ABP Exit Poll 2019: Rahul Gandhi in close fight with Smriti Irani in Amethi; Wayanad win likely easy

ABP Exit Poll 2019 predicts a close knit battle between Congress President and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani in Amethi.

Amethi is not the only seat from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha Elections this time. (File Photo/ Getty)

ABP Exit Poll 2019: In what might come as a shock for Rahul Gandhi, the ABP Exit Poll 2019 predicts a close knit battle between Congress President and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani in Amethi. Gandhi first contested the Lok Sabha Elections from Amethi in 2014 and has represented the parliamentary seat since then. The result of exit poll shows that Irani has emerged as tough competition for Congress in its bastion and has been giving a fierce competition to Congress President since 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Congress is contesting Lok Sabha Elections in Uttar Pradesh only on 2 seats – Amethi and Raebareli. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, however, is predicted to win the Raebareli seat, predicts our survey. Irani has been widely successful in reducing the popularity of Rahul Gandhi and also worked quite well to reduce his victory margin in the last Lok Sabha Elections. However, Amethi is not the only seat from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha Elections this time. The Congress President is also contesting polls from Wayanad in Kerala. According to ABP Exit Poll 2019, Rahul Gandhi is likely to win his second seat against Thushar Vellappally, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate. Day after various news channels predicted a massive mandate for BJP-led NDA government in their Exit Polls, top opposition leaders scheduled a meeting in the national capital to discuss the political situation and possibilities of a non-NDA alliance to stake claim for government formation. As part of his efforts to unite the opposition, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with his West Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, at her Kolkata residence on forming a non-BJP government at the Centre in case of a hung verdict. The Narendra Modi-led NDA is all set to return to power winning 277 seats in Lok Sabha elections, five seats above the majority mark, according to an exit poll conducted by ABP News-Nielsen on Sunday. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) could win 130 seats while other regional/non-aligned parties are tipped to win 135 seats.