ABP Exit Poll 2019: Check top political reactions after predictions give big thumbs up to NDA with 277 seats

ABP News aired the much awaited Exit Poll which predicted a massive mandate for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA government with 277 seats.

Exit Poll 2019 predicted triumphant victory for BJP-led NDA government with 277 seats. (File Photo/ Getty)

ABP Exit Poll 2019: After the completion of seventh and the last phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 on Sunday, ABP News aired the much awaited Exit Poll which predicted a massive mandate for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA government with 277 seats. According to the ABP News Exit Poll, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) could win as many 130 seats while other regional parties might bag 135 seats. The Exit Poll prediction shows that NDA could easily get 39 per cent vote share, followed by 26 per cent votes share to UPA and 35 per cent to others.  The exit poll also highlights that the BJP along is expected to win 227 seats which is a 30 per cent decline compared to 2014 Lok Sabha Polls. On the other hand, Congress is likely to bag 87 seats, almost a 200 per cent jump compared to last general elections. As soon as the Exit Poll predictions were aired by several TV channels, reactions from various political leaders started pouring in. While BJP leaders were overwhelmed with the Exit Poll predictions, some leaders from Opposition parties called it unreliable and claimed that original results will be completely different. Let's look at how political leaders from different parties reacted to the Exit Poll predictions:

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 (@MamataOfficial) May 19, 2019

If your exit poll doesn’t have a 🚁 flying around the studio you’ve already lost the battle for the viewers attention.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 19, 2019

I believe the exit polls are all wrong. In Australia last weekend, 56 different exit polls proved wrong. In India many people don’t tell pollsters the truth fearing they might be from the Government. Will wait till 23rd for the real results.

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 19, 2019

"With so much experience, even if I go around Punjab to gauge the voter swing, I would not be able to do it with complete accuracy. So how can these exit polls be accurate," said Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh. "I am confident that the Congress would do much better in these Lok Sabha elections. Even in Punjab, I am the party to get more than the 9 or 10 seats," he added.

Have ‘Delhi media’ who masquerade as ‘national media’ lost their credentials and credibility? So-called Exit Polls will only confuse. We await the verdict of the people. Modi ji had called the number 300+ even before Phase 7. Are these numbers to match that? EVM manipulation?

— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) May 19, 2019

Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwala did not personally reacted to the Exit Poll predicts aired by TV channels today. However, taking to Twitter the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener retweeted the post of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee who has criticised the Exit Poll results saying that she does not believe in Exit Poll gossips. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday mocked at the exit polls, saying they were not exact polls. "Exit polls do not mean exact polls. We have to understand that. Since 1999, most of the exit polls have gone wrong," the Vice-President pointed out.

You don’t trust in Democracy either. We will send you Rosgolla. Stay strong until then.#AyegaTohModiHi #ExitPoll2019 https://t.co/t9JaOhJaZk

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) May 19, 2019

My comments on #ExitPoll2019 pic.twitter.com/zek5rgraZ4

— Chowkidar Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) May 19, 2019

The silent voter will be king on May 23 rd 2019. The “ fear factor “ playing havoc with respondents to pollsters in an ugly polarized election. Ridiculous #ExitPolls , almost laughable. UPA > NDA when the “ real counting “ happens.

— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) May 19, 2019

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. Despite mega efforts, the BJP has failed to open accounts in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It has however, become the largest party in Karnataka where it is projected to win 15 seats. The saffron party is tipped to win 19 seats in Rajasthan, a state where Congress wrested control in the assembly elections. Congress is likely to win six seats here. In the case of Madhya Pradesh, BJP is likely to win 22 seats while Congress may get seven seats. In Punjab, BJP+ is tipped to win five seats while Congress may get eight seats. AAP draws nil here. BJP is pegged to do tremendously well in Odisha with nine seats. It had won only one in 2014. BJD is likely to win 12 of the 21 seats available here. The BJP-Shiv Sena combine, which had won 43 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in 2014, is expected to win 34 Lok Sabha seats now. Congress-led UPA alliance is likely to win 14 seats in the state. A neck-and-neck battle is projected between BJP and Congress in Chhattisgarh. The BJP, however, holds the edge here with six seats while the Congress may get the rest five. The BJP was routed in the 2018 assembly election. Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress may suffer heavy losses in the West Bengal, according to the ABP News-Nielsen forecast. It may get 24 seats. It had won 34 in 2014 polls. Massive gains are projected for the BJP here with 16 seats. Left may not open account. In Bihar, the exit poll has predicted an overwhelming majority for the NDA. The NDA is likely to register a victory on 34 Lok Sabha seats. Congress+ may just manage to get the remaining six seats.