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Exit polls predict big win for BJP-Sena in Maharashtra polls

| @indiablooms | Oct 21, 2019, at 07:16 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Several Exit polls on Monday predict a landslide win for BJP-Shiv Sena Combine in the just concluded elections to 22-seat Maharashtra assembly.

According to Times Now exit poll, BJP-Shiv Sena will win 230 seats followed by Congress at 48 seats and others with 10.

Exit poll conducted by India Today-My Axis said the NDA will bag 166-194 seats while Congress and its allies will win 72-40 seats.

CNN-Ipsos exit poll predicted 243 seats for BJP-Sena combine, 41 for Congress and its allies and others with 4 seats.

The exit poll by NDTV predicted 211 seats for BJP-SS while Cong-NCP was set to win 64 seats and others at 13.

A total of 3237 candidates from a host of parties besides independents are in the fray.

BJP contested on 164 seats, while its alliance Shiv Sena has fielded candidates on 126 seats. Congress has fielded 147 candidates and the ally NCP has fielded 121.

In 2014 elections, BJP won 122 seats, the Sena-63, the Congress-42 and the NCP-41.

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