Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India]Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday exuded confidence of BJP’s victory in the Karnataka elections and said that a victory in the Gujarat Assembly polls would increase the vote share in the state elections by at least 3 to 5 per cent. He said, “In Gujarat, it is a well-known fact that we are going to win for the seventh time and even the press had predicted it.
This is a pro-incumbency mandate for the seventh time which reflects the performance of the Gujarat BJP government and the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Said, “It will have a very positive impact on Karnataka as the people here are pro-BJP.
The results will boost the morale of our workers and we are going to increase at least 3-5 per cent votes because of this. Exit polls on Monday predicted a clean sweep for the BJP in Gujarat and an edge over the Congress in a tough contest in Himachal Pradesh. Create a record in terms of seats won.
He also predicted that AAP would open its account in the Gujarat Assembly and finish third behind the Congress and the BJP. Exit poll results came out after the conclusion of the second phase of polling in Gujarat on Monday. The first phase of polling in Gujarat was held on December 1 and the results for both the states will be declared on December 8. According to the India Today-Axis My India poll, the BJP is set to create a record in terms of its electoral performance. In Gujarat. It also predicted a massive lead for AAP in terms of vote share. The exit polls predicted that the BJP would win 129-151 seats, the Congress 16-30 and the AAP 9-21 in Gujarat.
The poll had predicted 46 per cent votes for the BJP, 26 per cent for the Congress and 20 per cent for the AAP. According to Republic-PMARQ exit polls, BJP is expected to get 128 to 148 seats with a vote share of 48.2 per cent. Gujarat is a BJP bastion and the party is trying to come back to power for the seventh consecutive term in the state which has 182 assembly seats. In this poll Congress got 30-42 seats with 32.6 per cent vote share, AAP got 2-10 seats with 15.4 per cent vote share and others got 0-3 seats with 3.8 per cent votes. Times Now-ETG poll gives 135-145 seats to BJP, 24-34 to Congress, 6-16 to AAP in Gujarat.
TV9 Gujarati gives 125-130 seats to BJP, 40-50 seats to Congress, 3-5 seats to AAP and 3-7 seats to others. 51 seats for Congress, 6-13 for AAP and 1-2 for others.
The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the longest serving Chief Minister before becoming the Prime Minister. The Congress had given a tough fight to the ruling BJP in the last assembly elections in 2017. However, AAP can spoil the game for Congress by taking a significant vote share in its favour. Protests but this time the situation is in favor of BJP and the party may get more seats than the previous elections. (ANI)
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