As the Bengal elections got here to an in depth below the shadow of Covid-19 and sporadic violence in lots of areas on Thursday, most Exit Polls predicted the ruling Trinamool Congress celebration (TMC) to win. This has not deterred BJP’s confidence as they declare of coming to energy within the state with a thumping majority.
The saffron celebration within the state is anticipating to win over greater than 200 seats within the state. Refuting the Exit Poll claims concerning the ruling TMC coming again in energy, BJP nationwide spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal exuded confidence concerning the celebration’s efficiency within the state.
Agarwal mentioned, “exit polls cannot be treated as polls. West Bengal is amid the air of change. The way Mamata Banerjee has created a confrontation with the central government kept the people deprived of the Central benefits, indulge in appeasement politics… She (Mamata Banerjee) is going to lose elections badly. In West Bengal, the BJP government is going to be formed with an absolute majority.”
Meanwhile, BJP’s IT cell head Amit Malviya, the West Bengal co-in-charge, mentioned: “The BJP is going to win more than 200 seats regardless of whatever the figures of the exit polls suggest. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, nobody said that the BJP may win 18 seats. However, the party stunned everyone. Let’s wait for the results on May 2… everything will become clear.”
While exit polls from Axis My India-India Today and the Republic-CNX exit polls predicted big positive factors for BJP, different surveys, together with the CVoter Exit Poll for Times Now/ABP News, predicted victory for the TMC for the third time.
According to P-MARQ’s exit ballot, the TMC was anticipated to get 162 seats and BJP was to win in 113. The Times Now-C-Voter expects 158 seats to the TMC and 115 to the BJP, whereas ETG Research estimated 169 seats for the TMC and 110 to the BJP.
As per the ABP C-Voter exit ballot, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is anticipated to make important inroads in Bengal by bagging as a lot as a 39 % vote share. It is to be famous that the saffron celebration managed to safe a mere 10 % vote share in 2016 Assembly polls.
According to the survey carried out by ABP News, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is anticipated to get someplace round 152 to 164 seats within the 294-member West Bengal Assembly. Meanwhile, the BJP, which presently has 3 seats in West Bengal, is more likely to bag someplace between 109 to 121 seats within the state.
In a large jolt, the Congress+Left alliance is almost certainly to lose its grounds in West Bengal as projections recommend that it’ll handle to safe solely a 15 % vote share. In 2016 Assembly polls, Congress & Left had secured a huge 38 % vote share.
While the BJP has been criticized on the nationwide degree for Covid mismanagement, Mamata’s TMC is going through robust anti-incumbency sentiment after ruling the state for 10 years. The outcomes for the 294 seats can be declared on May 2nd, 2021.
The political battle in Bengal stays intense with Mamata Banerjee leaving her dwelling seat Bhawanipore and contesting from Nandigram towards former ally now BJP Leader Suvendu Adhikari.