Exit polls: Happy surprise for NDA in Bengal, Odisha, South

Several exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could retain power for a third straight term with the BJPled NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha pollsThe ruling alliance in all likelihood will open its account in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and sweep Karnataka but may see a fall in its tally in states like Bihar Rajasthan and Haryana according to multiple pollstersThe Republic TVP Marq poll claimed that the ruling alliance could win up to 359 seats and the Opposition INDIA bloc could bag 154 seats in the 543member Lok Sabha The Republic TVMatrize poll gave 353368 seats to the NDA and 118133 seats to the OppositionThe Jan Ki Baat poll gave 362392 seats to the ruling NDA and 141161 to the Opposition alliance The India TVCNX gave them 371401 and 109139 seats respectively while the corresponding tally predicted by News Nation was 342378 and 153169 respectivelyAt the time of filing of this report numbers for 16 states were in from the India TodayAxis My India Exit Poll which said the NDA is projected to comfortably win 361401 Lok Sabha seats powered by strong performances in Karnataka Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Meanwhile the Opposition INDIA bloc is shaping up to be a distant runnerup and is estimated to secure anywhere between 131166 seats in the 543strong Lok SabhaIn Delhi which sends seven members to the Lok Sabha as per the India TodayAxis My India Poll the BJP is projected to win 67 seats dealing a major blow to the INDIA bloc The pollster predicted at most one seat for the CongressAAP combine and none for IndependentsIn Maharashtrarsquos neighbouring state Gujarat the India TodayAxis My India Exit Poll has predicted that the ruling BJP is likely to win 25ndash26 seats of the 26 Lok Sabha seats up for grabsThe India TodayAxis My India also predicted that the BJP could continue to dominate another neighbouring state of Maharashtra ie Madhya Pradesh The party is expected to win 2829 seats in the state as per the survey The Congress is not expected to open its account in MP or may go home with a single seat the survey saidIn Goa which is Indiarsquos smallest state the India TodayAxis My India Exit Poll projected that there may be a neckandneck fight with the NDA and the INDIA bloc expected to win one seat eachIn the neighbouring Congressruled state of Karnataka despite the hullaballoo of the saffron party being projected to win better than their previous record of 25 seats in 2019 the BJPled NDAs vote share is expected to shrink this time around as per India TodayAxis My India survey with the Congress being the primary gainerKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday said he has no faith in exit polls and predicted that the Congress will cross double digits in the state362392NDA Exit poll as per Jan Ki Baat371401NDA Exit poll as per India TVCNX342378NDA Exit poll as per News Nation353368NDA Exit poll as per Republic TVMatrizeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever