Haryana exit polls: Congress leading over BJP; JJP, INLD face wipe out | Haryana Elections News

The Congress party may return to power in Haryana after a 10-year drought, unseating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the Assembly elections, exit polls showed on Saturday. According to Bhaskar Reporters’ Poll survey, the Congress is likely to win around 44-54 seats in Haryana, while the BJP may be limited to 19-29 seats.

The Bhaskar survey predicted 1-5 seats for the INLD-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance. Notably, INLD had won just one seat last time in 2019. For JJP and its ally Chandra Shekhar Azad-led Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), the survey predicted up to one seat. The JJP had won 10 seats last time and emerged as the kingmaker in the poll. It had extended its support to the BJP, which won 40 seats, and helped the saffron party form a coalition government in Haryana. However, their alliance collapsed ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

According to Republic Matrize exit poll prediction, Congress may win 55-62 seats while the BJP could win up to 24 seats. It said that INLD may win up to six seats while others are projected to win 2-8 seats.

 

Former Congress Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda is the frontrunner for the CM post, but party leaders Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala have also expressed their interest in the race. Meanwhile, the BJP has confirmed that incumbent CM Nayab Singh Saini will continue if the party wins.

About exit polls

 

Exit polls are surveys conducted immediately after voters leave polling stations, used to predict election outcomes based on their responses. Exit polls do not reflect the official or final election outcomes. The actual results may vary as votes are counted and officially declared.