2024-06-01 21:34:26
Exit Poll Results 2024 Highlights: After a marathon Lok Sabha elections 2024 – spread over six weeks, the second longest general election since 1951-52 – it’s time for Exit Polls. A big win for the ruling BJP-led NDA has been predicted by twelve exit polls – India Today- Axis My India (361-401), News 24-Today’s Chanakya (400), ABP News-C Voter (353-383), Republic Bharat- P Marq (359), India News- D-Dyanamics (371), Republic Bharat- Matrize (353-368), Dainik Bhaskar (281-350), News Nation (342-378), TV 9 Bharatvarsh- Polstrat (342), Times Now-ETG (358), India TV- CNX (362-392) and Jan Ki Baat (362-392).
The exit polls have also predicted NDA dominance in Karnataka and Maharashtra and Left-led alliance’s rout in Kerala. In Bengal, the exit polls predicted a better performance for the BJP than it did the last time (22). Most exit polls have said that the BJP will now be the single-largest party in Bengal in terms of Lok Sabha seats.
Health Warning: Exit polls are not always accurate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 73, and his party, BJP, is widely expected to come back to power for a third straight term. The Congress, hamstrung by poll losses and a string of defections, is part of the Opposition bloc INDIA taking on the BJP.
In the 2019 polls, BJP romped home with 303 seats and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) pushed the number to 352. The Congress secured 52 seats and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) totalled 91.
The BJP this time has set a target of 370 seats and with help from its allies aims to go past the 400 mark. There are 543 seats in the Lower House of Parliament and the majority mark is 272.
Election results are to be announced on Tuesday.
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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor termed the exit polls predictions – that predicted a third straight win for the NDA including a huge gain in the south – “deeply unscientific” and said they are instead interested in the votes of people. He also said that BJP won’t be making gains in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and will lose “significantly” in Karnataka.
A big win for the ruling BJP-led NDA has been predicted by twelve exit polls – India Today- Axis My India (361-401), News 24-Today’s Chanakya (400), ABP News-C Voter (353-383), Republic Bharat- P Marq (359), India News- D-Dyanamics (371), Republic Bharat- Matrize (353-368), Dainik Bhaskar (281-350), News Nation (342-378), TV 9 Bharatvarsh- Polstrat (342), Times Now-ETG (358), India TV- CNX (362-392) and Jan Ki Baat (362-392).
Exit Poll Results Live: Big Win For NDA Predicted By Exit Polls
A big win for the ruling BJP-led NDA has been predicted by ten exit polls – News 24-Today’s Chanakya (400), ABP News-C Voter (353-383), Republic Bharat- P Marq (359), India News- D-Dyanamics (371), Republic Bharat- Matrize (353-368), Dainik Bhaskar (281-350), News Nation (342-378), Times Now-ETG (358), India TV- CNX (362-392) and Jan Ki Baat (362-392).
Exit Poll Results: BJP Leader Amit Malviya On Exit Polls Prediction
“It will be the first time in our history that the Prime Minister will be re-elected for a third term with an improved mandate,” said BJP leader Amit Malviya on exit polls.
Exit Poll Results Live: Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi On Exit Polls Predictions
“The figures of the exit polls are very depressive if true. But the Modi wave hasn’t worked so much in the south. We have analysed together and we are giving a 295 figure collectively,” said Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
#WATCH | Madurai, Tamil Nadu: On Lok Sabha exit polls, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav says, “…I saw on tv, as per the survey, once again PM Modi’s govt is going to be formed in the country. I pray to God that this govt once again succeeds in taking the country ahead…” pic.twitter.com/UoERXtVTqB
– ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2024
Exit Poll Results Live: Pawan Khera “Confident” Of Congress Victory
“We are confident of a victory. The pollsters and exit polls agency got it from a particular address in Delhi,” claimed Congress leader Pawan Khera on exit polls prediction.
I will shave off my head if Mr Modi becomes PM for the third time.
Mark my word!
All exit polls will be proven wrong on 4th June and Modi ji will not become prime minister for the third time.
In Delhi, all seven seats will go to India ALLIANCE.
Fear of Mr Modi does not allow…
– Adv. Somnath Bharti: इंसानियत से बड़ा कुछ नहीं! (@attorneybharti) June 1, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he was confident of a third successive mandate after polls closed in the country’s marathon six-week general election.
“I can say with confidence that the people of India have voted in record numbers to reelect the NDA government,” PM Modi said in a post on social media platform X, referring to his ruling National Democratic Alliance coalition.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the voters after the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. “India has voted! A heartfelt thank you to all those who exercised their franchise. Their active participation is the cornerstone of our democracy. Their commitment and dedication ensures that the democratic spirit thrives in our nation,” said PM Modi.
“I would also like to specially appreciate India’s Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti. Their strong presence at the polls is a very encouraging sign,” he added.
Exit Poll Results Live: Exit Poll From Public Gives 295 Seats To INDIA Bloc, Says Congress’ Supriya Shrinate
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate rubbished the exit poll predictions and said, “The exit poll from the public gives 295 seats to INDIA, and this number will only increase.”
Exit Poll Results Live: NDA Will Win All 80 Seats In UP, Says Deputy Chief Minister On Exit Polls
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said the exit polls have shown that the “BJP is going to form the government with a huge majority”. “In Uttar Pradesh, NDA will win all the 80 seats. People have rejected the alliance of the Samajwadi Party and Congress,” he added.
Exit Poll Results: Maharashtra Congress Leader Says INDIA Bloc Will Win 300 Seats
Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole has dismissed the exit polls that predicted a huge BJP win in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 and said that the “INDIA alliance will get more than 300 seats”.
Congress leader Pawan Khera termed the exit polls as “sarkari” and said the INDIA bloc will expose the BJP ecosystem. “We are absolutely confident of our numbers. INDIA bloc will be getting a minimum of 295 seats,” said Mr Khera.
Exit Poll Results Live: NDA May Win 7 Seats In Tamil Nadu, Predicted Exit Polls
Most exit polls predicted the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance could win as many as seven Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. The party has struggled in recent centre and state elections.
Exit Poll Results: BJP May Win Odisha, Predicts Exit Polls
The BJP may win 15 of Odisha’s 21 seats, Naveen Patnaik’s BJD likely to get 3-8, indicated exit polls.
Exit Poll Results Live: “We Are Winning Big In Andhra,” Claims TDP Spokesperson
“We are winning and we are winning big. We are going very good in parliament numbers. No worry at all when it comes to Andhra Pradesh. We are going to form the government,” said TDP spokesperson Jyothsna Tirunagari. Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP and the BJP are allies in Andhra Pradesh.
Exit Poll Results Live: DMK Leader On BJP’s Karnataka Peformance
“In the last election, the BJP won 26 seats in Karnataka, then going by the exit polls, it would be a climbdown. After the Prajwal Revanna’s episode, the people of Karnataka are not going to vote for the BJP,” said A Sarvanan, DMK spokesperson
Exit Poll Results: DMK Spokesperson Predicts INDIA Bloc Victory In Tamil Nadu
The BJP is not going to win this election even a single seat. INDIA bloc will win, said A Sarvanan, DMK spokesperson
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win a much higher number of seats in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha election, according to exit polls. The state has 28 Lok Sabha seats.
Exit Poll Results Live: P Chidambaram On What May have worked for INDIA bloc
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, while speaking to NDTV, said that an aggressive campaign by the INDIA bloc leaders may have worked for the opposition alliance in Lok Sabha elections 2024. He also said that the manifesto also played a key role in this.
Exit Poll Results: NDA may get up to five seats in Tamil Nadu
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s big South push, NDA may get up to five seats in Tamil Nadu, predict exit polls. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats.
Poll of exit poll: Trinamool behind BJP in West Bengal, predict 2 exit polls
BJP ahead of Trinamool in West Bengal, predict 2 exit polls – India News- D-Dynamics (21 for BJP and 19 for Trinamool) and Republic Bharat- Matrize (21-25 for BJP and 16-20 for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool).
India General Election Exit Poll: Exit polls predict NDA dominance in Karnataka
Exit polls predict NDA dominance in Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Left-led alliance’s rout in Kerala
India Elections 2024 Exit Poll: Jan Ki Baat Exit Poll Predicts Big NDA win
Jan Ki Baat exit poll has also predicted a big win for the NDA with between 362 and 392 seats. It forecast somewhere between 141 to 161 seats for the opposition INDIA bloc.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Exit Poll: 4 Exit Polls Predict Over 350 Seats For BJP
Four exit polls – Republic Bharat- P Marq (359), India News- D-Dyanamics (371), Republic Bharat- Matrize (353-368) and TV 5 Telugu (359) – have predicted over 350 seats for the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Exit Poll Election Results: NDA Sweep Predicted By 2 Exit Polls
An NDA sweep is predicted by Republic Bharat- P Marq (359) and India News- D-Dynamics (371).
One exit poll predicts big win for the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return for a third term, NDA will get 371 seats, predicts India News- D-Dyanimcs exit poll.
Exit Poll Results: BJP and The Politically Prized State Of Uttar Pradesh
The BJP swept the politically prized state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends the most number of MPs to parliament (80), winning 71 seats in 2014 and 62 in 2019. PM Modi, who is looking to win a third term, is contesting from Varanasi. The Congress, its principal rival, won 2 seats in 2014 and 1 in 2019.
“Hamara palda bahut bhari hai (The scales are tilted in our favour),” Prime Minister Narendra Modi told NDTV in an exclusive interview last month, projecting confidence in his ability to secure a third straight term for his party, BJP, in the Lok Sabha elections. Read here
What Poll Strategist Prashant Kishor Told NDTV Ahead Of Exit Polls
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who crafted PM Modi’s 2014 campaign, told NDTV that the BJP will return with the same or slightly better numbers as it did in 2019. “The future will show what the June 4 result will be. Journalists, psephologists and experts have their own opinions. As far as I am concerned, I would say consistency can sometimes be boring. For the past five months, I have been saying that no matter how you assess the elections, it seems Modi-led BJP is returning. They may get the same numbers as last election or do slightly better,” Mr Kishor told NDTV.
Voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ends today with the conclusion of the seventh phase. Before the finals results are announced on June 4, exit polls will try to predict the outcome of the elections later this evening. Here’s a look at the exit polls projections and the actual results in Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019. Read here
The Congress has reversed its decision on Exit Poll debated. Pawan Khera took to his X handle and announced the party’s decision. He also termed it a chance to expose the BJP and its ecosystem on ‘pre-fixed Exit Polls’.
On Friday, Mr Khera had announced the party’s decision to not engage in ‘diversionary debates’ ahead of Exit Polls, drawing jeers from the BJP.
Voting for the last phase will end at 6 pm and the exit polls will start airing from 6.30 pm onwards. Tune in to NDTV for live updates on exit polls after 6:30 pm.
The election results will be out on June 4.
Tejashwi Yadav predicted that the INDIA bloc will win more than 295 seats in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
जीत रहा है इंडिया
जीत रही है जनताजनता का Exit Poll- 295+
– Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) June 1, 2024
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said that parties that are a part of INDIA bloc will get over 295 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
The members of the INDIA bloc met at Mr Kharge’s residence on Saturday for an “informal” meet, hours ahead of the exit polls.
The Congress and INDIA bloc have reversed its decision not to participate in exit polls debate. “INDIA parties met and decided to expose the BJP and its ecosystem on the prefixed exit polls.
After considering factors for and against participating in the exit polls, it has been decided by consensus that all the INDIA parties will participate in the exit poll debates on television this evening,” said Pawan Khera.
INDIA parties met and decided to expose the bjp and its ecosystem on the prefixed exit polls.
After considering factors for and against participating in the exit polls, it has been decided by consensus that all the INDIA parties will participate in the exit poll debates on…– Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 (@Pawankhera) June 1, 2024
The campaigning for last phase saw BJP leaders, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targeting the INDIA bloc of being corrupt, appeasement and dynastic politics. The opposition parties have been claiming that the BJP is anti-farmer, anti-youth and will change and scrap the Constitution if it wins the election.
The voting will end at 6 PM, except in Jharkhand where it is scheduled to end at 5 pm.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Exit Poll: How Are Exit Polls Calculated
A combination of sampling methods and statistical analysis by various agencies are used to calculate exit polls. The methods include sampling, questioning, data collection, weightage, analysis and margin of error.
Union Minister Amit Shah mocked the Congress after its leader Pawan Khera announced that the party will skip exit poll debates. “Congress has come to know about its huge defeat, so with what face will it face the media and the public now? Therefore, Congress is running away from the exit polls. I want to tell the Congress party not to run away, face the defeat and introspect,” he said in a post in Hindi on X.
The Congress, he said, “opts out” when it doesn’t expect the results to go in its favour.
Votes will be counted in the Lok Sabha election 2024 on June 4. The seven-phase election that began on April 19 and ended on June 1 saw a fierce contest between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition bloc INDIA.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking to win a historic third term, while the INDIA bloc is hoping to win a majority in the Lok Sabha by pooling in all the seats their member parties manage to get.
Exit Poll Results: What Are Exit Polls?
Exit polls attempt to predict poll results by interviewing voters right after they have cast their votes. Exit polls were banned during the six weeks of voting and are expected to be released after voting ends at 6:30 pm.
India voted in seven phases of the national elections in the past six weeks to elect its next government. Counting is now on to find out if the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP or the opposition parties pooled more votes.
The voting took place between April 19 and June 1 in 543 Lok Sabha seats to send one representative each to the Lower House of the Parliament. Whichever party (or parties) gets a simple majority – that is win 272 or more seats – will form the government and hold power for the next five years.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with the parties of Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish Kumar, Eknath Shinde, and others under its banner, has set a target of 400-plus seats to win a historic third term for PM Modi.
Their major opponent is the INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc, comprising parties like the Congress, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, MK Stalin’s DMK, Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, Sharad Pawar faction of the NCP, Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, and others.