Two More Exit Polls Give Comfortable Lead to BJP

Two exit polls released on Thursday, a day after voting was held in Delhi's fiercely contested elections, predicted a comfortable victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and signaled a significant decline in the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) electoral fortunes in the Capital.

- Alok KN Mishra

NEW DELHI:

Axis My India and Today's Chanakya, both prominent pollsters, reinforced projections from surveys released on Wednesday, suggesting that the BJP is poised to reclaim the national capital after 27 years and end the AAP's dominance since 2015.

Axis My India forecast that the BJP would secure between 45 and 55 seats in the 70-member assembly, with the AAP's tally dropping to 15-25. It projected a 48% vote share for the BJP and 42% for the AAP. The Congress, it said, would get 0-1 seats with a 7% vote share.

Today's Chanakya offered a similar outlook, predicting 45-57 seats for the BJP with a 49% vote share, while the AAP was expected to manage 13-25 seats with 41% votes. The Congress was estimated to win 0-3 seats with a 10% vote share.