ABP Exit Poll: PM Modi, Akhilesh, Sonia set to win; alert for Rahul in Amethi

The BJP is set to make deep inroads into the Trinamool Congress territory of West Bengal in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, according to an exit poll conducted by ABP News. The saffron party, which has been looking towards West Bengal for the past couple of years, is slated to win 16 seats in the state, adding 14 Lok Sabha constituencies to its tally of two in previous polls.

Background

The BJP is set to make deep inroads into the Trinamool Congress territory of West Bengal in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, according to an exit poll conducted by ABP News. The saffron party, which has been looking towards West Bengal for the past couple of years, is slated to win 16 seats in the state, adding 14 Lok Sabha constituencies to its tally of two in previous polls.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's TMC, which swept the 2014 general elections in the state by bagging 34 Lok Sabha seats, may be reduced 24 seats. The Congress, which won four seats in 2014, may get only two seats. The CPI(M) led Left Front may draw a blank here.A good show in West Bengal is vital for the BJP, as it is eyeing its second term at the Centre.The state went to polls in seven phases and witnessed the bitterest electioneering this time between the TMC and the BJP. Also, voting in West Bengal was marred with violence during all the seven phases.The major incident of violence was witnessed during a road show of BJP chief Amit Shah, with the statue of Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, an icon of West Bengal, being vandalised. In view of the violence, the Election Commission took an unprecedented step of curtailing poll campaign in the state by a day as it ordered stoppage of poll campaigning from 10 p.m. on Thursday, instead of 6 pm on Friday, in the nine Lok Sabha constituencies.Meanwhile, the exit poll predicted that the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set to return to power winning 277 seats in Lok Sabha elections, five seats above the majority mark. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) could win 130 seats while other regional parties are tipped to win 135 seats.In terms of vote share, the exit poll predicts 39 per cent votes to the NDA, followed by 26 per cent votes to the UPA. Others account for 35 per cent vote share. The exit poll shows that the BJP is expected to win 227 seats, a 30 per cent decline over 2014, while the Congress is seen bagging 87 seats (almost a 200 per cent jump).The exit poll predicted that the Bahujan Samaj Party-Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Mahagathbandhan will emerge as the third largest force in the 17th Lok Sabha with 56 seats.

20/05/2019 20:14:51

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20/05/2019 20:06:23

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20/05/2019 20:02:27

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20/05/2019 19:57:10

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20/05/2019 19:54:46

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20/05/2019 19:51:32

ABP Exit Poll 2019 predicts victory for Congress Chair person Sonia Gandhi in Amethi.

20/05/2019 19:46:17

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav is likely to win the Lok Sabha elections from Kannauj seat against BJP's Subrat Pandey, predicts ABP Exit Poll 2019.

20/05/2019 19:44:27

In a shocking revelation, ABP News Exit Poll 2019 predicts tough battle between Congress President Rahul Gandhi and BJP minister Smriti Irani from Amethi.

20/05/2019 19:42:24

According to ABP News Exit Poll, Former UP CM and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is likely to win Lok Sabha Elections from Azamgarh seat against BJP's star candidate and Bhojpuri actor Nirahua.

20/05/2019 19:41:11

BJP leader and candidate Manjor Sinha from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh is likely to lose Lok Sabha elections. Elections.The BSP, which got this seat in its share in the opposition alliance, has fielded former MP Afzal Ansari as its nominee against Sinha.

20/05/2019 19:35:11

According to ABP Exit Poll 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win elections from Varanasi seat in Uttar Pradesh.

20/05/2019 19:34:21

Here is a seat wise prediction of top VIP leaders from different political parties across the country.

20/05/2019 18:56:31

The BJP is projected to win: Cooch Behar, Alipurduars, Darjeeling, Balurghat, Murshidabad, Ranaghat, Howrah, Arambagh, Jhargram, Purulia, Bankura, Bishnupur and Bardhaman Purba,

20/05/2019 18:50:59

The Trinamool Congress is also projected to win in Jadavpur, Kolkata South and Kolkata North Lok Sabha constituencies

20/05/2019 18:48:32

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek is projected to win from TMC's decade-long bastion of Diamond Harbour. The BJP fielded Nilanjan Roy from the seat.

20/05/2019 18:45:44

BJP's state president Dilip Ghosh is predicted to win in Medinipur. TMC fielded Manas Ranjan Bhunia from the Lok Sabha seat. The Congress has nominated Sambhunath Chattopadhyay, while the Left Front constituent CPI gave ticket to Biplab Bhatta.

20/05/2019 18:41:22

In Ghatal, BJP's candidate and former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh is projected to win against TMC's sitting MP Deepak Adhikari (actor Dev).

20/05/2019 18:38:16

In Hooghly seat, BJP's celebrity candidate Locket Chatterjee is likely to defeat Dr Ratna De Nag of the TMC. The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections.

20/05/2019 18:34:18

TMC candidate Kalyan Banerjee is likely to defeat BJP's Debjit Sarkar from Sreerampur Lok Sabha seat. The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections

20/05/2019 18:28:34

Incumbent MP and TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi is set to win from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat against BJP's Arjun Singh. Barrackpore become a prestige battle for Mamata Banerjee as Arjun Singh, a local strongman and MLA, was in the TMC before he switched over to the BJP ahead of the general election.

20/05/2019 18:22:57

TMC’s Khalilur Rehman is predicted to win against Congress's Abhijeet Mukherjee in Jangipur

20/05/2019 18:21:07

Good news from Malda North for the BJP as its candidate Khagen Murmu is likely to defeat TMC's Mausam Noor

20/05/2019 18:19:25

In Raiganj: TMC's MLA Kanhaia Lal Agarwal will get an upper hand over Congress’ Deepadas Munshi

20/05/2019 18:18:32

In Burdwan-Durgapur, Sitting MP Mamtaz Sanghamita of TMC is goint to defeat BJP stalwart SS Ahluwalia

20/05/2019 18:17:18

Asansol: TMC's Moon Moon Sen winning against BJP's Babul Supriyo

20/05/2019 18:03:12

Neighbouring Asansol is another high profile seat - Burdwan-Durgapur - from where the BJP has fielded Union Minister and Darjeeling MP S.S. Ahluwalia against Trinamool contestant and incumbent MP Mumtaz Sanghamitra.

20/05/2019 18:02:40

The intensely contested Lok Sabha battle in West Bengal witnessed some big fights that would determine the fortune of several star candidates. Leading the pack of star constituencies is Asansol, where Union Minister and sitting BJP MP Babul Supriyo - a singer-turned-politician - is facing a challenge from Trinamool's Moon Moon Sen, yesteryear's actress and daughter of Bengali screen legend Suchitra Sen.

20/05/2019 17:57:25

Mamata Banerjee has been at the forefront of attacking the BJP and its top leaders, including Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the Lok Sabha elections. Modi and Banerjee were engaged in a vicious war of words in their poll rallies in the recent past, heating up the electoral battle during polls.

20/05/2019 17:53:00

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah addressed several rallies to boost the party chance in Bengal from where it had only two MPs in 2014.

20/05/2019 17:52:45

After a good performance in panchayats election and some state level bypolls last year, the BJP emerged as principal challenger to the TMC in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections.

20/05/2019 17:51:48

West Bengal has a total of 42 Lok Sabha seats, third highest after Uttar Pradesh 80 and Maharashtra's 48.

20/05/2019 17:50:53

The West Bengal unit of the BJP was quick to hit back, asking Banerjee to 'stop living in denial' as the days of her TMC government in West Bengal were 'numbered'. The BJP West Bengal unit in a tweet also asked Banerjee to stop giving lame excuses.

20/05/2019 17:50:23

'I don't trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together,' Mamata Banerjee said in a tweet.

20/05/2019 17:49:58

Dubbing exit polls as 'gossip', Mamata Banerjee said that she did not trust such surveys as the 'game plan' was to use them for 'manipulation' of EVMs.

20/05/2019 17:48:14

A good show in the Trinamool stronghold of West Bengal is vital for the BJP, as it is eyeing its second term at the Centre. From Bengal, the saffron party is hoping to make up for any possible losses in the heartland state of Uttar Pradesh.