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Maharashtra exit poll results 2024: Two more pollsters predict victory for Mahayuti | India News – Times of India
According to today’s Chanakya exit poll forecasts, Mahayuti is expected to secure 175±11 seats while the Congress-led Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) is expected to win 100±11 seats. The agency has projected 13 ± 5 seats for other parties and independents.
Meanwhile, Axis My India also predicted 178-200 seats for Mahayuti and 82-102 for MVA. The agency has predicted 6 to 12 seats for others and independents.
Axis My India’s exit poll results also showed Eknath Shinde as the chief minister’s preferred choice with 31 percent, followed by Uddhav Thackeray with 18 percent and Devendra Fadnavis with 12 percent.
With this, the Mahayuti is now expected to win 168 seats. According to the poll, MVA 109 and others are likely to get 11 seats.
The results of the two exit polls are in line with the projections released a day earlier in which most opinion polls predicted a victory for the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra.
On Wednesday, three pollsters – Peoples Pulse, Matrize and Chankya Strategies predicted a clear majority for the Mahayuti, while three – P-Marq, Dainik Bhaskar and Poll Diary predicted Mahayuti in favor of the MVA, but not a majority.
The Matrize exit poll predicted 150 to 170 seats for the BJP and allies in Maharashtra with a vote share of 48 per cent. The Congress and other allies got only 110 to 130 seats with a vote share of 42 percent. The poll gave others 8 to 10 seats, with a vote share of 10 percent. People’s Pulse gave NDA’s Mahayuti a whopping 175-195 seats, while MVA got only 85-112 seats and others in Maharashtra 7-12.
The actual results will be announced by the election commission on November 23.
During the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP had secured its position as the dominant party by winning 105 seats, while their alliance partner Shiv Sena won 56 seats. A disagreement over the chief minister’s stand led to Uddhav Thackeray’s divorce from the BJP. He then formed the MVA administration with support from the Congress and the NCP, which had won 44 and 54 seats respectively.
The BJP orchestrated its response in 2022 when Eknath Shinde created divisions within the Shiv Sena, leading to the collapse of the MVA government. The BJP then appointed Shinde as chief minister. The following year, Ajit Pawar’s rebellion against his uncle Sharad Pawar and subsequent split from the NCP resulted in the formation of the Mahayuti.
Also see: Jharkhand exit poll results
