seats, with 22 seats. BJP -32, others 2-8.
Similarly, Republic-PMarq exit polls predict a landslide victory for the Congress with 51-61 seats, while the BJP is expected to win 27-35 seats. According to the paper, in the state assembly polls, the Congress’ vote share will jump to 44 per cent, while the Bharatiya Janata Party’s vote share will fall to 37 per cent.
Parliament has 44 to 54 seats
Dainik Bhaskar predicted 44-54 seats for the Congress, 19-29 seats for the BJP, 1-5 seats for the INLD and 0-1 seats for the AAP in the exit polls, Dainik Bhaskar predicted. The Congress had dominated the polls mainly on the back of its strong anti-incumbency against the Bharatiya Janata Party government and Jats’ anger over its mishandling of the reservation agitation. Farmers were angry at the central government over farm laws, and sexual abuse of female wrestlers also contributed to the fall of the Bharatiya Janata Party government.
The BJP won 40 out of 90 seats in the 2019 polls and formed the government for the second consecutive term with the support of the JJP, which won 10 MLAs.
According to exit polls, the Congress-NC alliance is expected to have an edge over the Bharatiya Janata Party in the J&K polls, with the Congress likely to stall as no party has a clear majority. be. The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections were held in three phases, with an overall voter turnout of 63.88 per cent.
India Today-C voters gave 40-48 seats to the Congress-NC alliance, 27-32 seats to the BJP, which is doing well in the Jammu region of the united territory, and 6-12 seats to the PDP.
Axis My India showed the Congress winning 35-45 seats in the NC Congress, 24-34 seats for the BJP, 4-6 seats for the PDP and 8-23 seats for independents. Exit polls have revealed that independent candidates will hold the key to forming the government in J&K’s triangular elections.
Similarly, Dainik Bhaskar gave 35-40 seats to the NC Congress, 20-25 seats to the BJP, 4-7 seats to the PDP and 12-18 seats to independents.