Various exit polls on Monday, December 5, predicted a thumping victory for the ruling BJP in Gujarat, giving the saffron party a clear majority in the keenly-contested Assembly polls in the state.

P-MARQ Exit Poll

P-MARQ's exit poll predicted a BJP victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections with 128-148 seats in the 182-seat Assembly. The Congress was predicted to win 30-42 seats, and the AAP 2-10 seats.

TV9 Exit Poll

A survey by TV9 also predicted that the BJP, which has been the ruling party in Gujarat for 27 years, would retain power in the state by bagging 125-130 seats. Meanwhile, Congress is predicted to win 30-40 seats, the AAP 3-5 seats and others 3-7 seats.

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Jan Ki Baat Exit Poll

Another such survey by Jan Ki Baat gave the ruling party 117-140 seats; the Congress 34-52 seats. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is predicted to win 6-13 seats.

Times Now-ETG Exit Poll

According to the Times Now-ETG exit poll on Gujarat elections, the BJP was likely to get 139 seats, Congress 30 seats, AAP 11 seats, and other two seats.

CVoter Exit Poll

The ABP-CVoter predicted 128-140 seats for the BJP, 31-43 seats for the Congress, AAP 3-11, and others 2-6 seats.

Axis My India Exit Poll

The India Today-Axis My India forecast that the BJP would get 129-151 seats, Congress 16-30 seats, and AAP 9-21 seats.

In the 2017 Assembly polls, the ruling BJP had won 99 seats, Congress 77 seats, and others in six seats. In central Gujarat, the BJP had bagged 37 seats, outnumbering the Congress, which got 22. But in north Gujarat, the Congress had bagged 17 seats, while the saffron party got 14.

A party has to win 92 seats or more to form a government in the state. The counting of votes polled in all the 182 Assembly seats will be taken up on December 8.

(Edited by : Shoma Bhattacharjee)

First Published:Dec 5, 2022 8:14 PM IST