New Delhi, March 7: As the Assembly election draws to a close with Uttar Pradesh voting in the last phase today, the exit polls for the five states — Punjab, UP, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa are out. Several exit polls predicted a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and the AAP in Punjab while being mixed in their forecast for Uttarakhand, currently ruled by BJP.

Most of them were also unanimous in predicting a big win for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in Punjab, with India Today-Axis My India projecting up to 76-90 seats in the 117-member state assembly.

While the BJP won in Uttar Pradesh with a sweeping mandate in 2017, this election is expected to be a referendum on the government of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Punjab witnessed a multi-cornered election this time, with the Aam Aadmi Party looking to wrest power from the ruling Congress.

In Uttarakhand, the Assembly polls have been predicted to be a close contest between the incumbent BJP and its main rival, the Congress. The hill state has always witnessed a tight race between the two parties. Goa, this year, witnessed one of the fiercest poll battles this year with no party looking to have it easy to the majority-mark.

In Manipur, the N Biren Singh government says it is confident of coming back to power as its allies — the NPP, NPF and JD(U) — continue to stand strong with them.

India News-Jan ki Baat exit poll gave a clear majority to Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab, while congress and BJP are fighting neck to neck in Uttarakhand. BJP is ahead in Manipur while Goa will have no clear majority with both bjp and congress fighting hard.

Exit Polls Predicted a clear majority for Aam Aadmi party in Punjab, with incumbent congress suffering defeat.

Punjab – 117 Total Seats

Exit Poll AAP Congress SAD
India Today-Axis My India 76-90 19-31 7-11
ABP C-Voter 51-61 22-28 20-26
Jan Ki Baat India News 60-84 18-31 12-19
News 24 Today’s Chanakya  100 10  6

In Uttarakhand, the survey failed to project a clear winner with both the BJP and Congress fighting neck and neck.

Uttarakhand Exit Polls:

Exit Poll Congress BJP AAP

India Today Axis My India

20-30

36-46

0

ABP C-Voter

32-38

26-32

0-2

Jan Ki Baat India News

27-35

32-41

0-1

News24 Today’s Chanakya

43

24

0

Exit Poll numbers have started to trickle in for Goa and are giving a sense of where these elections are finally headed. There is close fight between the BJP and Congress party. Independent and oters are set to be kingmakers.

Total Seats in Goa- 40

Exit Poll Congress BJP AAP TMC

India Today-Axis My India

15-20 14-18 - 2-5

ABP C-Voter

12-16 13-17 1-5 5-9

Jan Ki Baat India News

14-19 13-19 3-5 1-3

BJP is likely to emerge as the largest party in Manipur with congress as distant second. AFSPA-free Manipur. This was the battlefield slogan that every political party in Manipur used during campaigning to win support.

Manipur Total Seats: 60

Exit Poll BJP Congress NPP NPF

India Today-Axis My India

33-43 4-8 4-8 4-8

ABP C-Voter

23-27 12-16 10-14 3-7

Jan Ki Baat India News

23-28 10-14 7-8 5-8

Exit poll results for Uttar Pradesh, which went to polls in seven phases with last one held today, have started coming in. So far, five exit polls have predicted big win for the BJP in UP.

Total Seats in UP: 403

Exit Poll BJP SP Congress BSP

India Today-Axis My India

288-326 71-101 1-3 3-9

ABP C-Voter

 228-244  132-148  4-8  17

Jan Ki Baat India News

222-260 135-165 1-3 4-9

News24 Today’s Chanakya

 275-313 86-124   0-2  0-4

Month-long assembly elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur – has concluded today (March 7, 2022). All eyes will now be on March 10th when counting of votes in these five states will be done.

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