Gujarat Exit Poll Result 2022: The BJP is likely to win a record number of seats in the Gujarat Assembly election and looks set to form the government for the seventh time, as per the ABP News-CVoter Exit Poll Results 2022. The BJP is expected to bag anywhere between 128-140 seats and secure a vote share of 49.4 per cent, as per the exit poll results.
In the 2017 election, the BJP won 99 seats in Gujarat and the Congress 77.
The BJP's best tally so far came in 2002, where it bagged 127 seats. The elections, conducted in the aftermath of the post-Godhra riots, saw Narendra Modi returning as the chief minister.
So far, Congress' tally of 149 in the 1985 Assembly election hold the record for most number of seats won by a party in the state. No party has been able to cross 130-seat mark since then.
The Gujarat Assembly polls were held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. Results will be announced along with Himachal polls on December 8.
Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been won by the BJP for a record six consecutive times but this time they were up against an aggressive AAP and a new look Congress under its president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The ABP News-CVoter Exit Poll gave Congress 31-43 seats, a drastic fall from the 77 seats it won in the previous Assembly election. The Congress is expected to get just 32.5 per cent of the votes. In the 2017 polls, the grand old party secured 41.4 per cent of the vote share.
New entrant AAP, which led an energetic campaign in Gujarat by showcasing its "Delhi model" of education and healthcare, is likely to open its account in the state and get anywhere between 3-11 seats.
The outcome of Gujarat election will be an important indicator of PM Narendra Modi's popularity for the national elections slated to be held in 2024. It will also be a springboard for BJP's preparations for elections to Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh next year.
[Current survey findings and projections are based on CVoter Exit Poll / Post Poll personal interviews conducted on pollling day and after polling day among 18+ adults statewide, all confirmed voters, details of which are mentioned right below the projections as of today. The data is weighted to the known demographic profile of the States. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding. Our final data file has Socio-Economic profile within +/- 1% of the Demographic profile of the State. We believe this will give the closest possible trends. The sample spread is across all Assembly segments in the poll bound state. MoE is +/- 3% at macro level and +/- 5% at micro level VOTE SHARE projection with 95% Confidence interval.]