New Delhi: Multiple exit polls on Wednesday predicted BJP winning the tightly-contested Delhi assembly election comfortably while ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seen losing the electoral battle.
The pollsters have forecast a complete rout of the Congress party with the grand old party barely in the race. Most exit polls pegged Congress tally at 0-2 seats in the 70-member Delhi assembly.
Counting of votes is scheduled on February 8, 2025.
The BJP which is seen making a comeback in Delhi after nearly 27 years is projected to win 35-60 seats. Among various pollsters, Peoples Pulse has pegged 51-60 seats for the BJP, the highest tally for the party. It has projected 10-19 seats for AAP while zero seats for the Congress.
Matrize has predicted a neck-and-neck contest between BJP and AAP. While it has projected 35-40 seats for BJP, AAP is seen winning 32-37 seats.
People's Insight has predicted 40-44 seats for BJP while AAP is seen winning 25-29 seats.
It may be noted that exit polls have in the past proved wrong on many occasions. Most pollsters went horribly wrong in predicting the results of the last Lok Sabha election. Recently, they miserably failed to get the pulse of voters in the Haryana assembly election.
Voting concluded in the national capital today evening with voter turnout reaching 57.70% till 5 PM. At 63.83%, voter turnout in North East district was the highest followed by Shahdara at 61.35%.
There is a triangular contest in the Delhi assembly polls with all the three major players BJP, AAP and Congress claiming victory.
Delhi being the national capital, its assembly election results are likely to have an impact elsewhere.
The ruling AAP has been in power in Delhi for over a decade. The party had won a thumping majority in the last assembly election in 2020 bagging 62 seats. The BJP had won eight seats while Congress could not open its account.
