At least six exit polls, including those by CVoter, Times Now-Ipsos, India Today-Axis My India, Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat, Neta-NewsX and TV9 Bharatvarsh-Cicero, have predicted a comfortable majority for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections.
CVoter (as of 5 pm) projected a seat share in the range of 49 to 63 seats for AAP, while it gave just 5 to 19 seats to the BJP. Its final data (as of 7 pm) revised AAP’s seat share to 51-65, and BJP’s to 3-17.
India Today’s exit poll predicted a repeated of AAP’s 2015 performance, giving it up to 68 seats.
Times Now-Ipsos predicted 47 seats for AAP in the 70-seat Assembly, while BJP+ was given 23 seats.
- Republic TV-Jan Ki Baat has given AAP seats in the range of 48 to 61
- Neta-NewsX has given AAP seats in the range of 53 to 57
- The results for the elections – a three-cornered contest between AAP, BJP and Congress – would be announced on 11 February
- The majority mark for the Delhi Assembly is 36
- Around 1.47 crore people were eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls held on Saturday
- In the 2015 elections, AAP won a resounding majority with 67 out of 70 seats, while BJP could manage just three, and the Congress drew a blank
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'All Exit Polls Are Going to Fail': Delhi Congress President
After the exit polls showed a comfortable win for AAP, Delhi Congress President Subhash Chopra told ANI, “All exit polls are going to fail. BJP will not get even 20 seats and Kejriwal is not going to form government in Delhi. I'm hoping Congress is going to do much better than what exit polls are showing. Let us wait till the results are out.”
Final CVoter Exit Poll Gives 51-65 Seats to AAP
The final exit poll data by CVoter as of 7 pm on Saturday predicted the following seat share in the Delhi Assembly elections:
- AAP: 51-65
- BJP: 3-17
- Congress: 0-3
- Others: 0-0
Up To 68 Seats for AAP: India Today-Axis My India Exit Poll
The India Today-Axis My India has predicted a repeat of AAP’s 2015 performance, with the following seat breakup:
- AAP - 59-68
- BJP+ - 2-11
- Congress+ - 0
- Others - 0
'All These Exit Polls Would Fail': BJP MP Manoj Tiwari
Soon after the various exit polls predicted a majority for the Aam Aadmi Party in the Delhi elections, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari took to Twitter, saying “all these polls would fail” and that BJP would come to power in the national capital with 48 seats.