BJP May Retain Uttar Pradesh, But With Fewer Seats, Predicts Poll Of Polls
NDTV
The BJP, the aggregate indicates, may win 232 of the state's 403 assembly seats. Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, seen as the big challenger to the BJP, may win 150 seats. Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party may win 15 and the Congress at the bottom of the tally with four seats.
An aggregate of four exit polls have predicted a second term for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the country's largest state seen as the gateway to power at the Centre. The BJP, the aggregate indicates, may win 232 of the state's 403 assembly seats. Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, seen as the big challenger to the BJP, may win 150 seats. Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party may win 15 and the Congress at the bottom of the tally with four seats.
Statutory warning: Exit polls do not always get it right. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
The figures projected today are far below the 300-plus target the BJP's master strategist Amit Shah had set the party. Two weeks ago, the Union Home Minister had predicted that the party will easily meet the target.
