Exit polls have shown the way out for Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and opened the gates to BJP. If true, it will be the party’s biggest comeback in the national capital after a gap of 27 years.
The Election Commission will announce the official results after the counting on February 8. Exit polls are projections made by election survey agencies based on interviews of voters as they come out after casting their votes. These may vary widely from the actual results. In the 2020 Delhi polls, most exit polls got their predictions wrong.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 57.89 per cent, with the highest participation in the North East district and the lowest in the South East.
Among the exit polls that predicted a BJP victory, the People’s Pulse showed the NDA was likely to get 51 to 60 seats, while the AAP may get 10 to 19 seats. The Congress, it claimed, will not be able to open its account.
According to the People’s Insight exit poll, the NDA is likely to get 40 to 44 seats, the AAP 25 to 29 seats, and the Congress 0-1 seat.
The P-Marq exit poll predicted 39-49 seats for the BJP and its allies, 21-31 seats for AAP and 0-1 for the Congress.
The JVC exit poll said the BJP and allies would get 39-45, the AAP 22-31 seats and the Congress 0-2.
However, two pollsters have bent the trends and said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party will win the Delhi assembly elections.
Wee Preside gave 46-52 sets for AAP, 18-23 for BJP and 0-1 for Congress, and Mind Brink Media predicted 44-49 seats for AAP, 21-25 for BJP and 0-1 for the Congress.
Matrize exit poll predicted a close contest, giving the BJP-led NDA 35-40 seats, while the AAP was said to get 32 to 37 seats. The survey gave Congress 0-1 seats.
In the 70-member Delhi assembly, 36 is the majority mark. The AAP currently has 62 MLAs, the BJP has eight, and the Congress none.
With inputs from PTI
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