Lok Sabha elections: States where BJP is projected to win more seats than 2014

The polls predicted that the SP-BSP-RLD Mahagatbandhan is set to win 45 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win on 33 seats and the Congress is expected to win on 2 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI

New Delhi: The ABP News exit polls have predicted a major victory for Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janta Party, as the party is set to make its comeback in states like Bihar, Bengal and Odisha, where it suffered greatly in previous elections. Though BJP is predicted to suffer a major debacle in Uttar Pradesh, it is slated make up for the loss in the above mentioned states. The polls predicted that the SP-BSP-RLD Mahagatbandhan is set to win 45 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win on 33 seats and the Congress is expected to win on 2 seats. The BJP which won 73 seats during the last Lok Sabha elections in UP, is down by more than 50 seats. However, in Bihar the ABP News Exit Poll predicts a massive victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal United (JDU) alliance in Bihar with as many as 34 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats here. It also suggests a cruel dent for the Opposition Gathbandhan of Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) and Congress as it is likely to plunge down to just 6 seats in the state. Similarly, in West Bengal, BJP will be making massive inroads into Mamata’s land. The saffron party is slated to win 16 seats in the state, which marks an increase of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies to its tally of two in the previous polls. The 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 manage to won only two seats. In Odisha too, the BJP is predicted to get 9 seats in Odisha out of the 21 parliamentray seats it holds, while the BJD is likely to get 12. BJP had won only one seat in 2014. Even in Karnataka, the saffron party is It has however, become the largest party in where it is projected to win 15 seats; whereas in Madhya Pradesh, the party is likely to attain 22 seats.