Exit polls predict BJP win in Gujarat, Cong edge in HP

Dec 17, 2012 |

New Delhi

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Gujarat polls

Exit and opinion polls on television channels at the end of voting in Gujarat today projected the BJP to perform a hat-trick in the state while the Congress is predicted to have an edge in BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh.

Exit poll carried out by C-Voter for Times Now predicted 119 to 129 seats for BJP while Congress is projected to win between 49 and 59 seats out of the total 182 seats.
News 24 showed that the BJP is likely to get 140 against 117 seats it had won in 2007 Assembly polls as the party is expected to get 46 per cent of the total vote share. The poll carried out by Chanakya for the channel projected the Congress to get 40 seats, 19 short of 59 it won in 2007 polls.
Headlines Today projected the BJP to get between 118 and 128 seats while the Congress is likely to win in 50 to 56 seats with 37 per cent vote share.
The ABP News predicted the BJP to win in 116 seats and the Congress in 60 constituencies.
C-Voter predicted a vote share of 46 per cent for the BJP against 37 per cent for the Congress while Chanakya said the BJP is likely to get 50 per cent vote share against 35 per cent of the Congress.
In Himachal Pradesh, C-Voter predicted 30 to 38 seats for the Congress while the BJP is likely to get 27 to 35 seats in the 68-member Assembly.
Chanakya predicted the Congress to win in 40 seats while they said the BJP is likely to win in 23 seats. Others may win in five seats.

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