"DNA India" said : Assembly Elections 2017: Exit polls predict pole position for BJP

Exit polls done by Times Now-VMR placed BJP in a comfortable position in UP, giving it 190 to 210 seats. Almost all exit polls predict an edge for BJP, with major gains in Uttar Pradesh, and a nose ahead in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. All the three exit polls done in 40 seats Goa assembly predict a favourable result for the incumbent BJP by giving it 15 to 22 seats. In the 2012 Assembly elections, the SAD-BJP alliance had won 68 seats compared with 46 for the Congress. AAP is expected to perform exceptionally well in Punjab as three out of four exit polls predict between 54 to 67 seats for the new kid on the block.


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Assembly elections 2017: 5 reasons why BJP will prefer Congress over AAP in Punjab

They forecast a neck-and-neck contest between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to gain a majority in the assembly. The BJP's motto might be a "Congress-mukt Bharat" but the party would prefer the Congress to the AAP in Punjab. Exit polls have predicted a decimation of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine in Punjab. If the AAP wins in Punjab, it will become the only regional party ruling more than one state—in this case, the union territory of Delhi. The BJP has had the better of the Congress in states that traditionally witness bipolar contests.


Out of the four applications, three were approved by the CEO office, the letter said. On 3 March, the Election Commission (EC) had ordered FIR against office-bearers of the BJP's Manipur unit and certain newspapers for publishing advertisements without its approval. Referring to the ads as an "unintentional" mistake, the Manipur Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party also assured legal help to the apex body. In a letter to Manipur CEO, the EC has ordered that FIRs under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) be lodged against the BJP state unit office-bearers and the newspapers. The circular requires all political parties to get prior approval of any content to be published in newspapers.


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