Elections to four states and one Union territory will begin on March 27. (Representative)
New Delhi:
The BJP and its allies are likely to retain Assam and get only the Union Territory of Puducherry, which is in the next round of elections along with four key states, show that an aggregate of opinion polls was published on Wednesday night. . Elections begin on March 27.
Only one opinion poll was conducted in Puducherry, which predicts that the BJP will emerge as the winner with 21 of the 30 seats in the assembly. Nine will go to the UPA that Puducherry ruled before it came under the President’s Rule, C-Voter predicted.
For the BJP, the biggest prize in this round of elections is Bengal, where it hopes to win more than 200 of the 294 seats in the assembly.
A total of four opinion polls indicate that the state will have a hung assembly. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, who has ruled the state for two consecutive terms, is likely to win just 135 seats, up from 211 seats won in 2016.
The BJP, which won just three seats last time, is likely to win 138, a big win but falling short of the 148 majority mark. The left and Congress, who came together for this crucial election , only 20 seats, predict the numbers.
Only one opinion poll, the C-Voter, has predicted a victory for the Trinamool Congress, albeit with a very narrow margin of 160 seats. People’s Pulse has predicted an outright victory for the BJP with 183 seats.
An aggregate of two opinion polls predicts a changing of the guard in Tamil Nadu, currently governed by the AIADMK, which has maintained its alliance with the BJP for this round of elections. Opposition DMK MK Stalin and Congress will likely come to power with 144 seats, an aggregate from opinion polls shows. The NDA is likely to win just 85 seats in the 234-member assembly, where the majority mark is 118.
A setback is also predicted in Kerala, which has a tradition of rejecting the incumbent.
Only one opinion poll was conducted in Kerala. The C-Voter has predicted that the ruling Left Democratic Front will remain in power with 77 of the state’s 140 seats. The margin will be slim, with the majority mark at 71.
In Assam, the ruling BJP-led government will remain in power, a total of two opinion polls predict. Both C-Voter and TV9 have given the NDA a majority – the total stands at 71, considerably above the majority mark of 64. The UPA is likely to win 53 seats, the numbers indicate.
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